OnnenKenkä – Tacky and wacky monument
Tuuri hosts the second biggest store in Finland that has been gradually turned into a full-fledged tourist magnet. And those need at least one decent monument.
As the man behind the whole store believes firmly in luck (Tuuri means sort of good luck in Finnish), most of the stuff there are related to luck or chance in a way or other.
What would be better monument for luck than a horseshoe? So they erected this golden-looking giant horseshoe “OnnenKenkä” (lucky shoe) in 2000 to act as the landmark for the area. It may be a little tacky, but everybody remembers it after seeing it once.
www.tuuri.fi, Keskisentie 12, Tuuri, Finland
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1. Leslie — Friday, Nov 14 2008
Not so lucky since the erected it upside down — all the luck is falling out onto the ground!
2. Janne — Saturday, Nov 15 2008
Leslie, interesting view. Never heard of that before, but makes sense.
There is a well under the shoe, so maybe luck is collected there…
3. Juha L — Tuesday, Nov 18 2008
A remarkable sight indeed: “The World’s Top 10 Ugliest Buildings”:http://members.virtualtourist.com/vt/t/1c7/
Or in Finnish: “Tuurin hevosenkenkä valittiin maailman kolmanneksi rumimmaksi monumentiksi”:http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/artikkeli/Tuurinhevosenkenkä+valittiinmaailmankolmanneksirumimmaksi+monumentiksi/1135241211857
4. Janne — Tuesday, Nov 18 2008
Juha: It was funny to see my own comments/review from Virtualtourist (and here, too) translated into Finnish in Hesari. Sort of completing the circle, when I read the paper tomorrow morning…
5. pentti mäkelä — Wednesday, Jun 24 2009
se on loistava.
6. Dawson S. — Thursday, Feb 16 2012
How tall is it?
7. Janne — Sunday, Feb 19 2012
According to tuuri.fi the height corresponds to seven story building, I would say approximately 20 meters.