Forestry Museum of Lapland

Forestry Museum of Lapland is a museum in Rovaniemi, South-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland which is located on Metsämuseontie. Forestry Museum of Lapland is situated nearby to the swimming area Salmijärven uimaranta, as well as near the museum Pöykkölän kotiseutumuseo.

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Type: Museum
Description: museum in Rovaniemi, Finland
Address: Metsämuseontie 7, Rovaniemi, 96400

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rovaniemi Local Heritage Museum and Kotisaari.

Rovaniemi Local Heritage Museum

Museum

Rovaniemi Local Heritage Museum

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Rovaniemi Local Heritage Museum is situated 1 km west of Forestry Museum of Lapland.

Kotisaari

Islet

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Kotisaari is an island on the river Kemijoki, near Rovaniemi, Finland. Starting in the late 1800s, the island was used as a traditional stronghold for lumberjacks.

Rovaniemi railway station

Railway station

Rovaniemi railway station

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Rovaniemi railway station is located in Rovaniemi, Finland. The line from the south opened in 1909, and was extended to Kemijärvi in 1934. It features direct daytime and overnight passenger trains to Oulu, Tampere, Helsinki and Turku; as of March 2014 the overnight train provided the only passenger service north to Kemijärvi. Rovaniemi railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Forestry Museum of Lapland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ounasrinne and Korkalovaara.

Ounasrinne

Suburb

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Ounasrinne is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km east of Forestry Museum of Lapland.

Korkalovaara

Suburb

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Korkalovaara is a suburb, which is situated 6 km northwest of Forestry Museum of Lapland.

Forestry Museum of Lapland

Categories: local museum in Finland, specialised museum in Finland, forestry museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Rovaniemi, Rovaniemi, South-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

66.47783° or 66° 28′ 40″ north

Longitude

25.75938° or 25° 45′ 34″ east

Open location code

9GR7FQH5+4Q

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Swedish—“Forestry Museum of Lapland” goes by many names.

Bashkir: “Урман музейы (Рованиеми)”
Bashkir: “Урман музейы”
Finnish: “Lapin metsämuseo - Forestry Museum of Lapland”
Finnish: “Lapin metsämuseo”
Finnish: “Lapin Metsämuseo”
German: “Das lappische Forstmuseum”
German: “Forstmuseum Lappland”
Russian: “Музей леса (Рованиеми)”
Russian: “Музей леса”
Swedish: “Lapplands Skogsmuseum”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Metsämuseo and Salmijärven uimaranta.

Nearby Places

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