The yellow wooden Runeberg house with its white porch, seen from the garden on a sunny spring day, with bare trees in front.

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J. L. Runeberg's Home

J. L. Runeberg's Home is the wooden house where Finland's national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg lived from 1852 until his death in 1877. It opened as a museum in 1882 and keeps the family's furniture, paintings, books and descendants of Fredrika Runeberg's house plants; her restored garden lies behind the house.

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Wed10:00–16:00

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Fri10:00–16:00

Sat10:00–16:00

Sun10:00–16:00

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