Camping Ukonnemi
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De camping ligt op een licht glooiend bosterrein en is verdeeld in een tent-, caravan- en een hutgedeelte.
Imatra Camping Ukoniemi is located in a beautiful wooded nature area on a spur of the Saimaa at 3 km from the center of Imatra. The campsite is well signposted from the center and from road 6. Imatra is located on the southeastern edge of the Saimaa and close to the Russian border. Thanks to the power plant of the Vuoksi River it has large timber and paper mills. The Karelian open-air museum is located in the city. Famous was the waterfall in the Vuoksi (Imatrankoski). In 1929 a dam and the electric power plant were installed and the waterfall was tamed. Nevertheless, the locks are opened daily for half an hour. For the "waterfall show". There is a park near the dam, the reservoir and the central station; in a stone water basin the lying statue of "the virgin of Imatra" can be seen. According to information, the image is a reminder of those who mostly died from suicide in the waterfall. At 10 kilometers from Imatra in the direction of Savolina is the modern church of the three crosses, built in 1958. It is a design by the world-famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. The church stands in the middle of a forest, has a slender white tower with a cross on it and an interior with a shiny wooden floor, three crosses on the simple altar, white walls and sloping windows.
