300 m
Old Co-operative store and functionalist house
Kalajoki
Consumerist’s co-operative store (Osuuskauppa) opened in 1917, inside a building they bought from Kalajoen Kauppa Co. The building was expanded and renovated in the 1930s, following the ideals of classism style: big showroom windows and sun canopies were installed.
A modern, white, functionalist house was built next to the older co-operative store in 1940. It had business spaces and a restaurant inside. It is still standing in front of the current co-operative store.
Image description:
- Functionalist house and sun canopies (Museovirasto / Museum authorities)
- Olympic fires (Kalajoen kotiseutuyhdistys)
- Youth Club and Co-operative store (Kalajoen kotiseutuyhdistys)
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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