The village and its history | Architecture
The village and its history > Architecture
Buildings
The architecture of Fiskars differs from that of other villages in Finland. Built on the banks of two sets of rapids along the Fiskars River, most of its buildings date from the early nineteenth century, and were designed by some of the most notable Finnish architects of the time, including C.L. Engel, J.E. Wiik, A.F. Granstedt, W. Aspelin, Charles Bassi, and A. Peel. The center of the village has an urban aspect, with fine old manor houses and production plants, some of which are almost two centuries old.
- 1 Assembly Hall
- 2 Fiskars Wärdshus
- 3 Granary
- 6 Copper Smithy
- 7 Cutlery Mill
- 8 Office building
- 9 Manor House
- 10 Mill
- 12 Clock Tower building
- 13 Laundry
- 14 Fire station
- 15 Workers' tenements
- 18 Suutarinmäki
- 21 Threshing house
- 23 Kardusen
- 24 Peltorivi
- 25 Cowshed
- 26 Plow workshop
- 28 Works canteen
- 29 Fiskars Museum
- 30 Machinery workshop
- 31 Foundry
- 32 Kulla
- 35 Hasselbacka
30 Machinery workshop
Finland's first machinery workshop was built at Fiskars in 1837. On the ground floor were a turnery and a forge, and on the upper floor were a filing shop, the model carpenters' workshop and drawing office. The machinery workshop produced, among other items, Finland's first steam engines for ships, the iron lock and bridge structures of the Saimaa Canal, and countless agricultural implements.
