UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Fall in Love with Rauma’s World Heritage Sites!
The city of Rauma is home to two World Heritage Sites: Old Rauma and Sammallahdenmäki.
Old Rauma was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991 as a unique example of a living and well-preserved old Nordic wooden town.
Sammallahdenmäki, added to the World Heritage List in 1999, is a Bronze Age burial site and the most extensive and diverse cemetery area of Scandinavian Bronze Culture on the Gulf of Bothnia’s coastal region.
Attractions
Old Rauma
Ornate wooden houses, picturesque street views – the charming Old Rauma was chosen for UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1991 as a unique example of a living and well-preserved old Nordic wooden town.
Attractions
Sammallahdenmäki
Once upon a time located on the shores of the Baltic Sea, Sammallahdenmäki offers you an insight into Scandinavian Bronze Age burial sites and the fascinating life of a bygone era. Sammallahdenmäki was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage list in December 1999 as the first prehistoric archaeological site in Finland.