Turkansaari open-air museum description and photos - Finland: Oulu (Topic)

Turkansaari open-air museum description and photos - Finland: Oulu. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Turkansaari open-air museum.

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The museum has been opened since 1922 on the site where the bargaining has been located since ancient times, so many buildings of the 17th-18th centuries have survived. Now there are 29 buildings collected here - peasant houses, courtyard buildings, mills and a church. In the museum you can get acquainted with the process of tar-smoking in special pits. It hosts colorful competitions in running on floating logs with pushing opponents.

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