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Lush islands and rocky islets. Best explored by boat or canoe, but there is a boat service to the main island and taxi boats available. Nature trails, an old croft, Saimaa seals and osprays. Tour skating in winter.
Linnansaari National Park is a national park in the South Savo and Northern Savonia regions of Finland. It lies in the middle of the lake Haukivesi, a part of greater Saimaa. The National Park was established to conserve the valuable natural features of the Finnish lakeland.
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A modern church from 1973.
One of the finest golf courses in Eastern Finland.
Joroinen Church in a cross-shaped wooden church built in 1793. The altarpiece in by famous Finnish painter Pekka Halonen.
Finland's first canal with guard locks, opened in 1840. Nowadays the boats use a wider canal, opened 30 years later, but the original one is still open as a museum.
The main sight is the altar fresco – the largest in Northern Europe.
Mekaanisen musiikin museo
As the name reveals, it's a museum presenting mechanical music instruments, gramophones, jukeboxes and such.