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01.09.2020
Kobba Klintar, Mariehamn Cobba Clintar is an archipelago in the Åland Sea, located on the fairway in the direction of Marihehamn, Åland Islands. In Cobb Clintar is a pilot station, which is currently not used. In recent years, houses and harbor have been renovated, and now the island is used,...
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31.08.2020
Sjokvarteret, Mariehamn Sjokvarteret (Dutch: "sea quarter") is located in the eastern harbor ("Osterhamn") on the Slemmern River in the city of Marihehamn, the capital of the autonomous Finnish province of the Åland Islands. It combines a marina, shipbuilding activity, a forge, a...
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30.08.2020
Museumship Pommern, Mariehamn Anchored just behind the Sjöfartsmuseum, this beautifully preserved, four-masted, merchant barque was built in 1903 in Glasgow, Scotland. The ship once carried tonnes of cargo and a 26-man crew on the trade route between Australia and England. Its record run was a speedy 110...
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29.08.2020
The Sailor's House Museum The Sailor's House Museum works in Matila House in Pikisaari, Oulu, which is the oldest surviving wooden house in town. The building once served as a customs house, and its historical sources date back to the 1730s. The building was not damaged by a major fire in 1822. The...
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28.08.2020
Oulu Museum of Art Oulu Art Museum is a regional museum of responsibility of Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu , which is part of the museum and scientific center of Lupia . The museum is located in the Mullutull district of Oulu, near Hupisaari . Founded in 1963, the museum operated in a temporary...
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27.08.2020
Oulu Cathedral Oulu Cathedral is the Oulu Cathedral and the Oulu Parish Church. The current plan of the church is the handwriting of Karl Ludwig Engel in 1832. The stone walls of the church are taken from the church, built in 1777, which was destroyed by a wooden fire in Oulu in 1822. Church...
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26.08.2020
The Hupisaaret Islands City Park City Park Hupisaaret Island public urban park in Myllytulli district in the center of Oulu, Finland . The park is located in the Oulu River Delta. The area was built as a public park in the 1860s, at the same time were built the first white wooden bridges characteristic of the park....
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25.08.2020
Northern Ostrobothnia Museum The Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia was founded in 1896. The museum is located in Ainola Park on Hupisaari in the Mullutul district in the center of Oulu. The building of the museum was designed by the architect Oiva Kallio and was completed in 1931. From 1911 to 1929, the museum...
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24.08.2020
Turkansaari, Oulu Turkansaari is an island on the Oulu River, about ten kilometers east of Oulu city center in the Madekoski area. The island is home to the Turkansaari Open Air Museum. Turkansaari open-air museum belongs to the National Council for National Cultural Environment in the list. The...
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23.08.2020
Tietomaa Science Centre, Oulu Tietomaa Science Centre is the first Science Centre in Finland . It was opened to the public on 29 June 1988. Tietomaa is located in the Mullutull district of Oulu, approximately 700 metres northwest of the railway station. The Science Centre operates in the former power plant...
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