Art Nouveau Window at Ainola.
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Ainola
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When:
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2 May - 30 Sep 2008 (annual)
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Where:
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Ainola
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€5.50; students €3; 1-16 yrs €1
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2 May-30 Sep: Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
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Ainola was the home of composer Jean Sibelius and his family from 1904 until 1972. It stands on the shore of Lake Tuusula in Järvenpää and is now a museum, open to the public in the warmer months.
The only requests Sibelius had for the designer, famous Finnish architect Lars Sonck, were to include both a lakefront view and a green fireplace in the dining room. Water pipes weren't installed until after the composer died, as he feared their distraction while he worked.
Sibelius died at Ainola on 20 September 1957 (followed by his wife in 1969) and is buried in the garden.
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