Karkkila

Lukutoukan kirjakauppa, Huhdintie 10-12, 03600 Karkkila, 010 423 26228 kirjakauppa@lukutoukka.fi • www.karkkila.fi • Map

The Karjaanjokilaakso river valley

• Högfors Iron Works
  The Högfors iron works deep in the Karjaanjoki river valley form a fascinating world of their own right in the heart of town. Thanks to new residents and protective action the old idyllic workers’ residential quarters have preserved their historic character beautifully. Old industrial buildings have been restored and turned into new offices with full respect for tradition. Today a former engine shop houses the local library and Karkkila Town Hall etc.
• The Foundry Museum of Finland and Högfors blast furnace
  A national museum illustrating the history of the foundry industry is situated in a park where you will also find a manor house commissioned in 1861 by the owner of the works Mr. Joseph Bremer as well as and restored blast furnace from 1823. The museum sells local cast iron art. The top floor of the museum houses Galleria Bremer, a space for changing exhibitions. Open: 2.5.-31.8. Wed-Sun 12-18, other times Sat 12-15 and Sun 12-18, 0500-938 337, 09-4258 3674
  
• Workers’ Museum of Karkkila-Högfors
  This three-hectare open-air museum is a part of the Fagerkulla workers’ residential area. The restored houses and old yards paint a colourful picture of how the workers of the Högfors Iron Works lived in the 19th and 20th centuries. Summer café. Open: 1.6.-15.8, Wed-Sun 12-18,  0500-938 337
• Old wooden church
  A cruciform church in rustic style from 1781 coloured with red ochre and designed by Matti Öisti, a famous church builder from Pohjanmaa.
• The Karjaanjokilaakso river valley with its rapids
  provides idyllic natural scenery in the centre of the town.
• Market square
  busy and crowded on summer market days, open Fri 8-13, in the summer an evening market Tue 12-18.