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During the Lapland War in October 10th 1944 a Finnish Air Force Junkers JU-88 was shot by a German destroyer. The pilot tried to make an emergency landing to the forest but only one of the four men crew survived the landing. The badly burned sole survivor found his way back to civilization after a week in the forest. The memorial is by a road to Arppee in the middle of nowhere and was dedicated in 1970. Lean-to shelter at the site. There is a sign saying "Lentäjäpatsas" at the crossroads from Pohjoispuolentie road.
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A very valuable fen mire and raised bog complex with a nature trails (2-13 km) mostly on duckboards. Also old-growth hill forests. Two bird observing towers by the trails. There is a lean-to shelter by the road and three open wilderness huts deeper in the area. Dry toilets and waste disposals but no other services. Duckboards over Martimoaapa mire are in poor condition.
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A memorial of Simo Skirmish between Finnish Jägers and Russian police patrol in December 11th 1916. Reconstruction of the hut where the Jägers were hiding (the original hut burned during the skirmish). A 16 km long hiking and biking trail from Veska village in Kuivaniemi to Kievari village in Simo visits the site. Lean-to shelter by the road.
The southernmost village in Finnish Lapland survived the Lapland War untouched. Two nature trails and a museum road. The 3 kilometers long museum road is part of old Ostrobothnian road built in 1652. King Adolf Frederick of Sweden used the road during his trip in 1752. The village has local heritage museum and is one of nationally important cultural scenic views. There are occasionally festivities at Simonpirtti village house.
A small museum in an old barn next to the church. Open during the summer.
A wooden church built in 1846, separate bell tower from 1773.
A group of old fishermen's huts built mostly during the 19th century.