Karunan Church

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Karunan Church

Karuna church

Seurasaari
Helsinki
+358 9 4050 9660
http://www.nba.fi/MUSEUMS/SEURAS/Karunakk.html

This church was built by a seventeenth-century nobleman called Horn who lived in Karuna (close to Turku), in memory of his first wife. According to legend, this was to placate his conscience and as an attempt to guarantee her eternal life in heaven, having ruined her reputation himself by having an affair with his cousin. The church was transferred to Seurasaari at the beginning of the twentieth century. Every Midsummer Eve a wedding takes place here in traditional Finnish style, with horse-drawn carriages and people in national costumes. All visitors to Seurasaari are welcome to join in these festivities. Services are held in Finnish on summer Sundays at 10a. You can only enter this attractive wooden church in the summer, as with all buildings on Seurasaari. You can get to the island year-round, though, by bus from Erottaja.

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