The Pälkäne church in the village of Onkkaala, the administrative centre of the municipality, is a grey stone building that has stood on this lakeside location for centuries. The current structure dates largely to the eighteenth century following reconstruction after the Great Wrath period of Russian occupation, though the church as an institution goes back much further. The churchyard contains some of the oldest grave markers in the region.
The church sits beside the Kostianvirta strait in a setting that combines religious and natural landscape in the way so many Finnish churches do — water on one side, forest behind, the whole thing wrapped in silence. It is open during the summer season and accessible to visitors. Onkkaala village itself is small and quiet, with a few local services.