Places worth the detour in Uusimaa
Detourmap lists 42 places in Uusimaa, Finland, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Suomenlinna. 34 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 42
- Oldest
- Suomenlinna 1748
- Little known
- 34 of 42
- Share of Finland
- 17%
Uusimaa 42
All 42, best known first.
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4.Ainola
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Home of Aino and Jean Sibelius in Järvenpää, Finland
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5.Tamminiemi
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Villa and former presidential residence in Helsinki, Finland
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11.Santahamina
Nature · Hidden gem
Island, city district and the 51st neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland
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20.Villa Aalto
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Home museum, located in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, Finland
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32.Ahola
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Home of Juhani Aho and Venny Soldan-Brofeldt in Järvenpää, Finland
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37.Aleksis Kivi Memorial Cottage
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Home museum in Tuusula, Finland
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38.Birthplace of Aleksis Kivi
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
Home museum in Nurmijärvi, Finland
Elsewhere in Finland
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Uusimaa?
Suomenlinna, 18th century. Sea fortress by Helsinki, Finland. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Uusimaa?
42: 29 nature & landscapes and 13 archaeological & historic sites. 34 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Uusimaa?
Suomenlinna, dated to 1748. 11 of the 42 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Uusimaa here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Uusimaa if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Uusimaa is a first-level division of Finland, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.





























