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about Rauma

Rauma is a town of ca. 37,000 inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, 92 kilometres north of Turku, and 50 kilometres south of Pori. Granted town privileges on May 17th 1442 (then under the rule of Sweden), Rauma is known of its high quality lace (since the 18th century) and the old wooden architecture of its centre (Old Rauma, Vanha Rauma), which is a Unesco world heritage site.

In the 14th century, before being declared as a town, Rauma had a Franciscan monastery and a Catholic church. In 1550, the townsmen of Rauma were ordered to relocate to Helsinki, but this was successfully countered and Rauma could continue its growth.

Practically the whole wooden town of Rauma was devastated in the fires of 1640 and 1682. The wooden city centre, which is how large the town was until 1809, has approximately 600 wooden buildings. The neo-renaissance style of many of the houses is a result of prosperity brought on by seafaring. In 1897 Rauma had the largest fleet of sailing boats in Finland, totalling 57 vessels. Goods were mainly exported to Germany, Stockholm and the Baltic states. In the 1890s, Rauma got a teacher's college (a 'seminar'), which was later annexed to the University of Turku. The department of education still exists in Rauma.

After the second world war, Rauma developed into an industrial city, the main industries being shipbuilding, paper and pulp mills, and metal industry. Rauma is also the fifth largest port in Finland with almost six million tonnes of shipping per year.

Rauma has its own dialect of Finnish, which the locals think of as an actual language. The dialect inherits words from languages such as Swedish and English due to the seafaring past. The dialect has been diluted into mainstream Finnish in day-to-day use, but it is fairly well studied (mainly by Hj. Nortamo) and practiced as a hobby. Rauma and the surrounding municipality of Rauman maalaiskunta ("rural municipality of Rauma") were merged in 1993.

Near cities to Rauma

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• Uusikaupunki travel guide 37 km
• Harjavalta travel guide 40 km
• Pori travel guide 42 km
• Kokemaki travel guide 47 km
• Huittinen travel guide 65 km
• Vammala travel guide 78 km
• Naantali travel guide 81 km
• Turku travel guide 87 km
• Kankaanpaa travel guide 89 km

Near webcams to Rauma

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• Tampere - Hämeenkatu webcam 130 km
• Tampere webcam 130 km
• Hämeenlinna - Market Square webcam 160 km
• Hanko webcam 160 km
• Virrat webcam 170 km
• Seinäjoki webcam 200 km
• Kauniainen webcam 200 km
• Hollola - shops webcam 210 km

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