300 m
Etelänkylä elementary school 1923 and Naatus
Kalajoki
Etelänkylä elementary school 1923
In 1921, the Compulsory Education Act was passed, making education compulsory for all children aged 7 to 13. Everyone was guaranteed six years of free primary school.
In the same year, a new competition was announced for type drawings for rural elementary schools. The Etelänkylä elementary school was built in 1923, and it was designed by Toivo Kalervo who was the architect of the national School Board. Toivo Kalervo also designed the template for penmanship that children used to learn for many decades starting from the 1930s.
The Etelänkylä school is a typical log house with a mansard roof and two decorated porches. The building has preserved its original look quite well even though some renovations have been done to it later on. There is a beautiful alley formed by birch trees that leads to the school.
Naatus
Next to the Etelänkylä elementary school is an expansion building built in 1953, which was renovated in 1990.
Near the school are buildings called Keski-Naatus (Middle-Naatus) and Naatus, which originally formed into one house. The Keski-Naatus house has kept its original look of a log building from the 1870s. It used to serve as the living quarters of servants of the Naatus house. In the 1930s it was bought and renovated by the Halonen family.
The Naatus main building is also quite old. It was renovated in 1965 when a new base was made from concrete and the windows were replaced. The courtyard also has a barn from the 1800s.
Cultural history of Tynkä by bike
“Churches, crime scenes, and landscapes”
The popular biking route, Bridges of Tynkä, has many fascinating sites of local history that even date back to the Middle Ages.
For 500 years, Kalajoki has been an important center for farming and social life, where many different enterprises and businesses have flourished.
The route consists of stories, historical research, cultural heritage, and art. For example: the locations of the first and second church of Kalajoki, historical crime scenes, art, traditional landscapes, antiques...
Route details:
- The route is app. 18 km long.
- The biking route uses a sidewalk almost the entire length of the route. In Tynkä, you have to bike along the “highway” for a few hundred meters.
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