Sights in Kristinestad
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Susiluola
Heading east on Rd 663, you’ll find Susiluola just before the village of Karijoki. This small cave is one of the most significant archaeological finds in Finland with evidence to suggest that humans occupied this area more than 120,000 years ago, before the ice age. As well as walking up the 500m trail to the cave itself, you can view some of the tools and artefacts found here in the visitors centre.
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Carlsro Museum
About 5km north of town, the summer villa of a cashed-up merchant has become Carlsro Museum. If the collection of over 11,000 toys, bric-a-brac and other items from around the area doesn’t impress, then there’s always a wander in the idyllic gardens from the Tsarist era.
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Sjöfartsmuseum
Sjöfartsmuseum was originally built in 1837 as a merchant’s home to dominate the market square. Today it showcases Kristinestad’s maritime heritage, especially ship-building, with reconstructions of a captain’s cabin and a ship’s helm.
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Lebell House
An affluent merchant built Lebell House, a block south of the market square. Dating from the mid-19th century, the museum gives an insight into upper-class life including a baroque-styled salon with original linen wallpaper.
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Old Customs House
In its heyday as a key port, travellers entering the town had to pay customs duty, collected at the Old Customs House, a smallish rust-wood building dating from 1720, just along from the imposing town hall.
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Kattpiskargränden
Three blocks south of the market square is Kattpiskargränden. In the 1880s the town employed a cat catcher, whose job was to kill sick cats in order to prevent the spreading of plague - hence the name of the street.
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Wooden Houses
The most interesting thing in Kristinestad is the town itself, with its rows of colourful, old, painted wooden houses and its charming small-town feel.
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Old Church
Behind the customs house is the striking red-wood Old Church, from 1698 and retaining much of its original detail.
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New Church
The red-brick New Church has a high wooden ceiling and an archetypal church-ship dedicated by mariners.
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