I recently visited Hyvinkää, a town in southern Finland. I expected a typical small Finnish city, but Hyvinkää was bigger than I thought, population over 43000.
The main street has stores spread over a surprisingly long stretch. I guess there was no shortage of space when the streets were done, many of them are really wide. There are nice boulevards and lot of trees along the streets. Architecture is like in most Finnish towns, no common theme but different kinds of buildings next to each other like there was no desire to make it look nice. Quite a few ugly concrete buildings from 70's and a lot of smaller wooden buildings. The trees save a lot, making the general view quite nice. This was on a beautiful summer day; on winter the view is of course totally different (worse).
We didn't check out the tourist attractions, but at least the railroad museum I'd like to see. There is also a pyramid-shaped church, which might deserve a closer look. In the downtown there was an outdoor art exhibition, with works here and there. Ski resort Sveitsi, while being closed for the summer, provided good views for us. Its peak is surprisingly high considering that the area around it is quite flat. We did also an all-day hike on Kytäjä-Usmi wilderness area, stopping at the fireplaces along the route to enjoy sausages and beer, and cooled down by swimming in the lakes.