During the Great Northern War in the early 1700s, pillaging troops of Russians rampaged in Finnish territory, hounding the inhabitants. The heaviest blows were felt…
Kummakivi [strange rock] in Ruokolahti is an erratic boulder which settled in its unusual spot 10,000-11,000 years ago. The rock is seven metres wide and…
Near Immalanjärvi lake is Karjukallio [Boar Hill], assumed to have been named after the wild boar roaming in the area. One interpretation claims that the…
There was human habitation on the shores of Immalanjärvi lake as early as the 4000s BCE. Fragments of clay pots, burnt bones and stone tools…
Nature displayed its power on the lake in July 1957, when a tornado several kilometres long and wide blew up along the water, lifting roofs…
The boy stares straight at me, eyes dark with fear and glued to my battered face. Some lieutenant is spouting forth and almost getting physical.…
During the Winter and Continuation Wars, motley gangs of saboteurs and spies were active in the Finnish border area, working for the Russians. Some were…
Along the Kuokkalammi road, about 20 metres off, is a rock with one side a sheer drop like a wall, almost ten metres high. People…
The Purnujärvi cultural landscape contains ancient military history exemplified by the fiefdoms and endowed lands from the time of Swedish rule. Endowments were given in…