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A Gothic Revival wooden church from 1854, designed by Ernst Lohrmann. Finnish military sniper Simo Häyhä, known better by his epithet "The White Death," is buried in the graveyard.
Ruokolahti Church is the Lutheran church in the town centre of Ruokolahti, in south-eastern Finland, and the main church of the Ruokolahti parish.
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Downhill skiing and downhill biking.
Kolmen ristin kirkko
Designed by Alvar Aalto and part of the Aalto Works .
The oldest nature park in Finland, occupying the area around the Imatrankoski Rapids, was founded in 1842 by order of Tsar Nicholas I.
These rapids are Finland's first ever tourist attraction. The Russian Empress Catherine the Great and her retinue visited the rapids in 1772. Next to the rapids is Imatran Valtionhotelli, a castle-like hotel.
A popular beach on the shores of Lake Saimaa featured in The Times with mention of the "Saimaa Riviera" nickname.
The 7-metre-long (23 ft) boulder is a glacial erratic that lies on a convex bedrock surface with such a small footprint that it almost appears to be moving, but so firmly that it cannot be rocked with human force.