UNESCO World Heritage for Finland

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 7 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Finland to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available).


1991 - Old Rauma
1991 - Fortress of Suomenlinna
1994 - Petäjävesi Old Church
1996 - Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
1999 - Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
2000 - High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
2005 - Struve Geodetic Arc