Raahe Guides

A rare musical instrument once owned by a Raahe family, the 'Cembal d'amour' is now a prestigious exhibit of the Finnish National Museum.

Swanljung's house is occupied by three families: Pertti with his brother on the left, Inga-sister on the right and the tenants in the middle

Catharina Henrika Antell (1850-1924)

This success story began in October 1842, when a small ship bringing salt from Stockholm sailed into Raahe.

Anna's Day is celebrated on the 9th of December every year here in Old Raahe (Vanha Raahe).

Raahe celebrates Anna's Day in her honour. This day marks the road to Christmas.

Kummatti single-family houses, the inhabitants received apartment buildings in the 1960s

August Maksimilian Myhrberg is the only Raahelainen to get a statue made and a park named after him in his memory. The sculptor Evert Porilan sculpted the statue which was erected in 1931.

The Jugend Quarter on the east side of Palokunnankatu is relatively uniformly built at the beginning of the 20th century. Several houses have jugend features. In the block there is a town plan drawn up by Birger Brunila in 1930.

In the courtyard of Kirkkokatu 27 there is still a baker's cottage where Samuli Sarkkila spent his Finnish years

On the upper floor of the Raahe Museum there are tiny wood sculptures. Human figures sculpted by Samuli Sarkkila are a critique of the 1920s and 1930s.

The furniture is from the 18th century. On the table, Johan Sovelius's candlestick holders. The objects belong to the Raahe Museum's collections.

Captain Himanka lived on the corner of Kirkkokatu and Cortenkadu

Ehrström founded Raaahe's and Finland's first local museum.

Last Judgment in Haukipudas Church

Corte family ruled Raahe for three generations

Craftsmen lived in Reiponkatu

Experienced a new life at riding school

Finland's oldest local museum awaits!

Forever Beautiful War-housing

Good day, Mr. Patrun!

Graduate from Johan and Baltzars seat of learning with IT skills

Great Fire of Raahe 1810

Historic Crown Granary Warehouse

History Lives

History of Keskuskoulu (Central School)

Horses and Carriages missing from the streets of Raahe

Imperial visit to Raahe 2.Sep.1819

Isak Gellman (1800-1872)

Jacob's Spring history, from the source!

Katri Antell - girl maid becomes baker

Kauppakatu 30

Raahen Seutu Report

Millionaire House built in 1950

Kids of Miljoonapera

Ku Raahe lasareetin sai

Life seen through the Gossip Mirror

Love at first sight

Munitions to Carpenter

Oh, those Raahe street names!

Ojala Museum

Old Gellman has no time to retire

Once a Fireman, always a Fireman

Origin of Tasku and Kalla

Picture taken at the corner of Koulukatu (formerly Mentzerinkatu) and Palokunnankatu (formerly Aitakatu), on the right is the premises from where a children's home operated.

Paradise, Youth Centre

Pekka reaches 400 years

Pekka's Statue Square, the heart of the town

Pharmacy History of over 200 years

During the age of Queen Victoria, the trend of placing porcelain decorations on tables, cabinets and the edges of stoves, spread throughout England. Birds, dogs, cats, cows and sheep were affordable ceramic shapes that sold like hotcakes.

President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen's statue

Puluvärkki has memories of sailing ships

Quark Pie

Raahe archipelago

Raahe Business Club

Raahe Kripu

Raahe market has centuries of tradition

Raahe Orthodox Church

Raahe town hall

Raahe Trade Club history

Raahe Whitefish - A Delicacy

Raahe's Coat of Arms

Raahe's old Pharmacies

Raahe's third Town Hall

Raahe's three Corte dynasty

Raahela the colourful history of the fire department philosophy of power gymnastics

Raahen Kauppaklubi

Raahen Raatihuone Kuvagalleria 30.6.2010

Renowned Pekkatori

Vottiivilaivan built by Olavi Pelkonen

Roosters and ships in the church of Raahe

Royal visit to Raahe 16.07.1802

Ruohonen's yard is an outdoor museum

Saloinen - The parish center of the Middle Ages to the present day

Saloinen church altar cabinets

Saloinen Homestead Museum

Saloinen local history museum

Saloinen Rural Museum gallery - 15.8.2002

Seamen's Stories

These Staffordshire dogs can be admired at the Raahe museum.

Seven decades of Movies at the 'Bio Pleasure Mill'

Sovelius House

Stenbäck's ambiance and details

Stories of the Perkisen family

Sugar-Jussi (Sokeri-Jussi)

Tanti school

Tasku Beacon

The Beacon is hoisted

The best Virginia tobacco

The Crimean war damage in Raahe

The worlds's oldest known diving suit

The sports house 'Raahela'

Topsail Schooner - Trainer. Raahe Fiia

Town Hall, the gem of Raahe

Tuppipottuja ynnä muuta hyvvää...

Visit the Old Gentleman's Domain

We meet, explore and entertain together

Welcome to the Heiku house

Westman - Raahe casting and copper smith

When fire destroyed Raahe

Wind in the sails in front of the library