Finland’s west coast boasts several Unesco World Heritage Sites: the picturesque old wooden town of Rauma, bronze age burial mounds of Sammallahdenmäki and the Kvarken archipelago, where new islands keep on rising from the sea.
Rauma Wooden Town
Finland’s most enchanting World Heritage Site is Rauma, one of the best preserved wooden townscapes in the world.
Interestingly enough, Rauma is not the only local Unesco World Heritage Site: the nearby Bronze Age burial mounds of Sammallahdenmäki date back 3 000 years.
Pori Jazz
The city of Pori is known for its music festival that’s been going on already over 50 years. Even though the festival is named Pori Jazz, the top notch artists vary from jazz to blues to pop.
Kvarken Archipelago – New Islands are Born
Kvarken is an archipelago in the making: the huge glaciers of last ice age pressed the landmass one kilometer down, and ever since the end of the ice age and the melting of glaciers the land has been rising in Kvarken archipelago, a Unesco Natural Heritage Site, where new islands form every decade or so.
West Coast, Pori, Rauma
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