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Imatran Taidemuseo
Just south of the bus and train stations, in the same building as the library, the town art gallery is worthwhile. Most of the space is taken up with good temporary exhibitions, but the permanent collection includes a pensive young violinist by Eero Järnefelt, and a Gallen-Kallela watercolour of the rapids in 1893, which gives an idea of what they were once like.
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Karjalainen Kotitalo
Signposted as 'Ulkomuseo', Karjalainen Kotitalo is an open-air museum with a dozen traditional Karelian buildings, moved here from other locations. They are typical of the region, with overlapping corner joints and overhanging eaves. The granary and the main house are particularly atmospheric; there are even real sheep in the barn.
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Kolmen Ristin Kirkko
Kolmen Ristin Kirkko in Vuoksenniska was designed in 1957 by Alvar Aalto; its clean white lines and soaring narrow tower are typical of the man. As an interesting detail, only two of the 103 windows of the church are identical.
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Rapids Shows
These days, the water is allowed to flow free only for the 20-minute Rapids Shows from May to September. There's a nightly show at from early May to early July. Check the tourist office's information website for other shows between May and September (it's on, for example, at every Saturday in August, and every Saturday in September). There's an accompanying sound-and-light show.
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Vuoksi River
The highlight in Imatra is the 3km stroll along the mighty Vuoksi River from the bus and train station in Mansikkala to the power station in Imatrankoski. In spring and summer it's a haven of nesting geese, gulls and terns. Until the hydroelectric power station was built and the river dammed in 1929, Imatra's rapids were one of the highest waterfalls in Finland.
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