Completed in 1800, Jalasjärvi Church is a wooden cross-shaped church built by Salomon Köhlström (Köykkä). The church seats about 900 people. Painted by Aleksandra Frosterus-Såltin, the altarpiece is from 1906 and it depicts the transfiguration of Jesus. The church acquired a new 30-stop organ from the German organ manufacturer Paschen Kiel Orgelbau GmbH at the end …
Built in 1802, Jurva Church is a cross-shaped church in the Gustavian style. The drawings for it were approved in Stockholm. The building work was started by Gabriel Antinpoika Hakola and brought to completion by Jaakko Jaaksi. Another person that was important to the construction of the church was captain Gustav Adolf Hobin, a soldier …
The completion date of Kurikka Church can be seen on the inscription on its ceiling: ‘This house of worship was built during the rule of Tsar Nicholas I in 1847. Erik from Kuorikoski.’ The church was built by the well-known church builder Erik Kuorikoski on the basis of drawings approved by architect Carl Ludwig Engel. …
Completed in 2019, Kurikka Pump’n, SK8Kurikka’s pump track, offers a great place for skateboarders and BMX riders of any age to put their skills to the test.
In addition to a full-sized swimming pool, Kurikka’s swimming centre Molskis houses multi-purpose, cold-water, and wading and teaching pools. Children can play with water toys in the wading and teaching pool. The multi-purpose pool has a water slide. Diving is allowed into the large pool and there are water toys to play with – fun …
Kurikka Sports Park has a 400-metre running track, a 10-hole frisbee golf course, a 1.4 m hiking trail, an outdoor gym, jetties for fishing, tennis courts and football and Finnish baseball fields that are in use in the summer. In winter, the area offers a long-distance ice skating track and a skating rink.
Pirunpesä, or the Devil’s Nest, is a fascinating ice-age formation in the rocky terrain of Isovuori in the village of Ylivalli in Jalasjärvi. The area also houses a viewing tower, the Kollinluola cave, the Paimenpoika pine (named after a young shepherd who was found frozen dead by the tree one morning in the 1850s), a …
Born in Kampinkylä, in Kurikka, Samuli Paulaharju (1875–1944) was an author and folklorist. Paulaharju, who published several books, was one of the best-known authors of his era. The ethnographical collection accumulated by Paulaharju is the world’s largest collection compiled by a single person. The statue was made by Nina Sailo, a close friend of Paulaharju’s. …
Rotary Park is a rhododendron park located in the vicinity of Kurikka’s centre. Since the area was tidied up and rhododendrons were planted, the park has been maintained by Kurikka’s Rotary Club. The park’s history goes back to 1974 when a city planner proposed that pines be planted on the fields at the crossroads of …
Kurikka railway station houses a renovated goods train locomotive, the VR Tr1 ‘Risto’ no. 1037 steam engine from 1942. In Finland, more than 30 old locomotives have been preserved as memorials. They are renovated and placed permanently in a public location.