World Heritage Sites in Finland

Site nameEntered
Fortress of Suomenlinna1991
Old Rauma1991
Petäjävesi Old Church1994
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill1996
Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki1999
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago2000
Struve Geodetic Arc2005

Tentative list of Finland
Paimio Hospital (formerly Paimio Sanatorium)
Saimaa-Pielinen Lake System
The Carvings from historic time at the island of Gaddtarmen (Hauensuoli)
The Holy place of worship of Ukonsaari by the Sami people at Inari
The large Stone Age ruin of Kastelli at Pattijoki
The Rock paintings of Astuvansalmi at Ristiina

Southwest Finland (August 2005)

To enjoy a late summer weekend together, my mother and I took off for Finland. We stayed in the pleasant city of Tampere, and drove 900 kilometres in all to see three new world heritage sites in the southwest of the country.

The Bronze Age site of Sammallahdenmäki we thought was the most remarkable of the three: remote, obscure, but also an experience of pure nature seldom encountered in the 21st century.

. Sammallahdenmäki
. Old Rauma
. Petäjävesi Old Church