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What to do and see in Kouvola, Kymenlaakso: The Best Specialty Museums
Kouvola (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkowvola]) is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located on the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso and 134 kilometres (83 mi) northeast of the capital, Helsinki.
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1. World Heritage Site - Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 79 reviews
You can visit Verla Mill Museum 2 May – 30 September Tue-Sun 11:00-16:00 From midsummer until the August 15th open daily 10:00-18:00. (Closed in midsummer on Friday) Guided tours only: Tours in Finnish begin every hour on the hour. The last tour of the day is at 16:00 or 18:00. Tours in other languages (Swedish, English, German, Russian…) are available by arrangement. Admission Adults € 12 Concessions € 9 Children under 18 free entrance.
Reviewed By KriS343 - Kotka, Finland
The site is wonderfull, everything is like it was left tens of years ago. The guide had interesting stories to tell, including one lady who worked there for years and years on the same position and had even left markings on the floor during the years. But in the evening, just before the sun goes down and everyone else has gone. Only seagulls screaming and the powerplant humming. That is the time to just sit, watch and think how different things were decades ago.
2. Kouvola Tube Radio Museum
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4.5 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By MikaelF413 - Vantaa, Finland
This museum is situated in the Museum Quarter of the Kaunisnurmi area. The museum displays about 300 of the most spectacular and special radios from the 1920s to the 1960s. While the museum tells the story of the history of radio, it also tells about the way people lived in Kouvola at that time. The furniture and other things are matching with the radios. Every room has an interesting commentary that can be heard from the radios by pushing a button.
3. Model Railroad Museum Kouvola
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4.5 based on 40 reviews
The largest model railroad exhibition in Finland with engines using real whistling sounds. The museum also features a wooden steam train, one of the three existing trains with Masson engine, running through 3 rooms on rails over 2.5 meters high! Visitors have an opportunity to act as engineers for the model trains, and see the development of railroad history. The cafe Onkapannu has always fresh ground coffee and delicious pastries. Museum is loca- ted right next to the railway station. “I will always try to put trains that I believe are of interest to each visitor.” Trains run exactly the same way as VR, see how the train's safety Block system works, but on a smaller scale. The performance takes 45 minutes.
4. Kouvola City Museum
5. Kouvola Museum Quarter
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4.5 based on 8 reviews
A part of Kouvola history as a Railway station Village with small wooden houses from years 1910-1930 . You can find Finnish handcraft and artists working at their workshops, and visit a nice cafe with art exhibitions. Many happenings is arranged in Kouvola Museum Quarter, like Old Time Marketplace in september, The Day of Arts Skills in april, The Christmas happenig and The Night of the Arts.
Reviewed By MikaelF413 - Vantaa, Finland
This museum area is located in Kaunisnurmi, near the city center. The old wooden buildings are a reminder of Kouvola's railroad history. The area was inhabited mainly by the engine drivers. Most of the buildings were built in the early 20th century. The beautifully restored buildings serve as workshops for artisans and artists and as boutique shops. You can find also a cafe, called Onnenkukko. Poikilo Museums and Radio Museum are located in the same quarter. Both museums are very interesting and worth a visit.
6. Poikilo - Museums
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4.0 based on 13 reviews
Kouvola Museum Quarter from 1920s tells about Kouvola history as a railroad village. You can visit old wooden houses and find a nice cafe with art exhibitions, small workshops and shops with handmade local handcraft. At Kouvola Museum Quarter there is arranged many happenings like The Night of The Arts, An Old Time Market Place in september, Christmas happening, and The Arts & Skills -day.
Reviewed By MikaelF413 - Vantaa, Finland
The Poikilo Museums comprise the Kouvola Art Museum and the Kouvola City Museum in the Kouvola House. The exhibitions are changing. It is an interesting combination of art and history. The Art Museum focuses on contemporary Finnish art. On our visit, there was an exhibition called 'On behalf of nature'. It consisted of works from the Heino Art Foundation collection which is one of Finland’s foremost collections of contemporary art. The City Museum shows exhibitions related to the history of Kouvola. On our visit, there was an interesting exhibition called 'Manor Houses of Kouvola'. The exhibition showed what the past life was in Kouvola's manor houses.
