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Turkansaari

Turkansaaren ulkomuseo

island and open-air museum in Oulu, Finland

  • TypeMuseums
  • WhereKempele, Finland
  • AddressTurkansaarentie 165, 90310 Oulu
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About Turkansaari

Turkansaari is an island in the Oulujoki river with an open-air museum in the Madekoski district in Oulu, Finland. The museum is run by the Northern Ostrobothnia museum. Turkansaari island was a marketplace for Russian traders in the Oulujoki river. The open-air museum started out when the old church, from the year 1694, was restored on the island in 1922. Every summer there is a demonstration of burning tar in a pit to produce tar in the traditional way.

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