The Town of RAUMA

Tourism in RAUMA

Total overnights (2009) 108 000 in Rauma hotels and similar establishments

- from which 75 % were Finnish and 25 % from other countries

- mainly from Central-Europe (Germany, France, Great Britain) and neighbouring countries (Sweden, Estonia, Norway, Russia)

The Town of RAUMA

Main tourism attractions in Rauma

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites & Cultural tourism

• Events and festivals

• Sea and archipelago (tourism islands, cruises)

Old Rauma World Heritage

Old Rauma was added to Unesco´s list of World Heritage sites in

1991 as an example of living and well preserved historical Nordic

wooden town.

Area about 30 hectares - a busy marketplace - over 100 shops and boutiques- Museums and significant historical sights

600 wooden houses800 inhabitants

Sammallahdenmäki World Heritage

Sammallahdenmäki is a site of stone cairns dating from

the Bronze Age (1500 – 500 BC).

Unesco World Heritage site since 1999 as the first

archaelogical site in Finland.

36 burial cairns of different shapes and sizes

The Town of Rauma Tourist Information

www.visitrauma.fi