The must-see attractions in Lahti, for your enjoyment!

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The globally renown SPORTS CENTRE is the heart of the Lahti Ski Games. The Sports Centre is the home of the ski jumps, the ski stadium and the Ski Museum. In the summer, a unique outdoor swimming pool is opened at the foot of the largest of the ski jumps. There are separate areas for adults and children. You can quench your hunger and thirst at the panoramic Restaurant Voitto, with its windows offering a magnificent view of the ski jumps.

The sculpture park on Kariniemi hill, designed by visual artist Olavi Lanu, is a wonderful place for art, nature and sports lovers. LANU PARK consists of 12 sculptures that blend into their surroundings.

MALSKI is an urban cultural centre in the heart of Lahti. Operating in a former brewery building, Malski’s specialities are local products and doing

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Want to know what it’s like to be a ski jumper at the top of the Suurmäki ski jump? The best way to reach the deck is by a chairlift next to the lower entrance of the swimming pool at the foot of the ski jumps.

www.yogarocks.fi/suurmaki things together. The driving forces behind Malski are innovative companies, the Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva, the Sammio event space, the Malski Bistro restaurant, Kahiwa Coffee & Wine and the brewery-pub Ant Brew.

The architecturally impressive tower of CHURCH OF THE CROSS designed by architect Alvar Aalto, rises above the city on Kolkanmäki hill, the site of an old church. The south end of the church has a cruciform grouping of 52 windows. An integral part of the cityscape, the Church of the Cross elegantly mirrors the CITY HALL by another master architect, Eliel Saarinen, at the southern end of an axis crossing the Market Square.

PASSENGER HARBOUR, SIBELIUS HALL AND LAHTI LETTERS. You can see all of these while walking along Satamaraitti at the shore of Lake Vesijärvi. The wooden letters LAHTI, which are 10 metres long and 2.5 metres tall, represent local woodworking skills at their best. The letters have quickly become a popular place to take photos. As you walk along Satamaraitti, you’ll come across the Sibelius Hall, a modern wooden architecture building, and the Lahti Passenger Harbour, also known as the living room of Lahti.

PIKKU-VESIJÄRVI PARK is a lovely park near the centre of Lahti. The park is also home to the popular water organ. ■