Guided services: Ulvila

Further information:
Kullaan Kotiseutu- ja Museoyhdistys ry/ the Kullaa local history and museum association: tel. +358 (0)2 559 1551, info(at)leineperinruukki.fi
Tour guides: Marja-Terttu Ruohomäki,tel. +358 (0)40 588 2170, marjaterttu(at)hotmail.com
Local history counsellor: Timo Korkeaoja, tel. +358 (0)400 790 591, timokorkeaoja(at)hotmail.com

Guided tours: Ulvila

A nature trip in a church boat on the beautiful Joutsijärvi Lake in Kullaa and a visit to Kustaa’s chimneyless hut.

The maximum size of the group is 14 (max. 16) persons + the guide. We will walk a total of 3 kilometres and row a total of 8 kilometres. We will gather at the Kullaa church boat harbour in Kylmälahti on Joutsijärvi Lake. Coffee will be served upon arrival at the shed in the church boat harbour and information will be provided on the trip.

We will travel by rowing the church boat to the wilderness hut of Sisälmystenlahti (4 kilometres of rowing). During the trip, the guide will give an overview of the birth, past and present, fishing and birdlife of Joutsijärvi Lake. From Sisälmystenlahti we will continue on foot to Kustaa’s chimneyless hut (1.5 kilometres away).

Sights and stories along the trip:
- the location of a hiding place dating from the Isoviha (Great Hate i.e. oppression by Russian military occupiers of the 18th century)
- the ancient logging site quarters
- the location of the coal burner’s house, its sauna stove and the bottom of the coal kiln
- unique geological details, crags and the abundant flora

Kustaa’s chimneyless hut
- The life of the inhabitants of the hut, Kustaa and Kaisa, in the 1850s
- Coffee and crepes will be served

We will return on foot to the church boat and row along a different route for the return journey.

Price of the trip: €300

Driving instructions to the gathering point: exit the Pori – Tampere highway at the Koski sign, drive approximately 0.5 kilometres, turn at the sign for Kylmälahti, cross the bridge and drive for around 0.5 kilometres, turn to the left, onto Kylmälahdentie, then follow this road for around 3 kilometres.

Further information:
Kullaan Kotiseutu- ja Museoyhdistys ry/ the Kullaa local history and museum association: tel. +358 (0)2 559 1551, info(at)leineperinruukki.fi
Tour guides: Marja-Terttu Ruohomäki,tel. +358 (0)40 588 2170, marjaterttu(at)hotmail.com
Local history counsellor: Timo Korkeaoja, tel. +358 (0)400 790 591, timokorkeaoja(at)hotmail.com

The age of iron at the Leineperi ironworks
A welcome reception in the Leineperi Info centre upon arrival at Leineperi. The guests are led to the miniature Leineperi ironworks, where they are given a general overview of the works:
- why the ironworks were founded in Leineperi
- anecdotes on the founder of the ironworks, Berndt J. Hastfehr
- the owners
- stories on the everyday lives of those working in Leineperi
- coal burning
- forging iron
- the purpose of the factory buildings

- Smith Sacklen’s house, how people lived around a hundred years ago
- Ruukinkatu (the Ruukki street) and the smiths’ houses
- A visit to a renovated smith’s forge, the chance to try out a smith’s tools
- A visit to the blast furnace dating from the 1820s and the history of iron making.
- The sports museum, the home of Olympic gold medal winner, Kaarlo Kangasniemi, where you can see his medals.
- Restaurant Savipakari, made of clay, constructed in the 1860s and once the town’s common bakery

Price: €5/person + the fee for the guide, €40

Further information:
Kullaan Kotiseutu- ja Museoyhdistys ry/ the Kullaa local history and museum association: tel. +358 (0)2 559 1551, info(at)leineperinruukki.fi
Tour guides: Marja-Terttu Ruohomäki,tel. +358 (0)40 588 2170, marjaterttu(at)hotmail.com
Local history counsellor: Timo Korkeaoja, tel. +358 (0)400 790 591, timokorkeaoja(at)hotmail.com
Restaurant Savipakari: Hannele Peltomaa, tel. +358 (0)44 555 8781.

Ulvila – the most industrial cultural town in Satakunta
A guided tour of Ulvila town centre, guided bus tour, duration 1 hour, a more detailed guided tour, duration 2 hours. Departure from the town hall.

- The birth of the town – the year of granting the town its charter, the origins of the name, Ulvila
- The town today – its surface area, number of inhabitants, industrial life, nature, the Kokemäenjoki River
- Liikistö – the oldest part of the town
- A visit to Kellarimäki where the handiwork of the inhabitants of the medieval town can still be seen
- Mansions
- The church and its surroundings
- The fire station
- The Kokemäenjoki river – Fishing area Naparanta
- The Hannula industrial area
- The leather factory
- The Rantavainio industrial area
- The Hansa shopping mall
- The library
- Schools: the comprehensive school, the vocational school and the Finnish high school “lukio”
- Health and social services

Return to the town hall

Price: the guide’s hourly rate is €40

Further information:
Tour guides: Marja-Terttu Ruohomäki,tel. +358 (0)40 588 2170, marjaterttu(at)hotmail.com
Local history counsellor: Timo Korkeaoja, tel. +358 (0)400 790 591, timokorkeaoja(at)hotmail.com