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	Museovirasto
		The open-air museum of Seurasaari is located on a beautiful green island just a few kilometres from the heart of Helsinki.
		The island is a tranquil oasis in the midst of the city and at the museum the traditional Finnish way of life is displayed in the cottages, farmsteads and manors of the past four centuries that have been relocated from all around Finland.
		The Niemelä tenant farm from Central Finland and the Antti farmstead from southwestern Finland form complete environments with all of the original outbuildings intact.The life of the rural gentry is illustrated by the wooden church from Karuna (1686), the Kahiluoto Manor House from south-western Finland and the parsonage from Iisalmi.
	www.nba.fi /en/seurasaari_openairmuseum (246 words)

	Hot Helsinki Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Seurasaari Christmas Path (Seurasaaren joulupolku) is a pre-Christmas event for families with children at Helsinki region.
		In 1889 the City of Helsinki leased the island for recreational use, and it was renamed Seurasaari (Society Island).
		Seurasaari Island was situated in the 19th century nearby a workers’ district, and it was turned into a recreational area to provide them with a healthy pastime as in other European cities at the time.
	www.hothelsinki.fi /en/events/2005_seurasaarichristmas.html (281 words)

	Getting to know…. Seurasaari — SixDegrees
		Seurasaari has been a picnic spot from the 19th century, which was where the local workfolk spent their free time, but gradually the workers were followed by ice cream sellers and soon other people also found the picnicking site.
		In 1909, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, the famous painter, and Yrjö Blomstedt, the architect, got the Niemelä croft moved to the island and the outdoor museum was soon established.
		Seurasaari also provides facilities in case you’d like to go nude swimming, though you have to pay a modest fee.
	www.6d.fi /starters/page.2005-06-22.1442940589 (282 words)

	Seurasaarisaatio
		In 2008, the Seurasaari Midsummer Bonfires will be organised for the 53th time by Seurasaari Foundation.
		Should you want to purchase tickets for a group in advance, contact Seurasaari Foundation, Tamminiementie 1, Helsinki, open weekdays from 9a.m till 4p.m.
		In Seurasaari you can see this year the wedding couply in old style.
	www.kolumbus.fi /seurasaarisaatio/Englanti/sivut/events/enkku_tapahtumat/midsummer.htm (315 words)

	Seurasaari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The island is home to The Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, featuring a notable collection of preserved historical wooden buildings from all around Finland.
		Every summer, many Helsinkians come to Seurasaari to enjoy the rural, peaceful outdoor atmosphere.
		The height of the island's popularity is at Midsummer, when a huge bonfire (Finnish "juhannuskokko") is built on a small isle just off the island's coast, and ignited by a newly-wed couple.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seurasaari (180 words)

	Axis of Ævil » Joulupolku
		It was a dark grey day that became a dark snowy evening with not much illumination so it's not a stellar collection of photos.
		Seurasaari is an island very close to downtown Helsinki that is both an outdoor culture museum featuring historical architecture from all regions of Finland as well as being home to many furry-eared squirrels.
		I read a blurb in the Helsinki tourism guide that there was going to be a Christmas walk event on the island for a few hours.
	www.axis-of-aevil.net /archives/000663.html (439 words)

	European Cities - Helsinki by Charles L. Mitchell
		Seurasaari is located on an island connected to the mainland by a footbridge.
		A highlight of Seurasaari is a 17th century Karuna church.
		In the summer, after Seurasaari Island, return to Helsinki's downtown by taking a ferry bus from the island to Market Square.
	www.casayego.com /europeancities/helsin/helsin.htm (1255 words)

	Seurasaari, Finland. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		A fifteen-minute tram (#4) or bus (#24) ride northwest of the city centre (get off one stop after the big hospital on the left, from where it's a one-kilometre walk) lies Seurasaari, a small wooded island delightfully set in a sheltered bay.
		A few minutes' walk from the art museum, towards the Seurasaari bridge, is the long driveway leading to the Urho Kekkonen Museum (mid-May to mid-Aug daily 11am–5pm, Wed until 7pm; mid-Aug to mid-May Wed–Sun 11am–5pm, Wed until 7pm; www.nba.fi; €3.50, includes guided tour), the villa where the esteemed president lived until his death in 1986.
		Whether they love him or loathe him, few Finns would deny the vital role Kekkonen played in Finnish history, most significantly by continuing the work of his predecessor, Paasikivi, in the establishment of Finnish neutrality.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/finland/seurasaari (429 words)

	Helsinki info Jugendsali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Another just as important ambition is to encourage people to dress individually and to create their own styles.
		The Seurasaari Foundation has been a significant initiator of ethnologic research and arranger of numerous Finnish traditional events.
		In addition to photographs and articles, on display are original ethnographic construction and village plans as well as documentary films on Seurasaari.
	www.hel2.fi /kkansl/jugendsali/nayttelyt_en.html (153 words)

	Seurasaarisaatio
		Seurasaari island, situated only a quarter of an hour's drive from the centre of Helsinki, is a museum area and popular outdoor recreation.
		The island provides nice setting for outdoor recreation, sun worshippers and walkers.
		Having crossed the bridge a visitor can't help running into the happy little squirrels of the island.
	www.kolumbus.fi /seurasaarisaatio/Englanti/sivut/s_island/enkku_seurasaari/islandpaasivu.htm (64 words)

	Past events
		The island of Seurasaari is an open-air museum in Helsinki where you can make a journey back a couple of centuries and sense the atmosphere of a rural Finland that is now history.
		There is also a beach in Seurasaari so take your swimming suits with you, if you feel like swimming in the Finnish sea.
		The is also a beach in Seurasaari so take your swimming suits with you if you feel like swimming in the Finnish sea.
	www.helsinki.fi /hyy/esn/pastevents.html (10794 words)

	Cognections: Karelian farm house on Seurasaari
		Seurasaari is an outdoor museum of Finnish folklore.
		It has cool old huts and houses and farms and such.
		It might look rustic but it was home for a family and the added thoughtful touches that personalized it and added subtle beauty.
	cognections.typepad.com /home/2004/04/karelian_farm_h.html (111 words)

	Open-Air Folk Museum, Seurasaari
		To the west of Helsinki is the island of Seurasaari (Swedish Fölisö), which is linked with the mainland by a footbridge.
		It has an interesting open-air museum, with old peasant houses, a church from Kiruna (1686) and other timber buildings.
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	www.planetware.com /helsinki/seurasaari-open-air-folk-museum-sf-udn-seu.htm (136 words)

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