Imatra Sights

  1. 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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  2. 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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