Discover Eurajoki: Riverside, Culture and History

Eurajoki’s town centre combines a striking church history with a green, nature-rich riverside. The municipality also offers museums and historic sites, the Olkiluoto Visitor Centre, island trails and a manor house with guided tours. When choosing a holiday rental, it is therefore worth deciding first what you want to focus on during your trip: will your stay centre mainly on the town centre, or would you like to explore several of the municipality’s cultural and natural attractions?

Town centre: church, park and riverside

Kustaa Aadolfin kirkko is a landmark of the parish village and Eurajoki town centre. The neoclassical church was completed in 1803 and named after Gustav II Adolf. At Mäkitie 9, in the centre next to Riiko Park, you’ll find fitness steps with about 70 steps. Ketunpesä offers a different setting: this green, nature-rich riverside environment is also located in the parish village and Eurajoki town centre. The church, fitness steps and riverside scenery each appeal to different interests, whether architectural history, exercise or nature by the river.

Cultural history and technology across the municipality

The Irjantee cultural centre includes a wooden church built in 1731, with a bell tower and churchyard; the Åke Tott memorial stone; a memorial post to the oxen used for clearing land; and Marjatta Weckström’s Elämänpuu statue. The museums comprise seven museum complexes: an agricultural museum, a local heritage museum in a former loan depot, a pharmacy museum, a weapons museum, a school museum, a small fire brigade museum and the Munakari Room, with items belonging to the Suominen fishing brothers. The collections comprise about 6,000 objects in total.

The agricultural museum displays a steam engine, a wood-gas tractor, other tractors and threshing machines, as well as a horse-powered gin, a working wind engine and Finland’s first combination seed drill. The collection also includes old agricultural tools and machinery, along with items related to blacksmithing, fishing and forestry. Groups can book a visit and guided tour of the agricultural museum through Eurajoki Tourist Information. The Eurajoki River, with its rapids, flows near the Irjantee museums. On the opposite bank, on the Mullila side, stands Faltun saha, a historic building that once served as a sawmill and a mill.

Visitor Centre and manor house

The Olkiluoto Visitor Centre explains how a nuclear power plant works and the journey taken by uranium fuel. The interactive science exhibition explores nuclear energy through buttons, a bicycle and information packs. A nature trail runs right beside the Visitor Centre, where visitors can learn more about Olkiluoto’s natural environment. General visits to the Visitor Centre are free. Be prepared to show identification when arriving in Olkiluoto; photography is permitted only inside the Visitor Centre. Check the latest visitor information before your visit.

Guided group visits include welcome coffee, an introduction to the company, the “Sähköä uraanista” exhibition and a visit to the power plant’s waste tunnel. The group visit can also include the ONKALO exhibition on the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel.

Vuojoen Kartano offers another way to explore history. During role-play tours, costumed guides take visitors through the manor’s history and everyday life in different eras. Themed tours focus on the Björkenheim family, Engel’s designs and the history of the house from the 19th century to the present day. The main building houses a restored Könni clock that is almost 200 years old. The orangery offers a glimpse into the history of garden culture and is also home to Kartanokahvila Orangeria, a café in a historic, conservatory-like space. Overnight rooms in a historic setting are available at the manor. Check current availability; visits and overnight stays should be booked in advance.

Island nature and medieval history

Kaunissaari is a nature and recreation destination in the Eurajoki Strait. It has cultural and nature trails, campfire sites and three shelters that are freely available to hikers. The approximately 1.2-kilometre cultural trail passes historic sites associated with the island’s former sawmill community and focuses in particular on its history.

The Liinmaa site is located in Kaukenpiele. The medieval wooden castle stood at the end of Väkkäränlahti; two ramparts and the water protected the site. It was used to control trade and traffic in the Gulf of Bothnia and was mainly in use in the 14th century, possibly as early as the late 13th century. The old ramparts are the site’s most visible feature. Some cellar pits can still be identified, indicating earlier human activity.

These differences can help you choose a holiday rental that suits your travel plans: the town centre offers the church, Riiko Park and Ketunpesä, while destinations across the municipality open up themes of museums, technology, manor houses, archaeology and islands. Consider which experiences you want to prioritise, and choose your holiday rental’s location accordingly.

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