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Pori

Country:
Finland
State:
Finland (General)
City:
Pori
Type of Location:
Multiple
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Places to Visit
How to Reach

By plane

Finncomm Airlines operates frequent flights between Helsinki and Pori Airport (IATA: POR, ICAO: EFPO).

By bus

Bus connections from Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Oulu, Jyvaskyla and Rauma . Cost is about 30-40€ (Helsinki-Pori-Helsinki bus ticket for adults is now about 59 eur).

By train

All the passenger trains go through Tampere. One way adult ticket from Tampere costs around 15 €, from Helsinki around 40 €. Tampere-Pori takes 1,5h, Helsinki-Pori 3,5h.

By car

Drive the main highway 2 from Helsinki, main highway 8 from Turku or from Vaasa , or road 11 from Tampere.
 

Key places to visit
Pori City Hall, Juselius Mausoleum, Pori Art Museum, Satakunta Museum, Pori Cotton, Pori Market Square

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Places to Visit

Pori City Hall

Pori is town hall in Pori 's most famous sights. Completed in 1841 neoclassical building was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel . It emphasizes the value of the building in front of the center of the direction of opening a representative from Town Hall Park, which is treated with respect and historical values ​​of the elections.Pori former Town Hall was a red wooden building, which was in front of Market Square .The original building burned down completely in Pori fire, after which the market place was moved to its current location and place of the former City Hall Park was established. The new town hall style represents the Empire style of neoclassicism and its special feature is the roof and towering circular suippokattoinen bell tower. The façade is dominated by four pilasters SuPPOrtEd pediment , which is the Latin spelling Curia Arctopolis translated Bear City venue (Arctopolis is derived from the Swedish name of Pori Pori, Ancient Greek , and continued in latin). People's sense of humor is interpreted to mean the text "and the harsh discipline of the police." The text is on the city of Pori bear arms.

Juselius Mausoleum

Juselius Mausoleum is one of Pori 's most popular attractions. mausoleum was built by industrialist Fritz Arthur Jusélius daughter Sigrid Jusélius the last resting place. Juselius daughter tomb is situated inside the mausoleum. Later, the yard is buried in the mausoleum Juselius two wives. Jusélius himself is also buried in the mausoleum.
Crypt in the middle is a black granite base, located in the architect Jarl Eklund , designed by the Sigrid Juselius white marble sarcophagus, which can be seen through the hole in the floor, surrounded by a marble railing also. The railing is a Gallen-Kallela, and initially to carry out, the current rectangle is the same drawings made to duplicate the original was destroyed by fire.
Juselius pewter sarcophagus is made downstairs chapel side, it is also drawn by Eklund. Both kryptakappeleita adorn the walls of the Masonic symbols Juselius was once one of the most prominent Masons in the Nordic countries.

Pori Art Museum

Pori Art Museum, was launched in 1979 , when the museum's collections consisted of cultural influence Maire Gullichsen a donation to the 300 in a work of art. The Museum is Satakunta regional art museum, and it is located in Pori, South shore, Kokemaenjoki along the way. Art Museum is currently regarded as one of the leading Finnish and the whole European contemporary art venues.
Pori Art Museum, the building is historically valuable. It was completed in the horizontal and Pakkahuone in 1860 , the architect CJ von Heidekenin designed by. However, the building became cramped, and it was extended to the architect Gustaf Nyström leadership. Extended, a representative Renaissance building was introduced in 1897 , and it's outer shell is still in the same outfit to this day. 1963 the building was going to find a new use, the way art museum began, albeit slowly. Maire Gullichsen prestige of the building was being restored Art Museum, a major impact.

Satakunta Museum

Satakunta The museum is located in Pori , Kokemaenjoki the beach opposite the Kirjurinluoto . It was founded in 1888 in Pori of the Finnish Society circuit. in 1903 the museum moved into the house Iltaman, the so-called. the old museum. Current, the architect Olaf Küttner designed building was built in 1973 . The building at that time was rare, initially designed for a modern museum building.
Satakunta Provincial Museum the museum was given the title in 1980 . The museum exhibition is based on three different floors. Current, in 2002 ,completed the basic exhibition is called "water lap Hundred kingdom .

Pori Cotton

Cotton Pori Oy was a Finnish years 1 898 - 1 974 worked cotton fabrics and yarn for textile manufacturing company that had manufacturing facilities in Pori . The company was 1898-1921 Pori Cotton Industry Ltd under the name of the company, but this was discontinued for legal reasons, and its assets were sold to a new Pori Cotton Ltd to a company called which still had the same owners. The company's largest shareholder, was A. Ahlström Oy and Ahlström family.

Pori Market Square

Market Square is located in Pori Pori center. Market Square was originally located in Pori town hall in front, but eventually it was moved to its current location. Market Square looking past the George Street becomes a pedestrian street, which runs approximately 400m south of Mikko's always up on the street. A large part of the Market Square events is shifted to the promenade and Eetu Salin Square area.
 

Right Time to Visit

June - August

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