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Venehjärvi

On your way from Vuokkiniemi to Uhtua (Kalevala) you pass Venehjärvi.

Stop here and have look around this beautiful landscape. Maybe the tsesouna has been finished in the mean time, the were planning to build a small chappel on the hill, just when entering this tiny village...

Directions: north-west of Vuokkiniemi

ancient poems' cradle

THE VILLAGE VUOKKINIEMI.
WITH ITS 500 INHABITANTS IT IS SITUATED ON THE UPPER KUITTIJÄRVI.

POEM COLLECTERS LIKE ELIAS LÖNNROT, J.F.CAJAN, M.A.CASTRÉN, D.E.D.EUROPEUS CAME TO VISIT VUOKKINIEMI DURING THE 1830's AND 1840's. STILL TODAY LOCAL SANDRA REMSUJEVA IS PERFORMING POEMS AND TALES IN THE FAMOUS KALEVALA METRIC.

Directions: UPPER KUITTIJÄRVI