Kajaani Lutheran Church and other Kajaani, Finland Things to Do Tips

Have a look at the beautiful Kajaani Lutheran church designed by Jacob Ahrenberg.
The church is well reachable by foot from the old city hall in the center of town.
I haven't been inside, but check --->here!

Find all necessary information for a visit at VisitFinland, linked below.

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Address: Kirkkokatu, 87100 Kajaani
Directions: Downtown
Website: http://www.visitfinland.com/Promis/products.nsf/(w5Prods)/Kajaani%20Lutheran%20Church_Attr_Kaja?OpenDocument&la=en&np=F-40.70&ind=w5/index.nsf

Have a look at Kajaanis city hall from 1831 designed by C. L. Engel.

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Address: Linnankatu, 87100 Kajaani
Directions: City center.
Website: http://www.visitfinland.ru/Promis/products.nsf/(w5Prods)/Old%20Town%20Hall%20of%20Kajaani_Attr_Kaja?opendocument&la=en&np=B&ind=W5/ru/index.nsf

Just a few steps away from the town square with its old city hall you will find the castle ruins of Kajaaninlinna. The ruins are nowadays located under a bridge, which is not giving a sight as expected of an old ruin. But looking at the history of the castle as ruin, it has for a long time been a stepstone to get over the river.
According to wikipedia, the castle is the smallest stone castle in Europe and the northern most of the world.

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Directions: Follow the street down to which the front of the old city hall faces to. It is just about 300 meters. Get access by the small bridge on the right beside the main bridge.
Website: http://www.visitfinland.ru/Promis/products.nsf/(w5Prods)/Castle%20ruins%20of%20Kajaani_Attr_Kaja?opendocument&la=en&np=B&ind=W5/ru/index.nsf

Elias Lönnrot was a doctor in Kajaani, who formed the Finnish identity by travelling and collecting poems and stories from the people of Karelia. He finished his work, the Finnish national epic Kalevala in 1835. In case you can read Finnish, have a look here: Kalevala in Project Runeberg.
Two flag days, day of Kalevala (February 28) and Day of the Finnish language (April 9), honor Elias Lönnrot.

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Directions: Have a look at the webpage linked below.
Website: http://www.visitfinland.ru/Promis/products.nsf/(w5Prods)/Statue%20of%20Elias%20L%C36nnrot_Attr_Kaja?opendocument&la=en&np=B&ind=W5/ru/index.nsf

Have a look at Villa Koskikara.
After the partly destruction of the Kajaani Paper Company during the second world war, the management has built an official residence and reception rooms for its management. This is the villa Koskikara. Later the house was abandoned, but during its 'high time' it has seen prominent guests like Urho Kekkonen (the Finnish president who was the longest in this position) and Leonid Brezhnev, former President of the Soviet Union.
Nowadays the houses holds a restaurant (Ravintola 'Sirius').

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Address: Brahenkatu 5, 87100 Kajaani
Directions: Between old town hall and castle ruins on the left.
Website: http://www.ravintolasirius.com/

Kajaani was well located at the transport route for tar towards Oulu. The tar was produced in the wide forests of middle Finland then on waterways transported via Kajaani, the lake Oulu (Oulujärvi) and Oulu river (Oulujoki) to the town of Oulu. There the main amount of tar was sold and exported to the big sea nations of Europe. The tar was used to make the wooden sailing boats water proofed.
The small house at the channel is the lock keepers home.

For info check ---> here...

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Directions: From town hall cross the bridge (over castle ruins) and the immediately turn left.

Just opposite the tar channel you will find a monument for the Jaegers, an elite infantry troop. The Jaegers were volunteers who went for training to Germany during the first world war.
Kajaani was a center for the Jääkärit on their way towards and back from Germany. It is estimated that about 250 of them used the route through Kajaani.

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Directions: At the tar channel.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_J%C3%A4ger_troops

Have a look at the webpage of the city Kajaani.

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Website: http://www.kajaani.fi/index~id~5D8A2B83484949108E4A4EBA63022C06.asp

Have a look at the information about Kajaani on the Visit Finland pages...

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Website: http://www.visitfinland.com/w5/index.nsf/(Pages)/PSL?OpenDocument&la=en&np=F-40.70&ind=w5/index.nsf&lout=4&lc=Kajaani&pm=Attraction