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Tourist Spot Attractions In Southwest Finland

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Southwest Finland or, officially, Varsinais-Suomi, also known as Finland Proper is a region in the south-west of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Tavastia Proper , and Uusimaa. The region's capital and most populous city is Turku. The area comprising the southwest is largely the same as the historical province of Finland Proper, so named because it is the original home of the tribe known as the Finns.
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Tourist Spot Attractions In Southwest Finland

  • 3. Uusikaupunki Old Church Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki , is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 15,737 and covers an area of 551.65 square kilometres of which 49.04 km2 is inland water. The population density is 31.31 inhabitants per square kilometre . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Both its Finnish and Swedish names translate literally to new town. The original name of the main village that was incorporated into Uusikaupunki was Kalainen . The surrounding region, and especially the neighboring town of Kalanti, which merged with Uusikaupunki in 1993, was already a lively marketplace for wooden objects and salt in the early Middle Ages. Uusikaupunki was founded to legalize this trade.The town of Uusikaupunki was founded as a town with the...
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  • 4. Sjalo church Nagu
    This article is about Själö of Nagu. There is another Själö in Väståboland, on the border between the former municipalities of Houtskär and Iniö. Själö or Nagu Själö or Seili is a small island , off the main islands of Nagu, in the Archipelago Sea, off the south west coast of Finland. Själö is part of the municipality of Pargas. The island is known for its church and nature, a research institute and a former hospital. An asteroid has been named after the island.
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  • 9. Old Rauma Rauma
    Old Rauma is the wooden city centre of the town of Rauma, Finland. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area of Old Rauma is about 0.3 km², with approximately six hundred buildings and about 800 people living in the area. The town of Rauma expanded outside the Old Rauma proper only in the early 19th century. The oldest buildings date from the 18th century, as two fires of 1640 and 1682 destroyed the town. Most buildings are currently inhabited and owned by private individuals, although along the two main streets and around the town square they are mainly outside in business use. Locations of special interest include the Kirsti house, which is a seaman's house from the 18th and 19th centuries, and the Marela house, which is a shipowner's house dating to the 18th century but wi...
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  • 11. Fiskars Village Fiskars
    Fiskars Oyj Abp is a Finnish consumer goods company founded in 1649 in Fiskars Village , a locality now in the town of Raseborg, Finland, about 100 kilometres west of Helsinki. Fiskars' global headquarters are located in the Arabianranta district of Helsinki. Fiskars is best known for its orange-handled scissors, created in 1967. The company operates as an integrated consumer goods company and has two strategic business units: SBU Living and SBU Functional.
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