Helinä Rautavaara Museum and Espoo Cathedral

Helinä Rautavaara - Courageous World Traveller

Helinä Rautavaara made a career of documenting foreign cultures and religions. After graduating from university, she travelled beyond Europe as a reporter during the Protected content . Her journeys to the Middle East and South Asia made these areas familiar to Finns through a series of colourful articles she wrote for Seura magazine. She also made her first programmes for radio and television based on the material she collected during these travels. Her subsequent travels added to her ever-increasing number of photographs, super-8 films, audio recordings and videos.

Rautavaara created a wide international network of contacts through her good social skills and all-round education, helped by Finland’s reputation for being politically neutral. Artistic invention was as important a tool for her as her knowledge of written sources.

15 min guided tours at 15:00 on saturdays: Protected content

And if we have time, walk (about 15 minutes) to see Espoo Cathedral:
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Espoo Cathedral is open:
– during the winter season from 1 September to 31 May. Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-6pm, Mon closed
- during summer time 1.6.-31.8. mon-sun Protected content