Röykkä#Sanatorium

File:Former station of Röykkä (08-2004) - panoramio.jpg

The village is crossed by the Finnish regional road 132 (Mt 132) that runs between Loppi and Klaukkala. In the northern part of the village there is national road 25 (Vt 25), which runs between Hanko and Mäntsälä.

Hanko–Hyvinkää railway also runs next to the village, but the {{ill|Röykkä railway station|fi|Röykän rautatieasema}} from 1911 was closed in 1977.{{cite web|url=https://www.apu.fi/artikkelit/ellen-jokikunnas-loysi-rauhan-vanhasta-asemasta-taalla-en-pelkaa|title=Ellen Jokikunnas löysi rauhan vanhasta asemasta: "Täällä en pelkää"|first=Liisa|last=Talvitie|work=Apu|date=30 June 2019|access-date=28 June 2024|language=fi}}

• Helsinki 43 km
• Loppi 33 km
• Klaukkala 14 km
• Nurmijärvi 12 km
• Rajamäki 8 km

File:Röykkä school.jpg

In the middle of Röykkä, there is a grocery store, a pizzeria and little coffee house. Also, there is a primary school in Kassakumpu, the largest and growing residential area of Röykkä, but the nearest secondary school is located in the neighboring village Rajamäki.

The railway station, located along the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway, was built and commissioned in 1911 and closed in 1977. Finnish model and PR Manager Ellen Jokikunnas bought building in 2007 to renovating it her new home.{{cite web|url=https://www.ranker.com/review/ellen-jokikunnas/929956|title=Ellen Jokikunnas Rankings & Opinions|work=Ranker|accessdate=26 March 2019}}

In the northern part of Röykkä, there is a former Art Nouveau-styled tuberculosis sanatorium known as Nummela Sanatorium{{cite journal|url=https://www.resmedjournal.com/article/S0366-0850(08)80065-8/pdf|title=The control of tuberculosis in Finland|journal=Respiratory Medicine|author=Professor Albert Palmberg, M.A., M.D.|year=1908|volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=109–114 |doi=10.1016/S0366-0850(08)80065-8 |accessdate=26 March 2019|url-access=subscription}}{{cite journal|title=Experiences of the sanocrysin treatment at Nummela Sanatorium in Finland|journal= Acta Medica Scandinavica|volume=64|pages=123–130|author=Axel von Bonsdorff|year=1926|doi=10.1111/j.0954-6820.1926.tb14017.x}} designed by architect Magnus Schjerfbeck in 1903.{{cite web|url=https://www.mfa.fi/en/architects/magnus-schjerfbeck-2/|title=Magnus Schjerfbeck|work=Museum of Finnish Architecture|accessdate=15 February 2020}} Sanatorium was closed down in 1932 and replaced by a mental hospital. In 1989, the hospital was also closed down and has been completely disabled ever since. In the spring of 2022, the Röykkä Invest Oy company bought the hospital building for €1,5 million;{{cite web|url=https://www.nurmijarvenuutiset.fi/paikalliset/4543401|title=Röykän sairaala kaupaksi 1,5 miljoonalla – mukana hankkeessa näyttelijä Jasper Pääkkönen|work=Nurmijärven Uutiset|date=7 April 2022|accessdate=27 August 2022|language=fi}}{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12427098|title=Onpa erikoinen ilmestys, ajatteli Jasper Pääkkönen – sitten kivilinna vaihtoi omistajaa 1,5 miljoonalla, ja nyt suunnitteilla on jotain uutta|work=Yle|date=4 May 2022|accessdate=27 August 2022|language=fi}} one of the founders of the company is the actor Jasper Pääkkönen, who announced in the summer of the same year that he was planning to turn the former sanatorium into a hotel.{{cite web|url=https://www.nurmijarvenuutiset.fi/paikalliset/4808044|title=Röykän sairaalasta viiden tähden hotelli?|work=Nurmijärven Uutiset|date=27 August 2022|accessdate=27 August 2022|language=fi}}

Local rumors tell that paranormal phenomena have been observed in an abandoned hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.nurmijarvenuutiset.fi/artikkeli/4532-hurjia-kummitusjuttuja|title=Hurjia kummitusjuttuja|work=Nurmijärven uutiset|date=12 November 2010|accessdate=27 March 2019|language=fi}} According to several visitors the windows of the building show mysterious lights, as well as a woman who commits suicide by jumping off the roof. According to another rumor, the hospital is haunted by the spirit of a girl who died there at a young age.{{cite web|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/matkajutut/a/2016102122496652|title=Hui, kummituksia! Suomalaiskohteet, joihin liittyy hurjia aavetarinoita|work=Iltalehti|author=Marianne Zitting|date=24 October 2016|accessdate=27 March 2019|language=fi}}

• Elmer Diktonius (1896–1961), author and poet[http://authorscalendar.info/elmerdik.htm Elmer (Rafael) Diktonius (1896-1961) – Author's Calendar][https://www.nurmijarvi.fi/kuntalaisen-palvelut/kulttuuri-ja-vapaa-aika/museo/nurmijarven-historiaa/henkiloita-historiasta/elmer-diktonius/ Runoilija ja säveltäjä Elmer Diktonius (1896-1961)] (in Finnish)
• Ellen Jokikunnas (born 1976), model and PR manager{{cite web|url=https://www.ranker.com/review/ellen-jokikunnas/929956|title=Ellen Jokikunnas Rankings & Opinions|work=Ranker|accessdate=26 March 2019}}
• Matti Mattila (1912–1990), agricultural counselor[https://www.nurmijarvenuutiset.fi/artikkeli/104790-uutuuskirja-kertoo-matti-mattilan-tarinan Uutuuskirja kertoo Matti Mattilan tarinan] (in Finnish)
• Toivo Salervo (1888–1977), architect[https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2KEQ5 Vaaksinjärvi – Geocaching] (in Finnish)

• Kiljava
• Leppälampi

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• [https://www.roykka.fi/ Röykkä] - Official Web Site (in Finnish)
• [https://www.visitnurmijarvi.fi/fi-FI/page/65d75a63cc438f71227d843a?count=24&sort=creationDate&reverse=true Röykkä] at Visit Nurmijärvi (in Finnish)
• [https://roykkaresort.fi/ Röykkä Resort] (in Finnish)

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