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2021 CHOOSE Uusikaupunki Enjoy a relaxing break in a new town! visituusikaupunki.fi/en Contents 6–25 WHAT TO SEE AND DO 27–36 SEA AND NATURE 37–45 RELAX AND REFRESH 46–50 BOUTIQUES - SHOPPING 51–56 ACCOMODATION 57–62 RESTAURANTS AND CAFÉS 63–69 OTHER IMPORTANT SERVICES / GOOD TO KNOW GENERAL INFORMATION DISTANCES TO UUSIKAUPUNKI INFO from Helsinki 233 km from Turku 70/80 km UUSIKAUPUNKI TOURIST from Naantali 68 km INFORMATION OFFICE from Rauma 50 km from Pori 100 km from Tampere 170 km VISIT UUSIKAUPUNKI from Kustavi 50 km Rauhankatu 10, p.o. Box 37, from Laitila 18 km FIN-23501 UUSIKAUPUNKI from Pyhäranta 22 km Tel. +358 50 420 5333, +358 50 420 5425 from Taivassalo 33 km [email protected] visituusikaupunki.fi @ visituusikaupunki King Gustavus Adolphus II founded OPEN Uusikaupunki on the 19th of April 1617 Mon–Fri from 9 am to 3 pm IN SUMMER Population c. 15 500 Mon–Fri from 9 am to 4.30 pm, Area 1932 km² Sat from 9 am to 3 pm. Check opening - Land area 502 km² hours: visituusikaupunki.fi/en - Water area 1430 km² Coastline c. 1500 km • Tourist Information • Brochures, maps UKILIFE - ONLINE MAGAZINE • Crusell Music Festival tickets Learn about living, working, and studying in • Guide services Uusikaupunki through the new lifestyle magazine: • Program packages for groups ukilife.fi/en • Summer theatre • Myllymuori’s adventure trips • Archipelago cruises • Internet for customers • Bike hire during the summer (also e-bikes) • Uusikaupunki-themed postcards and books Uusikaupunki travel services are available through the Doerz website. Find your favourite travel experiences at: doerz.com/visituusikaupunki Uusikaupunki Tourist Information Office. Information has been collected Service point Passari and the Crusell between January and March 2021. The content of the brochure is mainly paid advertisements. The Uusikaupunki Tourist Information Office is not responsible Music Festival’s office (during the for any changes. Restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic may cause summer) are located in the same building changes to events, dates, and opening hours. as the Tourist Information Office. Editing: Tourism Designer Irmeli Laiho-Andersson Design and layout: Mainostoimisto KMG Turku You are welcome to drop by! Front cover photo: Vilma Sappinen Printing house: Grano Oy SEE THE ALPHABETICAL INDEX ON PAGE 70 3 ENJOY A RELAXING BREAK IN A NEW TOWN Choose Uusikaupunki The beautiful seaside town of Uusikaupunki 24–31 July. The festival will also host the Crusell has a southern European feel to it. Experience International Clarinet Competition. The Old Houses centuries of history and the wonders of of Uusikaupunki event opens the doors of beautiful the archipelago in a safe setting. homes and gardens to the public on 4–5 September. ENJOY THE SMALL-TOWN ATMOSPHERE EXPERIENCE THE MANY SIGHTS The beautiful Kaupunginlahti bayside with its OF UUSIKAUPUNKI piers, lighting and restaurants calls visitors to the seaside. Get to know the history of the The joyfully colourful Art House Pilvilinna is town in the outdoors museum with stories of celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The the town’s seafaring days along the bayside. courtyard of the beautifully painted house includes a cottage, an art trail, and a rose garden. Uusikaupunki is filled with unique shops and great restaurants and cafés serving local delicacies. Join Wahlberg’s museum house provides a glimpse into a guided walking tour around the old wooden the life of a merchant family during the golden age house district of the town centre. This year marks of the town’s seafaring history. The museum’s Place the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace exhibition presents a local perspective on of Nystad. To commemorate this historic event, the the events of the Treaty of Nystad which took place City of Uusikaupunki offers townspeople and visitors in Uusikaupunki in the early 18th century. The Naval alike peace-themed guided walking tours. You can Pilot museum exhibits items of maritime history and also delve into the town’s histo-ry by downloading the life of naval pilots, and the Sailor’s Home museum the Uki AR mobile app and enjoying a trip down shows what everyday life was like for a sailor’s family. memory lane with a 19th century maid. For fans of the local Petäjämäki detective novels, there are The Automobile Museum has three exhibition halls also some “murder walks” available in Finnish, full of wonders for car fans of all ages. In addition to hosted by the author Rake Tähtinen himself. the cars and other types of vehicles, you can take a look at the “miniworld” exhibition put together by the The evening market events at the Pakkahuone guest Raunis-tulan nukkekotikerho dollhouse club. The title harbour are a must see for any visitor, and the popular of the most peculiar museum in town goes to the Tul Toril themed market events bring the market Bonk Museum, which exhibits a range of out-of- square to life on summer Saturdays. This August, the this-world inventions and defunctioned machines. mar-ket events will commemorate the Treaty of Nystad In the children’s Innovatorium workshop, younger with a peace theme. Myllymuori is running low on visitors can design their own Bonk devices. water, and on this year’s children’s adventure trips, the children will be helping her find a well. In late July, the On the next page, you can find the TOP 3 lists of the Myllymäki hillside will come alive with a soundscape best things about Uusikaupunki written by someone exhibition of dialect proverbs narrated by locals. who has moved here as well as someone who has moved back to Uusikaupunki after living elsewhere The Crusell Music Festival celebrates its 40th for a while. anniversary with an amazing range of concerts on 4 SUCCESSFUL ICE HOCKEY PLAYER ENJOYS LIFE IN PYHÄMAA WEEKEND VISITOR TURNED Kari Takko, who is known for his prodigious career in HAPPY PERMANENT RESIDENT ice hockey, currently lives in his summer cottage in Pyhämaa. He and his wife Kirsi bought the cottage Mikko Rantanen first got to know Uusikaupunki already in 1989, and they have spent a lot of their during weekend trips and liked it so much holidays there. This year, the couple moved there that he decided to move here. permanently, thus returning to the town where “I fell in love with the view of the sea and the lively Kari was born. The Takko family moved to Pori atmosphere. Walking around the beautiful wooden when Kari was still a child, but Uusikaupunki has house district and dining in the bayside restaurants always had a place in his heart. “Growing up, I spent were truly memorable experiences.Returning to nearly every summer and Christmas here with my my home in Turku always felt like I was leaving grandparents, either at their cottage in Pirkholma home instead.” or their home on Pohjoistullinkatu”, Kari explains. Mikko has worked in theatres all his life. He believes During his career, Kari played in Sweden, USA, and performance art to be a great tool for experiencing Canada. Since 2000, he has worked as the Director the world in new ways. Uusikaupunki offers many of European Scouting for NHL team Dallas Stars as fruitful opportunities for cultural projects. well as the player coordinator for his home team Porin Ässät. Kari says that he mostly enjoys spending “Although I’m still finding my footing in this new time in Uusikaupunki and at his cottage. “I don’t home, other locals who work in cultural projects think the locals real-ise what a truly wonderful have shown refreshing positivity towards me. place Uusikaupunki is”, he says. He thinks people I’m slowly getting to know everyone, and I’m should be prouder of where they come from. approaching the new opportunities with an open mind. I want to visit all the theatres and museums The Kaupunginlahti bayside is a wonderful in the area, so there’s still a lot to see”, Mikko says. area. It’s beautiful and peaceful, and there’s 1 some delicious food on offer, too. The Kirkkokadun Amanda ja Olga was always renovated bayside boulevard fits in nicely with the old a welcoming place to stay during my visits storehouses. I’m glad that such historic buildings have 1 here. The beautiful wooden house gave me been maintained in Uusikaupunki. a comfortable setting to work on my ideas for the theatre and to have the occasional nap. A trip to the Isokari lighthouse island was a memorable experience for me. Even just the I’ve had many a delicious meal on the 2 voyage to get there is a great experience, terrace of Restaurant Captain’s Makasiini. not to mention the guided tour of the island 2 The service is great and the food is and getting to climb to the top of the third excellent. I plan to take my friends there, too. oldest lighthouse in Finland. Amazing views! I went to the Kuvala cinema to see a film about If you enjoy nature, I recommend visiting the life of Tove Jansson. The intimate nature of the Pamprinniemi seaside nature trail in 3 the film was a perfect fit for the historic building 3 Pyhämaa. I especially enjoy the sound of the cinema. It’s great to know such places still exist. of the wind and the waves splashing against the rocks at the tip of the peninsula. 5 WHAT TO SEE AND DO The Caroleans in Uusikaupunki TREATY OF NYSTAD 300TH ANNIVERSARY Uusikaupunki celebrates as the guardian of the symposium. 28–29 August 2021 The Caroleans in Uusikaupunki the anniversary of peace Local historical societies re-enact the events of the Treaty of Nystad to This year marks the 300th The main events of the commemorate the 300th anniversary anniversary of the Treaty of anniversary celebrations of the peace treaty.