Mansikkala area

Recording from the Mansikkala residents' event on 12.1.2023 January XNUMX

The construction of the Mansikkala district began in the early 1960s with an architectural competition, which was won by architect Aatos Issakainen. At the time, Imatra had three equally strong centers, Imatrankoski, Tainionkoski and Vuoksenniska, and to balance these, a fourth center was wanted, from which it was originally decided to build an administrative center.

Mansikkala now houses the town hall and Kulttuuritalo Virta, where the main library, the city's museums, concert halls and the Virta college are located. The state office building and central transport station, swimming hall and sports hall are also located in Mansikkala. The schools are concentrated in Mansikkala, where you can find the South Karelia Vocational College Sampo unit and Finland's largest wooden school, Mansikkala School Center, where Imatra co-educational high school is also located.

In recent years, the part of the city has also become a center of space-consuming trade with several large stores. There are approx. 4 residents in the district. Orientation to the center of Mansikkala is facilitated by the high 100-story buildings located in the middle, the so-called Manhattan of Imatra.

Nature is close by and in Mansikkala you can sit with an ice on the beach of Vuoksi as long as you dare while enjoying the spring sun. The Varpasaari fishing park is located on the island of Vuoksi near Mansikkala, and you can also take a dip in Vuoksi from the swimming pool. You can go jogging on the jogging paths that go around the beaches of Vuoksi. The merger of Mansikkala and Imatrankoski has been planned for years, and the Vuoksenranta area has connected these two separate areas more and more closely together.