We went shopping with Outi at the local market in Heinola. It had wonderful fruits and vegetables as well as clothing, brooms, hardware and other things. Heinola is a town of 22,000 people.
Fred and Outi in front of the oldest town in Heinola, from 1785.
In Lahti, the ski jump. At the bottom is a pool, open in the summer. In the winter, that is covered and is where the ski jumpers finish after they land the jump. These ski jumps are used in the world champtionships when they come to Finland.
15th century church in Lahti, with the 18th century bell tower. It began as Catholic and became Lutheran after the reformation. About 90 per cent of Finns are Lutheran. Eastern Orthodox is the next largest denomination because of the Russian influence in Finland.
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