The Strömfors Ironworks in Ruotsinpyhtää near the south coast of Finland was founded in the 1690s and initially produced ingots from Swedish pig iron. Later the plant was equipped with a blast furnace [...] 250 years, the ironworks ceased operations in 1950. Today Strömfors Ironworks is considered one of Finland's best preserved ironworks villages. Among the surviving buildings is the brick building of a wa

mid-19th century to include table wares, and it remains the oldest glassworks still in production in Finland. The oldest remaining production and administration buildings dates from the 1850s. The workers’

in 1964, but the buildings have been carefully preserved, and are funded by UPM-Kymmene, one of Finland’s largest wood-processing companies. The village attached to the mill is used by the company as holiday

Finland’s national open air museum was established, like those of other Scandinavian countries, in the period of Romantic nationalism before the First World War, at a time when Finland formed part of the [...] centre of Helsinki by the ethnographer Axel Olai Heikel (1851-1924), and illustrates the history of Finland in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries through a collection of more than 80 buildings from all parts [...] water-powered saw mill and a country store of 1871. The Kurssi farmstead shows how in some parts of Finland weaving was an important summer time occupation before the development of textile factories. There

he returned to Scotland ten years later, the company he established became one of the largest in Finland employing more than 3,000 people in the late 19th century. Production on the original site, in a [...] exhibition describes how Tampere became the largest industrial city in the country, “the Manchester of Finland”. Impressive museum artefacts and photographs introduce visitors to the industrial enterprises and

furnaces, the forge and the machine shops, and establishing good living conditions for the workers. Finland’s first machinery workshop was built at Fiskars in 1837. The first Finnish steam engine was constructed

exceptionally well-preserved blast furnace from 1823 is one of the few remaining blast furnaces in Finland and can be visited as part of a guided tour, during which you can take a look inside the furnace

The Maritime Centre Vellamo at Kotka is Finland’s national maritime museum, and is the responsibility of the National Board of Antiquities. It opened in 2008 and has a spacious boat hall and an auditorium [...] seating 200 people. Its main exhibition ‘North Star: Southern Cross’ tells the story of seafaring in Finland, explaining the nature of trading by sea, the achievements of explorers, and the history of passenger [...] safety and the marine environment. Since 2011 the centre holds an annual public event, the Gulf of Finland Village, when visiting research ships are open to the public.

limestone to the rest of Finland and to Sweden, Poland and the Baltic states. The Finnish lift (elevator) manufacture Kone uses the mines for testing and is in the process of installing Finland's fastest elevator

museum for the area in 1982. It portrays the last hundred years of life on farms in that part of Finland, showing above all the impact of mechanisation on agriculture. The museum has a collection of more

Kuhala rapids in 1847. It was soon followed by a weaving mill, a yarn dyeing plant, and in 1861 Finland's first and for 60 years the only fabric printing plant. Initially, pattern designs and printing [...] and the studio department started at the factory in 1951. From 1934, the Forssa mills were part of Finland's largest textile factory, Finlayson. Finlayson fabrics were designed and printed in Forssa. During [...] gallery, focuses on contemporary and textile art. Forssa Museum was the Museum of the Year 2014 in Finland and a nominee for the Emya prize in 2015. In 2021, the museum opens a new site Pattern Centre, dedicated

history of industrial-scale peat production in Finland. The extraction and use of peat for energy production began in Aitoneva during World War II. Finland was lacking sources of energy due to the difficulties

Kangasala is a town in western Finland, 20 km from Tampere, in an area of spectacular scenery commemorated in the poem ‘Summer Day in Kangasala’ written in 1853 by Zacharias Topelius. The Vehoniemen Automuseo [...] illustrate the history of motor transport generally and pay particular attention to motor cars built in Finland. The museum is the location for many events, particularly for gatherings of bikers. The shop prides

production finally ceased in 2011. The place is a real treasure of the history of industrialisation in Finland. In the foundry hall, all the machines are still in place and the workers' overalls hang on the hooks

second oldest city in Finland. It stands as one of the best-preserved and architecturally perfect ironworks areas in the country presenting the early stages of in­dustrialisation in Finland with architectural

same building with the Maritime Museum of Finland . After World War II Kymenlaakso was among the world’s leading paper producers. Nowadays South-Eastern Finland has one of the biggest industrial forestry

a museum in 1997. The most important exhibit is the original continuous board mill, the first in Finland, which was made by Heinrich Füllner in Lower Silesia and continued in operation until 1978. The machine

people in the new industries of Finland from around 1900 until the 1960s. The forestry and papermaking company Tornator began a factory on the River Vuoksi in south-east Finland in 1895. It built 20 apartment

1929 by the company Ab Kemi, which developed sawmills and cellulose pulp mills in several parts of Finland. They are the last houses of about 40. The timber buildings are painted in traditional colours and

The State Cartridge Factory (Lapuan Patruunatehdas, or Paukku) was established in 1923 to support Finland’s security after it declared independence from Russia in 1917. The Lapua brand of cartridges was exported