Seurasaari - Open-Air Folk Museum Fölisö

To the west of Helsinki is the island of Seurasaari (Swedish Fölisö), which is linked with the mainland by a footbridge. It has an interesting open-air museum, with old peasant houses, a church from Kiruna (1686) and other timber buildings. The island is reached by way of Mannerheimintie, then Linnankoskankatu, right into Paciuksenkatu and left into Seurasaarentie, which leads to the bridge.

Nearby, at Meilahti 7, is an old timber house now occupied by the Friends of Finnish Handicrafts, with an exhibition of Rya carpets and other textiles at which visitors can watch the weavers at work.