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Porvoo Old Town

Posted 3 Days Ago at 08:12 PM by Aleksis Kivi
Updated 3 Days Ago at 08:16 PM by Aleksis Kivi

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A highlight of every trip to Porvoo are its' red wooden houses (shore houses) in its' old town. Originally, houses have not been painted in Finland as the color was expensive but were painted for King Gustav III's of Sweden arrival.

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