Aleksis Kivi Memorial Cottage
Aleksis Kivi Memorial Cottage
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Jarkko L
Espoo, Finland187 contributions
Aug 2018 • Couples
Very good guide telling historical background of the cottage & Finnish national author. Tiny sauna in the courtyard.
Written 6 August 2018
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TerhiJM
Tuusula, Finland125 contributions
May 2018 • Couples
Just a small cottage, but worth seeing, if you are interested in Aleksis Kivi. You can also find his grave in the Tuusula Church yard.
Rantatie in Tuusula is also pretty road to see.
Rantatie in Tuusula is also pretty road to see.
Written 10 July 2018
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Mengha
Larvik, Norway287 contributions
Apr 2018 • Friends
It’s a tiny house where the writer Aleksis Kiven died. That is really it. Not much to see, but a short stop along the Tuusula culture route.
Written 10 April 2018
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iTo1t0
Tampere, Finland136 contributions
Nov 2017 • Solo
This is not the cottage where the great Finnish writer Aleksis Kivi (Seven Brothers, etc) was born, but where he died!
In addition to the his memories, the small cottage tells about the living conditions of rural craftsmen and other poor people in the late 19th century. ] The cottage with its surroundings gives a glimpse how the Tuusula Rantatie (beach road) area was before the villa settlement and the birth of a famous artist community.
In addition to the his memories, the small cottage tells about the living conditions of rural craftsmen and other poor people in the late 19th century. ] The cottage with its surroundings gives a glimpse how the Tuusula Rantatie (beach road) area was before the villa settlement and the birth of a famous artist community.
Written 25 November 2017
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seppos
Tuusula11 contributions
Sep 2017 • Family
It is good to see how small houses they had 150 years ago. Aleksis KIvi was the first novelist using Finnish language.
Written 21 October 2017
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Mla65
Tuusula, Finland46 contributions
Jul 2013 • Friends
Very tranquille and relaxing atmosphere. Amazing how they used to live whole the family in a space of couple of square meters... Truly interesting. Worth of wisiting.
Written 15 April 2014
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anssitanssi
Helsinki, Finland96 contributions
Sep 2012 • Friends
The cottage where Finland´s national writer, Aleksis Kivi, spent the last months of his life. Guidance by appointment
Written 22 July 2013
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John W
El Jadida, Morocco1,029 contributions
Jul 2012 • Friends
Aleksis Kivi wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seven Brothers "Seitsemän veljestä" and is still regarded as one of the best authors writing in Finnish ever. He was supported by wealthy benefactors, but they could or would not help him towards the end of his life, when he descended into alcoholism and madness and he lived in this cottage for the last 9 months of his life which was rented by his brother Albert and Albert's second wife Wilhelmiina. Those months were dreadful times of delirium and physical and mental illness. It seems incredible that 3 adults, let alone some children, could've lived in this tiny house, especially given Kivi's condition.
There is an entry fee for this museum and an informative young woman gives details of the life of the Kivi family and the history of Aleksis.
After his death, on New Year's Eve 1872 many eminent Finns came to lay him to rest under a willow tree in the old cemetery in Tuusula.
This is well worth a visit for those doing the tour of the artists' museums of Järvenpää and Tuusula.
There is an entry fee for this museum and an informative young woman gives details of the life of the Kivi family and the history of Aleksis.
After his death, on New Year's Eve 1872 many eminent Finns came to lay him to rest under a willow tree in the old cemetery in Tuusula.
This is well worth a visit for those doing the tour of the artists' museums of Järvenpää and Tuusula.
Written 19 December 2012
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