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Raate Road

Raate Road is one of Finland’s most well-known combat areas. Driving along this museum road, you can still see the lines of defence, which were the scenes of fierce action during the Winter War.

The Winter War Museum

The Winter War exhibition tells about Suomussalmi before the Winter War, evacuation preparations, the impact of the bitterly cold winter on the course of the war, the fate of the Red Army, the valuable spoils of war Finland gained from Raate Road and the conditions to which people returned after the war. The exhibition includes a newly-produced documentary film scripted by Pekka Lehtosaari. The revamped outdoor exhibition area features heavy war-time materiel, including a Soviet tank involved in the Battle of Raate Road. The exhibition also features a scale model of Raate Road and a road plough which was used to clean up Raate Road after the Winter War.

Kanttiini Päämaja "Canteen Headquarters"

The smell greets you at the door. If all the doughnuts made at Raatteen Portti were piled up together, there would be quite a mouth-watering mountain since doughnuts have been made in this very same place since 1992. Fresh, tasty hand-made doughnuts are a temptation not to be resisted.

Kanttiini Päämaja is a great place for the visitor to take a break and enjoy freshly-made coffee and mouth-watering cakes and savouries baked on the premises.

Souvenir Shop Motti

In Souvenir Shop Motti you will find souvenirs, t-shirts, literature and historic newspapers.