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Former municipality in the country of Finland
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Vuolijoen kirkko
The only greystone church in the Kainuu region, with a building style representing national romance and Art Nouveau. The church can accommodate about 400 people and has a 13-voice pipe-organ.
Vuolijoen hautausmaa
Riihipiha-museo
The museum area were brought to exhibit the old courtyards of the Kainuu region from the end of the 1800s and early 1900s. The speciality of the area is a thatced building, pettulato, made of pine logs whose bark was used in making bread during years of famine 1917-1918. It also includes a village shop and bank museum, and sections that describe the activities of the Lotta Svärd and Civil Guard organisations.
Vuolijoen kesäteatteri
A summer theatre located in the Pentinpuro village.
Metsämiehentie Leikkipuisto
A park with a playground.
A grocery store.
Regional road 879, which starts at highway 28, runs through the village center of Vuolijoki. This highway can be reached from the European road E63 in the southern part of Kajaani.
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