Turkansaari

Turkansaari

Turkansaari

Open-air museum in Finland Turkansaarentie , Oulu

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.

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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.[1]

Every summer there is a demonstration of burning tar in a pit to produce tar in the traditional way.

References

  1. [1]
    "Turkansaari Open-Air Museum". Pohjois-Pohjanmaan museo. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

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