A card from Heinola has just arrived!
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| Aerial view of Heinola. Heinola.fi |
WHERE IS HEINOLA?
Heinola is a Finnish
town and a municipality of 19,633 inhabitants located in the region of Päijänne
Tavastia
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| Location of Finland within Europe. Wikimedia Commons |
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| Location of Heinola within Finland. Wikimedia Commons |
HEINOLA IS FAMOUS FOR...
...the
Sauna-sitting World Championships from 1999 to 2010.
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| Heinola Sauna Championshops |
PLACES TO VISIT
Heinola Harjupaviljonki
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| Hariupaviljonki. Heinola Resort.com |
Built in 1900,
Harju pavilion is an eastern-influenced Art Nouveau building of cultural and
historical value, and an absolute must for visitors to Heinola. Harju pavilion
is located near the centre of the town.
Heinola Bird Sanctuary
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| Peacock at the Heinola Bird Sanctuary. Heinola.fi |
The bird sanctuary
is Heinola's most popular visitor attraction. 8 birdhouses and the Harjulampi
pond combine to form the best bird paradise in Finland.
Heinola City Museum
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| Heinola Museum. Heinola.fi |
Heinola City
Museum provides guests with the history of the place from the late 1700s to the
1930s, bourgeois interiors of the 1800s, medals and cash collections, Anja
Juurikkala Arabia-designed objects, old Finnish glass, the museum's collections
of silver, as well as various themed exhibitions.
Heinola City
Museum has become known as the great different stylistic periods presented in
this exhibition.
Lääninkivalteri Aschan house
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| Lääninkivalteri Aschan House. Heinola.fi |
With the Gustavian
furniture, wallpaper and use of objects, doors and windows, visitors are taken
to a unique atmosphere. The house represents the rococo and kustavilaisuutta
styles and was completed in the 1780s.
LIFESTYLE
Heinola region offers a lot to see, do and experience. Wide-ranging
activities, living market squares, museums, exhibitions and events, coffee
shops and restaurants. There are also plenty of services offered aiming to
physical and spiritual welfare.
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