INTERESTING ATTRACTIONS

HAMINA BASTION repaired on several occasions. The Raatihuoneenkatu 12, church was given its present appear- haminabastioni.fi ance after the fire of Hamina in 1821. MEET THE ENCHANTING Hamina Bastion is located in the At that point, a belfry was added to STAR-SHAPED FORTRESS Central Bastion built in the early 19th the church. The most recent renova- century. The 58 casemate vaults of tion was completed in 2013. The Sit down for a while and look around you. Imagine what it was the Bastion have been renovated. museum room presents objects from like when Per Brahe established a town by the name of Weckelax Events such as a Christmas market is the 1700s onwards. Nystad in this place in 1653. Then climb up to the embankments arranged every year within the vaults, MEET THE FASCINATING that surround Hamina. They did not yet exist during the Great and they also house a restaurant. In CHURCH OF ST JOHN HISTORY OF HAMINA Northern War at the beginning of the 18th century, when Hamina the summer, the Bastion area is cov- Raatihuoneentori 10 was obliterated completely. ered by the largest canopy in Europe. The church has been named after Hamina Bastion offers memorable John the Baptist. It was inaugurated Use the map to walk Walk along the embankments, which were first built by the Swedes experiences in concerts and events on Midsummer day in 1843. The in the 1720s. The Swedes also renamed the town that rose from throughout the year. oldest item in the church is a Bible along the streets the ashes: Fredrikshamn, or Hamina in Finnish. The Russians from 1703. The traditional miniature and alleyways of the continued with the building of the fortress in the 1740s. In history, TOWN MUSEUM church boat above the font originates beautiful town, climb Kadettikoulunkatu 2 b from Koivisto in Karelia. The church Hamina has been located on the alternate sides of the border The Russian Empress Catherine park contains a cemetery of fallen up to the fortress between Sweden and Russia. II Great and King Gustavus III of soldiers and several memorials. embankments sur- Sweden negotiated in the building rounding the centre, Next, head to the old centre, to the Town Hall Square. Explore for 3 days in the summer of 1783. ORTHODOX CHURCH OF the circular streets Isoympyräkatu and Pikkuympyräkatu, and walk The Town Museum was opened in the ST PETER AND ST PAUL admire the gorgeous along the eight radial streets. Get to know the area of wooden building in 1957. The museum has Raatihuoneentori 2 buildings and visit in- houses full of atmosphere. Great fires plagued this area in the a permanent history exhibition and The main church of the Orthodox teresting attractions! 19th century. Visit the churches and museums located adjacent to changing exhibitions. Workshops, parish, built in 1837, is dedicated to each other. Isoympyräkatu street breaks off in places, but if you go events and meetings can be arranged the memory of the holy apostles St around the entire Pikkuympyräkatu street, you will have walked a upstairs. Peter and St Paul. The church is round full circle of one kilometre! on the outside, and the inside forms a SHOPKEEPER’S MUSEUM Greek equal-arm cross. Find the other gems of Hamina within the fortress. Be fascinated Kasarminkatu 6 by the Hamina Bastion, which serves as the venue for magnificent The Shopkeeper’s Museum with the HIETAKYLÄ CEMETERY events under the summertime canopy and within the 58 vaults. old shop, courtyard dwellings and Laivasillankatu 6 Admire the stately Reserve Officer School, where the history outbuildings presents the Finnish- The Lutheran cemetery founded in of military training in Hamina started in the 19th century at the Russian merchant traditions of the the 1770s contains many valuable Imperial Cadet School of Finland. See the flags of the world flying early 1900s. Some of the buildings sepulchral monuments. HAMINA INFO in different parts of the town in the exhibitions of the Flag World are open to the public. In addition to of Hamina. a permanent exhibition, the museum Tourist information arranges events and other exhibitions. Check the opening hours: SpaHotel Hamina visithamina.fi Sibeliuskatu 32 Walk around the star-shaped fortress town and meet things +358 40 199 1330 RESERVE OFFICER SCHOOL you cannot find anywhere else! [email protected] MUSEUM Open Mon-Sat 8-20 Kadettikoulunkatu 8, www.rukmuseo.fi Summer information The museum presents the traditions Flag Tower of the Fortress and history of the Reserve Officer Kaivokatu 6 WALKING IN School and its students since the +358 40 199 1346 1920s. The museum also contains an Open from June to August exhibition on Hamina as a garrison Mon-Fri 9-17, Sat-Sun 10-15 OLD HAMINA town, and has equipment on display. #kohtaamistenhamina ST MARY’S CHURCH AND #visithamina CHURCH MUSEUM #visitkotkahamina Meet the enchanting fortress, Pikkuympyräkatu 36 #hamina The Medieval stone church dedicated be surprised along the circular streets to Virgin Mary was built before 1396. The church has been destroyed and VISITHAMINA.FI 1. TOWN HALL 1798 18. GUNPOWDER MAGAZINE (Johan Brockman) 1785 The Renaissance-style Town Hall The former gunpowder magazine in has also housed a bank, shops, police the Hämeenlinna Bastion has also department and the main guard of Nuolilinnake been used as a communications the fortress. Now the middle floor Kirkkojärvi centre during the war. Now it serves serves as the meeting facility of the as an art gallery and meeting facil- Town Council, and there is a cafete- ity. There is a Japanese-style park ria downstairs. adorning the yard.

2. TOWN MUSEUM 1760 Bastioni 19. MAYOR’S HOUSE 1866 In 1783, the Russian Empress Cath- Hämeenlinna One of the most significant erine II Great and her cousin, King bourgeois homes in Finland with its Gustavus III of Sweden, negotiated buildings and old trees. The residen- in this oldest town house in Hamina 18. tial buildings and the outbuilding built for private residential use. represent the late Empire style. Privately owned. 3. ORTHODOX CHURCH OF Keskusbastioni ST PETER AND ST PAUL 1837 20. TEMPERANCE HOUSE 1902 Neoclassical church probably The building of the local temperance designed by the Italian-French society, which started in 1884. Now architect Louis Visconti. The Neo- serves a cinema, theatre and café.

RAUHANKATU bysantine belfry was built in 1862. 26a. ISOYMPYRÄKATU 17. ROOPERTINKATU 21. PARK HOUSE 1884 AND 4. FLAG TOWER 1790 19. KESÄPUISTO PARK Flag tower of the commander of MANNERHEIMINTIE 7. (Karl August Wrede) the fortress at the tip of the former The building in the park has served Helsinki Bastion. The bastion and as a hotel and in the use of the the surrounding embankments were Swedish Social Club. Now used by 20. dismantled in 1889. An exhibition 8. the local Music Institute. The Kes- of the flags of the Nordic and Baltic Bastioni 9. äpuisto park was founded within the countries, part of the Flag World of 6. Lappeenranta Bastion in the 1850s. Hamina, is outside the tower. The Lappeenranta The park contains a memorial to Flag Tower houses a tourist informa- those killed in coastal battles during tion point in the summer, and there RAATIHUONEENKATU the 1939-1944 wars. According to RAUTATIENKATU is a statue (1968) dedicated to pesä- Keskuspuisto 5. the legend of the Millstone statue pallo, the national game of Finland, 1. beside the pond, King Gustavus III PIKKUYMPYRÄKATU KIRKKOKATU behind the tower. VALLIKATU R proposed to Empress Catherine II

A 21. I A 10 c . during the negotiations in Hamina. T R 2. 5. TANELINKULMA HOUSE IH O Catherine would not say yes until U T 1889 (Waldemar Aspelin) 16. O N E E N one could give a proper kiss through The Neorenaissance town residence KASARMINKATU 10b. the hole in the millstone instead of a FREDRIKINKATU 10a. of the Aladin family is currently in Bastioni kiss on the hand. private ownership. The building hosts 24. 10e. a cafeteria, apartments, offices and 22. 3. Savonlinna 22. STATION BUILDING 1899 festive facilities. Rail traffic to Hamina finished in 23. KAIVOKATU MAARIANKATU PIKKUYMPYRÄKATU 1968, and the building is now a bus 26b. 6. CHURCH OF ST JOHN 1843 Kauppatori JÄÄKÄRINKATU station. (Carl Ludvig Engel) TORIKATU 15. 12. The Neoclassical Lutheran church 23. HIETAKYLÄ CEMETERY 1773 LAIVASILLANKATU ISOYMPYRÄKATU follows the design of Greek temples. 4. 10d. The earliest headstones date from The site used to be the location of 1809, the year when the Finnish the fortress commander’s of- SIBELIUSKATU 14. LAURINKATU War ended. ficial residence where the Russian 13. 26c. negotiators of the Peace of Hamina KADETTIKOULUNKATU 24. VALLI SCHOOL 1888 11. stayed and signed the peace treaty. PUISTOKATU KAIVOKATU 11a. (Waldemar Aspelin) There are several memorials in the Originally a Swedish school for girls 25. church park. and women, later a co-educational school, an elementary school since 7. CENTRAL BASTION 1939 and most recently a day care (HAMINA BASTION) SATAMAKATU centre. 1803-1811 Bastioni The 58 casemates, i.e. masonry Hamina 25. GARRISON BUILDINGS vaults, of the Central Bastion of the The barracks and the brick building fortress were originally designed as originally built as a food storage, explosion-proof storage facilities. Bastioni located beside Isoympyräkatu street, Now the Bastion with its spectator date from the 1770s. stand and summer-time canopy is Turku the venue of large-scale events. 26. GUARDHOUSES OF THE approx. 100 metres FORTRESS 8. HUGO SIMBERG’S a. Guardhouse of Lappeenranta BIRTHPLACE 1829 gate 1774 The painter Hugo Simberg (1873- inauguration of the church remains on by the Reserve Officer School. The 11. RESERVE OFFICER SCHOOL 12. GARRISON CLUB 1863 14. ARTILLERY COMMANDER’S 16. HOTEL SEURAHUONE 1890 b. Guardhouse of Vyborg gate 1774 1917) lived in the house with his the external back wall of the church. The former riding manege is now an as- MUSEUM (E. B. Lohrmann) HOUSE 1798 (Kiseleff & Heikel) c. Guardhouse of Meriportti family until he was six years old. museum room presents ecclesiastic life sembly hall. The small brick building a. Statue of Varvara The former official residence of the head Originally built as the residence of the One of the oldest hotel-restaurants in gate 1776 Now the building serves as a parish from the 1700s onwards. in the park is a well from the 1860s. The Reserve Officer School Museum of the Imperial Cadet School represents artillery commander of the garrison, Finland. The Marski cabinet upstairs Access to the fortified Hamina was building. The park also contains the exhibition cherishes the legacy of the Reserve Russian red-brick architecture. Since the building is now in private ownership. contains wall paintings with Hamina possible through three gates pro- 10. RESERVE OFFICER SCHOOL Path of the Flag of Finland included Officer School from 1920 and serves 1918, the building has been an officer’s The Neoclassical facade dates from the motifs, painted by Tove Jansson, the vided with booms and drawbridges. 9. 15TH CENTURY ST MARY’S a. Main building 1898 (Jacob Ahrenberg) in the Flag World of Hamina. The as a link between the various courses club. Now the building houses a restau- repairs at the turn of the 19th and 20th creator of the Moomins, in 1952. The There was a guardhouse at each CHURCH AND CHURCH b. Manege 1832 (Carl Ludvig Engel) memorial of the Orthodox chapel was of the school. The statue of Varvara rant and conference facilities. centuries. basement restaurant was a famous gate. The buildings are now privately MUSEUM c. Former Cadet School laboratory built in 1837 to commemorate the Schantin (1870-1941) is located close seamen’s tavern until the 1970s. owned or used by the Reserve Of- The Medieval stone church dedi- (E. B. Lohrmann) Church of St Peter and St Paul, which to the museum. Schantin used to sell 13. SHOPKEEPER’S MUSEUM 1841 15. FEDERLEY’S HOUSE 1890S ficer School. The Medieval highway cated to Virgin Mary is the oldest d. Memorial of Orthodox chapel used to be located in the field of the baked goods in Hamina and to the In the late 19th and early 20th century, (Waldemar Aspelin) 17. ARVILOMMI’S HOUSE 1849 between Turku and Vyborg, the building in South-Eastern Finland. e. Monument to Fallen Officers Reserve Office School. The names officer students during their field ex- Kasarminkatu street was a busy shopping The Neorenaissance building has housed The external appearance of the plas- King’s Road, passed through Hamina The Neoclassical appearance by C. The main building was originally used by of more than 4,000 Finnish officers ercises. Officer courses 1-43 donated street. The museum describes Finnish- for example a pharmacy, and it has been tered wooden house of the Neorococo from the Lappeenranta gate to the L. Engel is from the repair work in the Imperial Cadet School of Finland who died between 1939 and 1944 are the statue to the Town of Hamina in Russian merchant traditions. named after the pharmacist Federley. style is rare in Finland. Now in private Vyborg gate. the 1820s. Of the Medieval paint- that operated in Hamina 1821-1903. contained inside the monument to 1972. ownership, the building used to serve as ings, a painted cross denoting the Since 1920, the building has been used fallen officers. a pharmacy, among other things.