Leineperi Ironworks 2020

HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT | HANDCRAFTS AND ARTS | EVENTS | THEATRE | LOCAL CUISINE

LEINEPERI IRONWORKS 1771–2020

IN LEINEPERI village, on the outskirts of the town of Ulvila in Satakunta region, lies the Leineperi or Fredriksfors Ironworks. It was founded at Katokoski rapids in river Kullaanjoki in 1771. Leineperi had a perfect combination of water power, local charcoal production and a reasonable distance to sea shore, considering the ore transportation. In its prime, during the 1860s, Leineperi Ironworks produced and refined iron for various uses and was one of the greatest producers of manufactured iron in Finland. The ironworks’ last blasts were blown in 1891, and all of the iron refining operations ended in Leineperi in 1902. Before the restoration of the ironworks grounds between 1988 and 1994 the area was also used for farming.

TODAY Leineperi Ironworks is one of best preserved ironworks in Finland. Its vast building stock is nearly complete, including one of the three remaining blast furnaces in Finland, and it is situated in a uniquely picturesque riverscape within Leineperi village life and luscious nature.

FOR THE BUSY modern individual the ironworks offer a sense of calm and fantastic experiences. We recommend a leisurely exploration of the area, listening to the sounds of the mill and the rapids, stopping by the artisan shops, museums and exhibitions, enjoying the baked delicacies at Savipakari, attending the theatre, sleeping over, getting carried away with the guide’s stories, celebrating and participating in the numerous pleasures the ironworks has to offer.

FA C T: I N T H E 1 9 T H C E N T U R Y T H E R E W E R E T W O I R O N W O R K S I N L E I N E P E R I - F R E D R I K S F O R S A N D F R E D R I K S B E R G .

THEY USED A COMMON TOUCHMARK WITH TWO LETTER F’S WITH THEIR BACKS TOUCHING EACH OTHER.

Miniature Ironworks

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MUSEUMS

The early 19th century industrial environment and the ironworks community of the year 1895 in miniature scale. Free entry. Presentations for groups on request.

Sports Museum

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The house of the Olympic Gold Medalist Kaarlo Kangasniemi’s birth restored in its 1930s interior. A permanent exhibition of the much esteemed weighlifter’s achievements and his trophy collection. Entrance fee 2€. A guided tour for groups by our guide or Mr Kangasniemi himself.

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The Blacksmith’s House In Blacksmith Sacklén’s House Museum you can catch a glimpse of everyday life at the ironworks in the 1920s as well as Kullaa Homestead and Museum Association’s exhibition on how ore turns into iron that turns into an axe.

The Blast Furnace Leineperi Blast Furnace or iron refinery is 18 metres tall. It is one of the three remaining blast furnaces in Finland, and the only one with a log foundation. The lower stone-constructed part with the draw bar was built in 1826. On top of it there is a 3,3-metre log frame with special ventilative stone slates within.

The space between the log frame and the chimney is filled with sand. The building was raised using a board construction technique in 1861, and in 1882 a further rise was built with a blast furnace gas recovery system.

The blast furnace, which had also served as a water tower, was restored between 1988 and 1994. During overhaul many constructions, including the working area covering the stone construction, were restored.

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Tr e a s u r e Hunt

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ACTIVITIES

Get your copy of a map of nine caches either from information point or at leineperinruukki.fi and find the caches while you tour the area. If you like, you can replace the item in the cache with your own small trade item. This is a great way for kids and adults alike to get to know the area with the help of a fact-filled story.

Leineperi Summer Theatre

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Leineperi Summer Theatre From July to August “JÄNIKSEN VUOSI” Arto Paasilinna / Kristian Smeds Direction by Miika Hellman • 044 945 2594 / Hyttilä • info@leineperinteatteri.fi • leineperinteatteri.fi

Disc Golf

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A nine-hole disc golf course in the ironworks milieu. The course map is available at leineperi.fi or at the information point. The information point also has a disc golf set available to lend out.

For groups • a guided tour of the ironworks community ½-2 hrs • artisan shops 1-1½ hrs • Sports Museum guided by Mr Kangasniemi 30-45min / 15 people • wellbeing and meeting packages, themed activities focusing on wellness, handcraft, outdoors or the sauna • assignment packages for school classes • paddling instruction and trips by paddling club Evänräväyttäjät, evanravayttajat.com

Bookings at the ironworks information point!

TA K E A TIME

the artisan to explore enjoy the to shops and Savipakari at delicacies restaurant d n a fé ca

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C U I S I N E A N D C E L E B R AT I O N S

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Community H ouse An all year round space

for meetings and celebrations, max. 60 people • 050 593 3962 / Ruukkikyläyhdistys • leineperi.fi

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The Mill Flour, groats and other grain products. Open Thursdays 10am-4pm, Saturdays 10am-1pm and summer Sundays noon-4pm or on request.

• 050 514 4133 / Tupala T I P : L E I N E P E R I M I L L M A K E S T H E B E S T PA N C A K E F L O U R

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T h e Smi thery An idyllic festive space of 400 m² for weddings and other events, max. 250 people • 050 514 4133 / Tupala

Sauna by tA h e River cosy room with a fireplace

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and sauna facilities for a maximum of 20 people, available from May until September • 050 593 3962 / Ruukkikyläyhdistys • leineperi.fi

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Pikku-Pakari accomodation Meeting and sauna facilities for 8-10 people. Accommodation with comforts at the smith’s cottage for 4-6 people.

• Pitkäjärventie 13 • 050 412 0893 • myynti@karhufest.fi • karhufest.fi

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Savipakari

Cafe & Restaurant Savipakari offers food from local ingredients. Enjoy a cup of coffee and delicious pastry with great company.

Open 2.6.-30.8.2020 on Tue-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 12am-5pm.

In May on weekends.

Every Wednesday 6.5. – 23.9. 11am-8pm.

Also open for events and on request.

Pitkäjärventie 14 • 046 922 1835 • ravintola@savipakari.fi • savipakari.fi • savipakari.fi

MAP OF THE IRONWORKS AND POINTS OF INTEREST

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Costume studio

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Sauna by the River

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Community House

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Pop up space for handicrafters

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Swimming spot

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Handicraft House Sekstetti

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Blacksmith Sacklén’s house museum

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School building and Kullaa Homestead and Museum

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Restaurant Savipakari

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Main building

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Sports Museum

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Iron warehouse

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Playground and barbeque area

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Handicraft shop Huvillas

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Coal shed

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Sheep pen

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Handicraft shop Sinitulkku

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Smithery and the blacksmith’s shop

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Start of the disc golf course

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Pop up space for handicrafters

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Roasting furnace

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Sled hill

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Pop up space for handicrafters

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Blast furnace

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Woodshed

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Master bookbinder and Felt artist

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Mill

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Pikku-Pakari accomodation

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Gift- and dried flower shop Williruusu

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Ox shed

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Handicraft shop Lavonen

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Leineperi Summer Theatre

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Handicraft shop Marttala

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The Steward’s house

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Handicraft - or art shop

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Cafe services

Swimming place

HANDICRAFTS AND ARTS

Handicraft House Sekstetti An artisan shop run by six ladies: Farm produce, ceramics, organic body care and cleaning products, hand-painted shoes and bags.

Handicraft courses.

Contact: • käsityötalosekstetti • 045 128 3605 / Kankaanpää • Luonnonlangat • Mäkitalon Tila / makitalontila.wordpress.com • Eija Koponen • Eriitan paja • Sannelmas • Ilona Deco/ ilonadeco.fi

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Handicraft House Huvillas

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Handcrafts made in the workshops at the town of Ulvila.

• 0400 134 523/Airaksinen • kadentaitotyopajahuvikumpu

Handicraft Shop Sinitulkku

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Silver jewellery, ceramics, raku, watercolour and acrylic paintings, handicrafts and more for decoration.

• 050 356 4444/Rantanen • sinitulkku

Master bookbinder and Felt artist

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Bookbinding products, services and repairs. Natural products, wooden and birch bark products.

• 040 559 4015/ Kaija ja Pekka Pihlajamäki • kaija@pekkajakaija.fi • pekkajakaija.fi

Kehräämö Mustalammas / The Blacksheep Spinning Mill Sheep wool and wool products.

• 044 231 7961 • kehraamo@ kehraamomustalammas.fi • kehraamomustalammas.fi

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Gift- and dried flower shop Williruusu Decorative items and gifts, dried flowers, Barbara Bukowski’s teddybears.

• 040 538 4430/Varjus

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Handicraft shop Lavonen

Handicraft shop Marttala

Art photos, handcrafts and textiles for daily use.

Rug and fabric weaving and handcrafts by members of a Finnish home economics organization founded in 1899.

• Leineperin Martat ry.

• 050 569 3720/Vallenius • valleniuspirjo@gmail.com

• 040 053 2949/Lavonen Photo: Jari Grönlund

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Costume studio Costume and millinery studio Anu Ojala-Marano. Clothes and accessories for performing artists and people with an imaginative lifestyle, mainly on request.

• 040 777 3828/Ojala-Marano • ojalamarano@gmail.com

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Smithery and the blacksmith’s shop Traditional forged and other black iron products from the blacksmiths’s shop.

• 0500 122 303/Pyyluoma

Exhibitions This summer’s exhibitions are Metal Arts at the Ironworks information point and The Young Jewellery Artist of the Year at the Cheese Cellar exhibition room from 16 June to 30 August.

Eralampi Cabin accommodation. One caravan site with a barrel sauna next to a forest pond.

• 044 012 3629 / Pösö • eralampi@hotmail.fi • eralampi.fi Korpikumpu Accommodation for 20 people, located 2,5km from Leineperi, Ulvila. Sauna and pond.

• 0400 592 448 tai 044 072 5630/Kirra • korpikumpu.fi Kylmälahti camp centre Meeting, sauna and accommodation facilities for up to 20 people. By lake Joutsijärvi, along a hiking trail, fully equipped.

• 02 677 4653, 040 092 6117 /

Nevala • ulvila.fi/kylmalahti

Mäkisen Majatalot and farm shop Organic beef and lamb, eggs, honey.

Fully equipped accommodation for 10 people. Smoke sauna on request.

• Noormarkuntie 114 • 050 528 0603/Mäkinen • mattopesulamakinen.fi Silokallio Center 40 2-person rooms with full bathroom by lake Joutsijärvi. • 044 730 9688 • silokallio@silokallio.fi • silokallio.fi Tuuruhovi and Marski Cabin accommodation. Tuuruhovi max.

14 people by lake Tuurujärvi, Marski max.

14 people by lake Joutsijärvi, along a hiking trail, fully equipped cabins. • 050 591 8927/ Mäkinen • netti.nic.fi/-kanala/tuuruhovi

THINGS TO SEE

A C C O M M O D AT I O N A N D O T H E R D E S T I N AT I O N S C L O S E B Y

I Treasures in Ulvila guided tours Explore 20 cultural and natural points of interest with a guide, eg. Äijä mill museum, Taattolanmäki house museum, Kustaa’s smoke cabin by the Joutsijärvi hiking trail, Ulvila churces and manors.

Porin Seudun Matkailuoppaat/Kullaan Kotiseutuja Museoyhdistys ry.• 02 559 1551, 0400 790 591 • kullaan.kotiseutuyhdistys@ kotiseutumuseo.inet.fi • kkmy.mbnet.fi Friitala Shop and tour the decoration store, leather museum and bakery. • friitalatalo.fi Jalomäki farm yard Open on request • 0440 999 999/Kuusisto • juho.a.kuusisto@gmail.com Joutsijärvi hiking area 27 kilometres of hiking trails with open-for-all huts and lean-to’s for overnighting.

• 0400 134 866 • ulvila.fi

Villa Helleranta Pre-order restaurant, sauna and meeting facilities, accommodation for 20 in a Ulvila Medieval Church functionalist-style house by river Kokemäenjoki.

A roadside church • ulvilanseurakunta.fi • 02 538 6060 or 050 588 7668/ Saviniemi • villahelleranta.fi

OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST

Cafe Unsca Sweet and savoury meals, post office services, Kullaa fishing licenses.

• 044 769 6453 • Cafe Unsca Gasthaus Matinliisa Game dishes and pizza restaurant with a serving license. • Levanpellontie 252 • 044 559 1566

• gasthausmatinliisa • gasthausmatinliisa.com Hyvän olon hoitola Kullaa Smoke and peat sauna, massages, hen nights, away days etc.

• Noormarkuntie 179 • 0400 592 448/Kirra • leila.kirra@gmail.com • leilakirra.fi Kotieläinpiha MiniFarmi Summer café and a hundred animals on a farm in Kullaa. Open in the summertime (see fb) wedSun 11am-4pm. Entrance 7e/person (cash only), under 2-year-olds for free.• Järventaustantie 582 • 044 970 4650 • kotielainpihaminifarmi

Metsäterapia Moments in the forest and tours in the wild, care and empower yourself with Green Care instructor/RN/nature guide Jaana Korkiamäki-Villanen • 050 411 7257 • metsäterapia

Yoga Suvi Hippi Relaxation ja yoga instruction for small groups at an atmospheric yoga studio.

• 044 237 7765/Hippi • yogasuvihippi • yogasuvihippi@gmail.com

Smoke Sauna in Levanpelto Smoke sauna for 10 people and lean-to next to pond • Levanpellontie 371 • 0500 796 056/Hannu Korkeaoja • hannu.korkeaoja@gmail.com Tenho farm shop Organic beef and lamb direct from the farm.

Järventaustantie 563 • 02 539 1695 • tenho@tenhontila.net • tenhontila • tenhontila.net Farm shop Saaren luomuosuuskunta Summer shop, coffee- and ice cream bar.

Organic seedlings, vegetables and berries.

• Saarentie 157 • saarenluomuosk@gmail.com • saarenluomuosuuskunta

B I R D T I P : AT J O U T S I J Ä R V I Y O U C A N S P O T A N O S P R E Y, A E U R O P E A N H O N E Y B U Z Z A R D , O R E V E N A E U R A S I A N H O B B Y

IRONWORKS EVENTS 2020

– Sat 7 May 11am-4pm JUURIruukki - CRAFTS FROM ROOTS Handmade food and crafts with around 50 international producers from Europe.

Sat 6 June – Sun 7 June 11am-5pm HUOPAfestarit (FELTfestival) Felt products, courses, lectures, exhibitions and sales.

Fri 1 May 11am-5pm Spring festival, start of the summer season 5pm Solo guitar concert / Tomi Paldanius

Tue 16 June – Sun 30 August 11am-5pm Metal Art Weeks and The Young Jewellery Artist of the Year exhibitions Information point exhibition room

Fri 1 May 2pm Kullaa Village Players’ Spring concert At the school building, map number 29 by Kullaa Homestead and Museum Association • 02 559 1551, 0400 790 591 • kullaan.kotiseutuyhdistys@kotiseutumuseo.inet.fi May-September Wednesdays 5pm-8pm Biker Meet at Restaurant Savipakari Sun 17 May 9am-4pm Spring Market

by Kullaa Homestead and Museum Association • 02 559 1551, 0400 790 591 • kullaan.kotiseutuyhdistys @kotiseutumuseo.inet.fi

July–August Leineperi Summer theatre “JÄNIKSEN VUOSI” Arto Paasilinna / Kristian Smeds Directed by Miika Hellman Map number 25 Contact/tickets: • 044 945 2594 / Hyttilä • info@leineperinteatteri.fi • leineperinteatteri.fi Thu-Sun July 11am-2pm Ironworks In the old times Handicraft theme

Sun 16 August 11am-4pm LÄHIRUOKAruukki - LOCAL FOODfestival themed event (workshops, performances and sales) Sun 30 August 11am-2pm Sanan ruukki A spiritual celebration of music, prayers and speeches.

At the school building, map number 29.

Kullaa church.

Sun 13 September 9am-4pm Autumn Market

by Kullaa Homestead and Museum Association • 02 559 1551, 0400 790 59 • kullaan.kotiseutuyhdistys @kotiseutumuseo.inet.fi Fri 2 October 6pm-midnight TULIruukki - FIREfestivals themed event (workshops, performances and sales) Sun 29 November noon-4pm JOULUruukki - CHRISTMASfestival themed event (workshops, performances and sales)

Thu 3 December 7pm Christmas concert / Brevis, Ukraine Information point, free entry Sun 6 December 2pm Independence Day Celebration

by Kullaa Homestead and Museum Association.

At the school building, map number 29 • 02 559 1551 Sun 13 December 9am-4pm Christmas Market

by Kullaa Homestead and Museum Association kullaan.kotiseutuyhdistys @kotiseutumuseo.inet.fi • 02 559 1551 • 0400 790 591

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LEINEPERI INFO • 0400 135 190 • INFO@LEINEPERINRUUKKI.FI • LEINEPERINRUUKKI.FI • Open in May on weekends, 2 June–30 August Tue-Sun 11am–5pm. At other times you can reach the information point by phone and e-mail during office hours and on request at the Ironworks - travel ideas, guidances, information, artisan shops, meeting and away day packages, theatre - Pitkäjärventie 7, 29320 Leineperi, Finland (map number 1) • Cover: Ensemble • Layout KielenPäällä / Maiju Junko • Printing Plusprint Ulvila