The Old City of Rauma

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	The old Town Hall in Rauma, dating from 1776. The museum in the building has exhibits of bobbin lace, and models of old ships which sailed from Rauma.
	The Church of the Holy Cross. A Catholic monastery operated here until 1538. This building is unusual among old churches of Finland because the bell tower is attached to the main part of the church. Click here to see other pictures of the Church of the Holy Cross at Rauma.
	Ships models in the old town hall museum. These are ships which sailed from the port of Rauma.
	An exhibit of bobbin lace, and tools to make bobbin lace in the old town hall museum.
	An example of bobbin lace.
	Bobbin lace in the old town hall museum.It is not known exactly how the art of making bobbin lace was brought to Rauma. Possibly ways are from abroad, by sailors, by Franciscan monks or nuns from Vadstena, Sweden, or by a Dutch noblewomen. Originally the lace was made by men, possibly by the sailors, or by monks at the monastery in Rauma.
	Bobbin lace in the old town hall museum. By the 1850's lace was a major industry in Rauma, and almost every women in Rauma was a skilled lace maker. This industry decreased drastically when women stopped wearing lace bonnets.
	Bobbin lace in the old town hall museum.
	Window in one of the old buildings in Rauma.
	Old building in Rauma. Old Rauma was the first entry from Finland on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is the largest old wooden town preserved in the Nordic countries.
	A narrow street in old Rauma.
	Very decorative window of one of the old buildings in Rauma.
	Building in old Rauma.
	Buildings on the edge of old Rauma.
	Home on the edge of old Rauma.
	A cat decorating a window of one of the old homes in Rauma.
	Narrow street in old Rauma. There are about 600 old wooden buildings, some of which are homes to about 1000 people who live in old Rauma. The buildings are painted in traditional pastel shades.
	Narrow streets of old Rauma. At the open area at the end of this block are the remnants of an old church, which was burnt to the ground hundreds of years ago.
	A narrow street in Old Rauma.
	A narrow street in Old Rauma. The business on the left side of the picture is one of the best places in Rauma to buy supplies for making bobbin lace. They also teach classes in the art of making bobbin lace.
	A narrow street in Old Rauma, in the winter.
	A narrow street in Old Rauma, in the winter.
	A narrow street in Old Rauma, in the winter.

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