Summer Drive from Tampere to Eräjärvi - WRC 2025 Finland Rally Special Stage Location, South Finland

Mukava tunnin ajo Tampereelta Oriveden Eräjärvelle erittäin kuumana kesäsunnuntaina. Eräjärven ympäristön kauniissa maisemissa ajetaan tulevan Suomen MM-rallin 2025, virallisesti Secto Rally Finland 2025, eteläisimmät erikoiskokeet (EK 12/16 Västilä 1 - 18,94 km) lauantaina 2.8.2025.

Taking a nice 1 hour drive from the city of Tampere to the Eräjärvi village in Orivesi, South Finland, on a very hot summer Sunday. Driving distance is about 50 km.

The upcoming WRC 2025 Rally Finland, officially Secto Rally Finland 2025, has the southernmost Special Stages (12/16 Västilä 1 - 18,94 km) driven in the beautiful Eräjärvi region on August 2, 2025.

Driving route in video:
1. Tampere Eteläpuisto (Southern) Park, start by the old Klingendahl factory building.
2. Laukontori Market Square and a tribute to the historic Tako paperboard mill. The downtown Tako mill by the Tammerkoski rapids became an iconic Tampere city landmark. Metsä Board officially ceased production at its Tako cartonboard mill on June 17, 2025, with the shutdown of board machine BM1 marking the end of operations.
3. Ratina Bridge (Ratinan silta) and Lake Pyhäjärvi - Ratina shopping center next to the old Tampere bus station (Tampereen linja-autoasema).
4. Rautatienkatu street - Nokia Arena, or Tampere Deck Arena (Kansi), home of the ice-hockey teams Tappara and Ilves.
5. Kalevantie road - Tampere University (Tampereen yliopisto) and Tampere Hall (Tampere-talo) - Kalevankangas Cemetary (Kalevankankaan haustausmaa).
6. Messukylä district and Messukylä Curch (Messukylän kirkko).
7. Kangasalantie road - driving through the center of Kangasala city.
8. Sahalahdentie road - Pelisalmi Bridge (Pelisalmen silta) and Lake Längelmävesi.
9. Sahalahti village center.
10. Kuhmalahdentie road - Kuhmalahti village center and its iconic village shop (Kuhmalahden Kauppa).
11. Eräjärventie road - Järvenpääntie road - Vihasjärvi, Eräjärvi/Orivesi.

The 2025 Rally Finland, officially the Secto Rally Finland 2025, will be held July 31 - August 3, 2025. It is the 74th running of the Rally Finland, and the 9th round of the 2025 World Rally Championship, 2025 WRC2 Championship and 2025 WRC3 Championship. The event will also be 4th round of the 2025 Junior WRC Championship. The 2025 event is set to based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and is due to be contested over 20 special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 307.22 km.

Rally Finland (officially Secto Rally Finland; formerly known as the Neste Rally Finland, Neste Oil Rally Finland, 1000 Lakes Rally and Rally of the Thousand Lakes) is a legendary rally competition in the Finnish lake district in Central Finland. The rally is driven on wide and smooth gravel roads, featuring blind crests and big jumps. It is the fastest event in the World Rally Championship and has been dubbed the "Grand Prix of Rallying" and the "Grand Prix on Gravel". Rally Finland is among the largest annually organised public events in the Nordic countries, attracting hundreds of thousands of spectators each year.

The city of Jyväskylä in the Central Finland region has often served as the main venue for Finnish rally competitions, because Rally Finland was first held under the name Jyväskylän Suurajot (Jyväskylä Grand Prix) in 1951. Originally an endurance event that stretched to Lapland in Northern Finland, the rally was at the forefront of the adoption of the modern rally format, splitting the route into a number of special stages in the mid-1950s. With increasing international attention, it became part of the European Rally Championship programme in 1959. After the start of the World Rally Championship in 1973, the event became the Finnish round in the series.