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Sights
Maritime Centre Vellamo
MUSEUM
€8/free, Tarmo extra €4; 11am-6pm Tue & Thu-Sat, to 8pm Wed)
In a tanker-sized, wave-like building with walls of metal and printed glass and a rooftop
stage, this state-of-the-art dockside museum recounts Finland's seafaring life. The star ex-
hibit is the
Tarmo,
the world's oldest ice-breaker (1908), which ploughed Finnish waters
until it was retired in 1970. There are also exhibitions on shipwrecks, navigation, fishing
