The area distinguishes itself by the remnants of the idyllic villa community of early twentieth-century workers "summer homes".
The riverbank groves reach right up to the town centre, whose crisscross boulevards are known for providing a nesting place for rooks.
"Kivi-Pori" (stone Pori), built in the spirit of the neo-renaissance, is a cultural environment of national significance.
Pori National Urban Park is an integral part of the inhabitants' everyday life, with the opportunities it brings for recreation.
The pedestrianized area in the town center, Promenadi-Pori, which has been developed since the 1970s, is now complemented by the national urban park of Pori.
The Portal, an underpass going under the railway station, was completed in 1998 and connects the southern and northern areas of the urban park.
The width of the urban park varies from a kilometer at the islands and the forest of Pori, to only a hundred meters at the central avenues.