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Rauma Old Town
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The largest wooden Old Town in the Nordic countries, Vanha Rauma (
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deserves its Unesco World Heritage status. Its 600 houses might be museum
pieces, but they also form a living centre: residents tend their flower boxes and
chat to neighbours, while visitors meander in and out of the low-key cafes, shops,
museums and artisans' workshops. Rauman giäl, an old sailors' lingo that mixes
up a host of languages, is still spoken here, and the town's medieval lace-making
heritage is celebrated during Pitsiviikko (Rauma Lace Week).
