Neljän Tuulen Tupa

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This place on Little Pine Island, 1.5km east of the town centre, is where folks went to imbibe so-called 'hard tea' (alcohol) during the Finnish prohibition (1919-32). At the time, Field Marshal CGE Mannerheim had his summer cottage on the neighbouring island. He found the merry-making disturbing and solved the problem by buying the whole joint in 1926; he fired the chef, imported tea sets from France and ran the place himself until 1931.

Little Pine Island is now connected to the mainland by a bridge. These days, it's got a beautiful café and summer terrace perched over the water.