About Turkansaari
Museums, Cultural, Interesting Places, Natural, Islands, Other Islands, Open Air Museums
Turkansaari is an island in the Oulujoki river with an open-air museum in the Madekoski neighbourhood in Oulu, Finland. The museum is run by the Northern Ostrobothnia museum.
Turkansaari island was a for Russian traders in the Oulujoki river. The open-air museum started out when the old church, from the year 1694, was restored on the island in 1922.
Every summer there is a tar kiln lit to produce tar in the traditional way.
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165, Turkansaarentie, Oulu, Oulun seutukunta, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Suomi, 90310
