Rantasalmi - my home town
Here in Rantasalmi are excellent possibilities to watch birds
Koslunlampi is one of the RAMSAR -areas in the Europe
We have three birdwatching towers around the Rantasalmi region
The center of Rantasalmi in nigt lights
The Church of Rantasalmi
Summer time people are spending time outside as much their can
Finnish desing
Old lodge houses at the Rantasalmi Culture Heritage area
Old barn door
Old hand made iron hinge
Local Culture Heritage Museum area in the center of Rantasalmi
Nature Center is called "Oskari"
The Nature Center of Linnansaari National Park in the hart of Rantasalmi
Sauna by the lake is the must thing in Finland!
Skating competition is hold on natural ice at Lake Raudanvesi
Trawling at Lake Saimaa
Vendace is the gold of Lake Saimaa
Professional fresh water trawling
Double kajak pabbling
Big multirowing boat called "churchboat". Local peole went to the church by rowing this kind of boats about 100 years ago
Paddling in the night
10kg pike was got just before Christmas
There is always good weater for fishing!
Selbrating the New Year
Making the skating track on the lake
Traditional wooden rowing boat
Men are dipping the water pipe into lake. People in the island can now have tap water and water closet in their summer houses.
Water pipe line is putting throug the ice in the winter time with the help of the tractor