Turku & Finland's South Coast
Houses over a thousand dolls, tin toys and other childhood curiosities, making it Finland’s largest toy museum.
Must-see attractions in Finland
Tampere
The beautiful Aleksanterin Kirkko has red brick and green spires and was named in honour of Tsar Alexander II.
The Finnish Lakeland
In one of Jyväskylä's garden suburbs, this apartment block was designed by Alvar Aalto and built in 1962.
Turku & Finland's South Coast
Originally built in 1892, this neo-Gothic church was damaged in WWII but has been thoroughly renovated.
Turku & Finland's South Coast
Dominating the market square is the red-brick neo-Gothic Loviisa Church, built in 1865.
Central Finland
Sotkamo's 19th-century wooden church rises above the treeline on the lake shore.
Turku & Finland's South Coast
Neoclassical Hamina Church, designed by CL Engel, was built in 1843.
Finland's West Coast
OK, so it's a hole in the ground. But it's a deep one (23m), caused by millions of years of glacial erosion. You can descend a metal staircase into the…
Tampere
There are few displays dedicated to the revolutionary leader here; rather, displays focus on the shared modern history of Finland and Russia. The…
Tampere
The aquarium inside the Särkänniemi amusement park has limited information in English and isn’t especially memorable, with the Finnish fish (including…
Turku & Finland's South Coast
Where Bulevardi meets the beach is the Monument of Liberty, commemorating the landing of liberating German forces in 1918. The monument was taken down…
Finland
Ruovesi's local open-air museum is set around a collection of 18th-century farm buildings and includes a simple farmer's house. It's of extremely limited…
Kuopio
Kuopio's 19th-century cathedral is an unattractive stone structure located in the middle of town.
