Travelling in the Heart of Land
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Travelling in the Heart of land • JUUPAJOKI • JÄMSÄ • KEURUU • MÄNTTÄ-VILPPULA • ORIVESI • RUOVESI • VIRRAT Travelling in the Heart of Finland www.visitheartfinland.fi Travelling in the Heart of Finland 1 We listened The best about Finland to visitors – this is what – its Heart! they have liked! ART AND CULTURE In the Heart of Finland, where southern, western and central Finland meet, Even with an extensive offering, you can experience everything that made Lonely Planet to choose Finland there are always favourites. Here as one of the TOP 3 travel destinations in the whole world. According to are some of our destinations the world-renowned travel guide, here you can enjoy magnificent outdoor that frequently emerge in lists concerts and delicious foods, and after a high-class exhibition you bumped of favourites. They include a into, your day might be culminated in a sauna visit, for example. number of nature experiences, local events and diverse cultur- After reading our brochure, you will notice that all that and a lot else al activities. Use these as tips is awaiting you on your trip to the Heart of Finland. For example, for preparing your own holiday the Serlachius museum Gösta that Lonely Planet ranks as the 2nd best programme! You will find more tourist attraction in Finland! EVENTS options on the pages of this Our cosy cities and villages as well as the nature that will activate brochure. all your senses are the infallible foundation of your holiday. It will be easy to build a programme to your liking on top of it with our tips. What is close to your heart? Welcome. From the bottom of our heart! ED F SK RO A M V I S I TOP5 T O R www.visitheartfinland.fi S COVER PHOTO: MÄNTTÄ-VILPPULA/ TIMO NIEMINEN Contents ACTIVITIES 4–9 Art and culture 10–11 Events 12–15 Activities 18–25 Food and accommodation 26–28 Maps MÄNTTÄ-VILPPULA – ART, HISTORY AND GOURMET VIRRAT KEURUU Jyväskylä 1 Serlachius museums: Art Museum Gösta and Gustaf Museum MÄNTTÄ-VILPPULA RUOVESI 2 Mänttä Art Festival, top-class exhibition JUUPAJOKI JÄMSÄ of modern art in the summer ORIVESI 3 Mänttä Music Festival, top pianists Tampere 4 Mäntänvuori outdoor area: observation tower, wine tavern, hiking trails 5 Vilppulankoski tourist district Helsinki and recreational fishing area www.taidekaupunki.fi 2 Travelling in the Heart of Finland FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION ED F ED F ED F SK RO SK RO SK RO A M A M A M V V V I I I S S S I I I T T TOP5 T TOP5 TOP5 O O O R R R S S S RUOVESI – MAGNIFICENT KEURUU JÄMSÄ RUGGED NATURE AND – HERE EVERYTHING – A LOT TO DO AND SEE UNIQUE EVENTS IS NEAR ALL YEAR ROUND 1 Helvetinjärvi National Park 1 Old Keuruu area 1 Himos – year-round holiday centre: and Helvetinkolu Photo: Koskelainen 2 Paddle steamer Elias Lönnrot cruises ski resort, festivals, golf, husky safaris 2 Siikaneva Conservation Area on Lake Keurusselkä and other activities 3 Witches’ Trial and Witches’ Night 3 Keuruu Old Church 2 Moose Manor, Hirvikartano 4 Poet’s Way, S/S Tarjanne’s ship route 4 Steam Locomotive Park of Haapamäki – Finland’s only private moose zoo (Murole canal, Ruovesi Ship Wharf 5 Himmaan Huippu belvedere 3 Felt factories and factory outlets and Visuvesi canal) 4 Wanha Witonen canoeing route 5 Music! Ruovesi chamber music festival www.visitkeuruu.fi 5 Isojärvi National Park www.ruovesi.fi www.jamsa.fi ED FR ED FR ED F SK O SK O SK RO A M A M A M V V V I I I S S S I I I T T TOP5 TOP5 TOP5 T O O O R R R S S S JUUPAJOKI – THREE VILLAGES IN VIRRAT – ROARING RAPIDS ORIVESI – A TOWN WITH 350 FINLAND’S MOST BEAUTIFUL PART AND STEEP RAVINES LAKES NEXT TO TAMPERE 1 Kallenaution kestikievari museum inn 1 Toriseva ravine lakes with steep shores 1 Art Centre Purnu on the shore of 2 Shoe museum in the Juupajoki ravine 2 Harbour & 110-year-old steamship Lake Längelmävesi area shaped by the ice age S/S Tarjanne 2 Leporanta Art Centre, art in a kiln, 3 Cultural landscape route 3 Heritage Village museums cabin and coffeehouse Kopsamo–Salokunta for the entire family 3 Rönni entertainment centre in the 4 “Nut-form” octagon Juupajoki Church 4 Killinkoski old factory complex Lake Längelmävesi landscape in Kopsamo 5 Kituskoski & Herraskoski rapids 4 Idyllic Paltanmäki open-air museum 5 Beautiful Kopsamo–Purnu with windmills www.virrat.fi canoeing route, 19 km 5 Eräpyhä recreational area and nature trail www.juupajoki.fi www.orivesi.fi Travelling in the Heart of Finland 3 Experiences to fill your Heart! ART AND CULTURE architecture The diverse art and culture offering of the Heart of Finland is a major source of pride for us. Ambitious exhibitions, changing themes and events as well as highly valued works and makers of art entice exhibitions our visitors. You can experience a true local touch in the unique cultural events and museums. You can buy local souvenirs concerts to take home in the form of artwork EVENTS and design from atmospheric small boutiques. museumsmusic galleries visual art ACTIVITIES Nut-shaped Juupajoki Church Felt exhibition, Kivipankki, Jämsä 4 Travelling in the Heart of Finland FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION design festivals concerts theatre museums arts and crafts galleries visual art At Mänttä’s magnificent art sites, art, architecture and history are combined in a unique way. The Serlachius museum Gösta is a pearl of new wood and glass architecture, and it shelters one of the biggest private art collections in the Nordic countries. Felt exhibition, Keuruu Old Church Kivipankki, Jämsä Serlachius museum Gösta, Mänttä Purnu art exhibition on the shore of Lake Längelmävesi, Witches’ Trial and Witches’ Night, Ruovesi Midsummer Market, Virrat Orivesi Photo: Pirjo Luukko Photo: Nuutinen/Pirilä Travelling in the Heart of Finland 5 Kallenaution kestikievari Orivesi Summer Festivals Kallenautiontie 327, 35500 Korkeakoski PO Box 7, 35301 Orivesi Tel. +358 40 751 8779 or +358 40 527 4688 Tel. +358 40 596 3087 www.kallenautio.fi | [email protected] www.orivedensuvi.fi | [email protected] Café of tasty There are 1 2 pastries and many events ART AND CULTURE historical Inn under the museum! Kallenautio Orivesi Summer Fes- started functioning tivals umbrella: the as an inn in 1778. Purnu art exhibition It offered accom- with its SuviDesign modation also for design weekend, many dignitaries Rönni summer the- like author Zachris atre, Leporanta Art Topelius. The inn stopped operating in 1928 when cars became Centre and Sirkus Supiainen. The dances at the Rönni entertain- common. The museum is situated in Juupajoki by the road 66 on ment centre are nationally renowned, and you can buy lovely its original location. There is also a gift shop selling handicrafts handicrafts and gifts from the Orivesi crafts and art centre. EVENTS and quality art exhibitions. In Kallenautio you can find also a Oriveden SuviOpisto offers interesting summertime courses. • popular domestic animal farm. • JUUPAJOKI ORIVESI Mänttä Art Festival Taito Pirkanmaa ry, Taitokeskus Mänttä Pekilo, Tehtaankatu 21, 35800 Mänttä Taito Shop Tel. +358 40 259 9194 Itätorikatu 4, 35800 Mänttä www.mantankuvataideviikot.fi | [email protected] Tel. +358 3 225 1454, +358 50 592 9039 www.taitopirkanmaa.fi | [email protected] Mänttä Art Fes- 3 tival is Finland’s Crafts in our ACTIVITIES 4 most exhaus- lives, crafts in tive summertime look products and at modern art. The services. In the shop exhibition is open 17 and in the exhibition June through 31 Au- gallery is displayed gust 2018. Its fresh- and sold Finnish ness is guaranteed by quality design. Own an annually changing product lines which curator. The curator for 2018 is Veikko Halmetoja, who grew include jewelry, up in Mänttä and has become a significant expert in Finnish art textiles and glass. The crafts and arts centre provides diverse op- and gallerist in recent years. He promises to assemble an abun- portunities for amateurs and professionals to develop their skills dant and diverse exhibition for the Art Festival, displaying the and familiarize themselves with the Finnish handicraft field and entire richness of contemporary art starting from outsider and the different materials. • MÄNTTÄ-VILPPULA ITE art. The main location of the event is Pekilo, at the root of the highest factory chimney in Mänttä. • MÄNTTÄ-VILPPULA 6 Travelling in the Heart of Finland FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION Koskenjalka Shoe and Leather Museum Koskitie 43, 35500 Korkeakoski Tel. +358 50 401 5792 www.koskenjalka.fi | [email protected] The first 5 Finnish shoe factory began manufacturing shoes in Korkeakoski in 1897. The factory was known for its military boots and clogs, among other products. The buil- ding nowadays houses the Shoe and Leather Museum, with old machines, tools and over a thousand pairs of shoes telling stories Mänttä Music Festival is a celebration of piano music. MÄNTTÄ about shoe fashion and shoe manufacturing over a hundred years. The premises also feature an art gallery. Both are open 2 Paper Devil June–12 August 2018 noon to 6 p.m. Closed on Mondays and in Serlachius Tuesdays. The museum is part of the historic Korkeakoski factory Museum Gustaf. MÄNTTÄ area next to the unique Juupajoki ravine. • JUUPAJOKI Keuruu Museum Kangasmannilantie 4, 42700 Keuruu Tel. +358 40 965 5538 [email protected] | www.keuruunmuseo.fi Art & Cultural 6 The Keuruu Museum opens History in Keu- doors to the art and cultural ruu. Keuruu history of the area. KEURUU Museum organizes exhibitions year- round. You can book guided tours in Eng- lish to the churches of Keuruu through us.