Taidekeskus Salmela – Art by the lake

Taidekeskus Salmela is a sort of a tradition in Finland. People with name and social status flock to witness its opening every summer, and the event has good coverage in the papers.

Still, the art center is not just for snobs and alike, but it provides a good cut of Finnish contemporary arts for everybody interested in the subject. This year there were over 200 pieces of art on display, and all of them were on sale, too.

The center has been established in an old converted wooden building by the lake, quite near to the center of Mäntyharju town, 200 kilometers from Helsinki towards Mikkeli.

www.taidekeskussalmela.fi, Mäntyharjuntie 25 (Follow signs from highway 5), Mäntyharju, Finland, +358 15 464 526, info@taidekeskussalmela.fi