Cultural Centre Vanha Paukku has spaces for virtually any event you might want to organise, whether it’s a meeting, a conference, a family get-together, an exhibition or a children’s party. Whatever it is, we offer an amazing environment and excellent service. We can enrich your meeting with a guided tour of the factory area, a […]
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Lapuan Kankurit is a linen and wool textile mill that has honed its weaving and material skills to a fine edge over many decades. The work we do has earned us the TAITO-FINLANDIA award, along with a number of design awards. The tour will introduce you to the different sections of the mill: warping, weaving,
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Lapuan Kankurit is a linen and wool textile mill that has honed its weaving and material skills to a fine edge over many decades. The mill’s extremely successful products are the work of excellent designers, skilled staff, cutting-edge technology and a responsible approach to the environment and to people that respects nature and tradition. The
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Step aboard the M/S Koivunlehti and travel back into the past. Over the course of the one-hour cruise, our guide will introduce you to Lapuan personalities and events that have influenced local and national history. Admire the beautiful parks, gardens and historic buildings. And, if you want to take a detour to, for example, Jokilaakso’s
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For many years now, Lapua Cathedral has been working with the City’s tourism office to organise guided tours of the Simpsiön Hautausmaa cemetery. Let the city’s tour guides take you on a journey through an important and sombre part of Lapua’s history. The tour will introduce you to places like the cemetery’s oldest identifiable grave,
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VANHA PAUKKU OFFERS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCES Vanha Paukku is a cultural and business centre with a unique history and environment on the banks of the Lapuanjoki river. What used to be the Lapua Cartridge Factory now hosts conference spaces, museums, the restaurant Iso Prässi, Café Patruuna and various shops, such as the museum shop
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Dive deep into the architecture of Ostrobothnian houses in Lapua, Ylistaro and Nurmo. What role do houses play in the story of Ostrobothnia? What were Ostrobothnian houses like in the past, what are they like now, and how can we build continuity with new construction? What kinds of ideas can we adopt from Ostrobothnian architectural
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Take a trip to the old riverside roads and villages of Ylistaro and Isokyrö! Reach far back into the region’s history at Leväluhta’s mysterious Iron Age water burial site, listen to the story of Pukkila’s ship burial and cremation, find out how the peasant uprising that would come to be known as the Cudgel War
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Lapua City Hall was built in 1923–1924. The building was designed by architect Matti Visanti, and has been used by organisations such as Savings Bank, the Ministry of Supply and the Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese. Explore central Lapua virtually
The cathedral’s churchyard (Kosolankatu 3) includes a number of memorials, such as a monument to the fallen of the Finnish Civil War, a memorial to those buried in Karelia, a monument to Finnish Jägers and an angel sculpture erected to commemorate the fallen of the Winter and Continuation Wars. The churchyard has nearly 300 war
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