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Suomenlinna
Suomenlinna (), or Sveaborg (), is a sea fortress composed of eight islands, of which six have been fortified. Located about southeast of the city center of Helsinki, Finland, Suomenlinna is a popular destination for both tourists and locals, who enjoy it as a picturesque picnic site.
Kvarken
Kvarken ( (as opposed to South Kvarken); ) is the narrow region of the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay (the inner part of the gulf) from the Bothnian Sea. The distance from the Swedish mainland to the Finnish mainland is around , while the distance between the outermost islands is only . The water depth in the Kvarken region is only around . The region also has an unusual rate of land rising at almost a year.
Petäjävesi Old Church
church building in Petäjävesi, Finland
Sammallahdenmäki
Sammallahdenmäki is a Bronze Age burial site in Finland in Rauma, in the region of Satakunta. The site includes 33 granite burial cairns dating back more than 3,000 years, to 1500 to 500 BC. Sammallahdenmäki is one of the largest, most complete, and most important Bronze Age sites in Fennoscandia, and was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1999.
Old Rauma
old town of the city of Rauma, Finland
Verla
Verla at Jaala, Kouvola, Finland, is a well-preserved 19th-century mill village. Situated along the northern Kymi River, the mill, nearby power plants, and residential houses were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996 due to its testimony to the lumber industry in the 19th century and the lives of the industrial workers of that time.
Finlandia Hall
concert house in Helsinki, Finland
Eduskuntatalo
house of parliament for Finland
Hiisi
Hiisi (; plural hiidet ) is a term in Finnic mythologies, originally denoting sacred localities and later on various types of mythological entities.
Villa Mairea
Modernist villa in Finland
Stockmann
department store in Helsinki, Finland
Alvar Aalto Museum
museum in Finland
Kuninkaanhauta
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Kuninkaanhauta (''The King's Grave) is a Bronze Age tumulus in the village of Panelia in Eura, Finland, dating back to c. 1500–1300 BC. It is the largest burial cairn (Finnish: hiidenkiuas'') in Finland, Kuninkaanhauta is 36×30 meters wide and about four meters high.
SkyWheel Helsinki
Ferris wheel in Helsinki, Finland
Villa Aalto
home museum, located in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, Finland
Studio Aalto
building in Finland
list of tallest buildings in Finland
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