We drive 150 miles (about 3 hrs 20 mins) to see beer (and drink a little of it) in Pori, tour a medieval wooden town, and arrive at another national park to camp before tomorrow's next hike.
Before breaking camp in Tampere, we do a walk around the city's center.
"Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. The urban area has a population of approximately 340,000. Tampere is the most important urban, economic and cultural center in the whole of inland Finland."
We'd visited the Mad Finn brew-works yesterday, at the city's edge, this is the downtown tasting room...
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Some of the city's trams were highly adorned with graphics...find the waving kitty-cat.
We head back to the camper van to leave the city - enjoying some neat little boats along the way.
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Now in Pori to check out Panimoravintola Beer Hunter's tapworks with Mufloni Brewery. But first, lunch in the camper van.
"Old Rauma is the wooden structure center of the town of Rauma, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991 because of its unique wooden architecture and its well-preserved medieval town layout. It is one of the only medieval towns in Finland.
The area of Old Rauma has approximately six hundred buildings (counting both proper houses and smaller buildings like sheds) and about 800 residents. The oldest buildings date from the 18th century, as two fires, in 1640 and 1682, destroyed much of the town. However, the layout of the town center still retains much of its medieval character. The wooden buildings are almost exclusively one story, although several older buildings also have cellars. The residential buildings are located along the main street, whereas the ancillary buildings (for example, grain houses and sheds) were constructed along narrow alleyways. Most buildings are currently inhabited and owned by private individuals, although along the two main streets and around the town square they are mainly in business use.
Although "really" Old Rauma was almost completely destroyed by fires, a few buildings and ruins survive from medieval times. The Church of the Holy Cross, a Franciscan monastery church inaugurated in 1512, contains several medieval paintings and is one of the main attractions in Old Rauma. Another church in Old Rauma, the Church of the Holy Trinity, also from the 15th century, burned in the fire of 1640. The only other ancient stone building is the Old Town Hall, which was constructed in 1776.
Other locations of special interest include the Kirsti house, which is a seaman's house from the 18th and 19th centuries, and the Marela house, which is a shipowner's house dating to the 18th century, but with a 19th-century facade, both of which are currently museums."
The area of Old Rauma has approximately six hundred buildings (counting both proper houses and smaller buildings like sheds) and about 800 residents. The oldest buildings date from the 18th century, as two fires, in 1640 and 1682, destroyed much of the town. However, the layout of the town center still retains much of its medieval character. The wooden buildings are almost exclusively one story, although several older buildings also have cellars. The residential buildings are located along the main street, whereas the ancillary buildings (for example, grain houses and sheds) were constructed along narrow alleyways. Most buildings are currently inhabited and owned by private individuals, although along the two main streets and around the town square they are mainly in business use.
Although "really" Old Rauma was almost completely destroyed by fires, a few buildings and ruins survive from medieval times. The Church of the Holy Cross, a Franciscan monastery church inaugurated in 1512, contains several medieval paintings and is one of the main attractions in Old Rauma. Another church in Old Rauma, the Church of the Holy Trinity, also from the 15th century, burned in the fire of 1640. The only other ancient stone building is the Old Town Hall, which was constructed in 1776.
Other locations of special interest include the Kirsti house, which is a seaman's house from the 18th and 19th centuries, and the Marela house, which is a shipowner's house dating to the 18th century, but with a 19th-century facade, both of which are currently museums."
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The Old Town Hall from 1776...
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A German burger (rich business dude) bought the building to Gerri's right, and embellished the original trim to his tastes.
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