Day four: days of old, fish of today

Shrouded in the mist lies the forgotten village of... no wait, this isn't an adventure story.

But adventure story or not, it was a misty morning and we had reached the Turkansaari outdoor museum, which displays the way of life as it historically was in the Oulu region.

The museum is located on two islands in Oulu River. The bridge in the photo is the entrance to the main island, Turkansaari.

The first exercises of the day involved finding things in different colors, and making a sound map of the surroundings.

During these, we walked around the area, which contained buildings from different old farms throughout the Northern Ostrobothnian area. The buildings were from different time periods, from the late 19th century to the 1950s.

This is the oldest and most common type of windmill that was historically used in Finland.

After the exercises, we proceeded to the other island, Siikasaari. There were some lumber cabins from the 1950s.

There was also a tar pit on the island. We went to take a look.

The museum workers burn tar as a demonstration once a year; the tar pit is lit at Midsummer. Most of the resulting tar is used for maintaining the museum buildings.

As the final exercise, by writing a story, we tried to imagine how the life of a lumberjack was in the area during the time period on display in the museum.