TRAVEL BROCHURE 2020 Welcome to Lake Tuusula! Tuusula – Hunger for culture, thirst for life. Railway station Bus station Sports field Swimming Pool Bathing site Nature observation tower Golf course Recreational area Bathing site Nature observation tower Golf course Museum Recreational area The Lake Tuusula Road 3 Services for people visiting Tuusula Visit Lake Tuusula with the ‘Hop-On, Hop-Off’ Bus The Visit Lake Tuusula Bus offers tours around the lake during the summer months. The route passes by several local museums, attractions, and accommodation providers. Bus timetables are issued later. For more details, visit tapahtumat.tuusula.fi Pick up a Museum Card! You can visit many museums in the Tuusula area with a museum card. Read more: museot.fi/museokortti Newsletter Subscription By subscribing to the Tuusula Life newsletter you will receive a regular update on current news and events directly to your email inbox. www.tuusula.fi/uutiskirje Published by: Municipality of Tuusula Layout: Grapica Oy Images: Kari Kohvakka, Antti Kallio, Kaapo Kamu, Tuusula Municipality, and businesses in the region The information in this issue was accurate as of May 2020. Changes are possible. Rights to changes reserved. 4 Introduction Lake Tuusula offers visitors a wide array of excursion options – There’s plenty to see and do for everyone! Immerse yourself in the history of the region’s many atmospheric sites, which are steeped in the evocative heritage of the Finnish romanticists who laid the foundations for the story of our nation. Let yourself be enchanted by our national landscapes and natural habitats or even invigorate yourself by cycling around Lake Tuusula. In this brochure, we have compiled the region’s must-see attractions, top restaurants, and plenty of tips to help you get the most out of your stay. A visit to Lake Tuusula is rewarding all year round. With so much to enjoy, Lake Tuusula is a fantastic destination for everyone. 5 The Lake Tuusula Road and Artists’ Community Lake Tuusula is situated right in the middle of the municipality of Uusimaa. At the northern end of the lake lies the town of Järvenpää, with the town of Tuusula to the south. More than a century ago, a truly one of a kind artist community was established in the region, when many masters from the so-called ‘Golden age’ of Finnish art settled along the shores of Lake Tuusula. The Lake Tuusula artists’ community was the birthplace of a national movement that instigated the cultural enrichment of our nation as we strode toward independence. The region was hugely significant to the era of Finnish romanticism and is part of what is lovingly referred to in Finnish as the siulunmaisemaa or national ‘soul landscape’ that has become so well-known through the many masterpieces gifted to our nation. Following in the footsteps of the celebrated Finnish writer Aleksis Kivi, a large number of artists moved to the area and left behind them a legacy that would go on to have a longstanding impact on Finnish art and culture as a whole. Similarly, celebrated author Juhani Aho also attracted fellow artists to the region during this remarkable period of Finnish art. As the arriving creative artisans forged closer links with each other, a one-of-a-kind and heavily influential community took shape. While a short visit is will give you a taste of the region’s distinct artistic heritage, there are ample opportunities to dig a bit deeper and spend an entire trip learning and exploring Lake Tuusula’s storied creative history. A quick pit-stop anywhere in this stunning lakeside landscape will brighten your day and a longer visit will stay with you for a lifetime. It is no wonder that Lake Tuusula regularly welcomes an abundance of visitors from near and far time and again. At 8 km in length, the lake is contoured by a narrow and meandering snaking 20 kilometre hiking trail, which is mostly flat. Many of the historic artists’ homes are located along the lake’s eastern coastal road (Rantatie). You can also explore the scenery and the region’s cultural treasures by bike. Hunger for culture, thirst for life. 6 Lake Tuusula’s Museums The Lake Tuusula artists’ community was formed by practitioners from different fields – visual artists, writers and composers. Consequently, the museums in the area intersect the full spectrum of regional and national culture and history, from times of war and peace, and naturally including the art of the Finnish ‘Golden Age’. This trip back in time to the era of Finnish romanticism is only a thirty-minute journey from downtown Helsinki. Come and experience Lake Tuusula! 7 The opening times may change due to COVID-19. For the latest information, check the museum websites. AHOLA Writer Juhani Aho and painter Venny Soldan-Brofeldt lived in Ahola from 1897. After falling in love with the area, Juhani Aho went on to entice other artists to Lake Tuusula, and so the notable com- munity of artists began. Visitors to Ahola can immerse themselves in the life’s Culture work of this artistic couple and enjoy the summertime exhibition, which changes moves. annually. A museum shop and a café can be found next to the tickets office. EXHIBITIONS IN 2020: 3 June – 30 September Beautiful and practical – Venny Soldan-Brofeldt, Home Decor Expert 15 June – 16 August Kaisu Sirviö – painted in Ahola Open: Wed–Sun, 10 am to 5 pm (3 June–30 September). Sibeliuksenväylä 57, Järvenpää tel. +358 (0)40 315 2213 [email protected] www.jarvenpaa.fi/ahola AINOLA The composer Jean Sibelius and his family made Ainola their home in 1904 and went on to live there for the next 65 years. A visit to the Ainola estate and its surrounding courtyard buildings, which have all been preserved in their original state, is a unique journey back in time to the sights and sounds of domestic life, music, and visual art of the last century. Ainola is surrounded by a beautiful gar- den, which is also the burial place of the composer and his wife Aino. Café Aulis and a museum shop serve customers adjacent to the tickets office. Open: Check opening hours on the website. Ainolankatu, Järvenpää tel. +358 (0)9 287 322 [email protected] (guided tour bookings) www.ainola.fi 8 ALEKSIS KIVI’S MEMORIAL COTTAGE A visit to the memorial home of Aleksis Kivi, one of Finland’s greatest authors, allows you to sample what life was like in and around Lake Tuusula before the artists’ community became established. The cottage originally belonged to Kivi’s brother and his family. Aleksis Kivi himself only lived there for the last few months of his life in 1872. The small cottage and courtyard is impressive in its modesty. Open: Tue–Sun, 11 am to 6 pm (1 June – 30 August), Sat–Sun, 11 pm to 5 pm (1 September – 10 October). Rantatie, Tuusula tel. +358 (0)40 314 3471 [email protected] www.tuusula.fi/aleksiskivenkuolinmokki HALOSENNIEMI Halosenniemi is a romantic studio home built by the painter Pekka Halonen in 1902. Halosenniemi, which has been lovingly restored to its original state, is now an art museum showcasing the work of Halonen and other artists from the Lake Tuusula artists’ community. The museum hosts a wide range of events and exhibitions. It is also has a museum shop and boat hire. EXHIBITIONS IN 2020: 21 January – 6 September From Drawing School to the World – Albert Gebhard as a guest of Pekka Halonen 15 September – 29 November 2020 In the Shade of the Forest – the landscape paintings of Pekka Halonen Homes of Open: historically Mon–Sun, 11 pm to 6 pm (1 June – 6 prominent September), Tue-Sun, 11 pm to 5 pm (15 September – 29 November). artists. Halosenniementie 4-6, Tuusula tel. +358 (0)40 314 3466, +358 (0)40 314 3467 [email protected] www.halosenniemi.fi 9 The opening times may change due to COVID-19. For the latest information, check the museum websites. JÄRVENPÄÄ ART MUSEUM The exhibitions at Järvenpää Art Museum present the life and works of local Lake Tuusula artists. The muse- um’s collections include a significant body of works by Eero Järnefelt and Venny Soldan-Brofeldt. EXHIBITIONS IN 2020: 1 March – 30 September Suviranta – Home of the Järnefelts 1 November – 31 January 2021: Cycling tour, Apaja-Lahti-Jotuni-Juurinen Open: Wed–Sun, 10am to 5 pm (3 June – 30 September), Wed–Sun, 10 am to 65 pm (1 November – 31 January) Kirjastokatu 8, Järvenpää tel. +358 (0)40 315 3881 [email protected] www.jarvenpaa.fi/taidemuseo LOTTA MUSEUM Interesting The Lotta Museum’s exhibitions give insight into the history of the Lotta exhibitions. Organization, which is nowadays known as the Lotta Svärd Foundation, and the ways in which the female vol- unteers known as ‘Lottas’ aided and supported social aid and relief work. The exhibitions reveal just how impor- tant a role the Lottas’ voluntary work has played in Finnish history. Visitors to the Lotta Museum can also enjoy the popular Café Lotta Kanttiini and the Lotta Puoti museum shop. NÄYTTELYT 2020: 2 January − 30 August Lotta’s Story – Always demand the most from yourself Open: Check opening hours on the website. Rantatie 39, Tuusula tel. +358 (0)9 274 1077 [email protected] www.lottamuseo.fi 10 SUVIRANTA Suviranta is the artist’s home built by painter Eero Järnefelt on the shore of Lake Tuusula. The property is sur- rounded by an English-style garden and a step inside this atmospheric building will transport you back to the Events early 20th century. throughout Suviranta is still a private residence.