There is cheap rent for workroom (I pay about 100€/month and other was about 70€/month) and that famous (atleast in Finland) “joyful karelian” atmosphere.
Nice 100 years old wood building milieu with birches (listen radio recording in finnish), where many smiths worked in old times… and we have that small gallery-artothèque for Pielis-karelian artists - Aamu&Virkku - which is connected to organic food shop..
Nurmes-house's library and Gallery Tyko for expositions
Koli and Paalasmaa are close…
Nurmes’ film festival was also quite popular..
Also Bomba’s open-air theatre was internationally known, but now it’s shadow of former glory..
Even "Loru-Lentruut" aka. Elias Lönnrot visited Nurmes and picked poems for Kalevala.
as Europe's town of Christmas carols, there is Immanuel - Christmas drama and Nurmeksen Joulumusiikki Christmas music happening which is leaded by opera singer Jussi Merikanto. In library's collection there's over 4 000 Christmas carols.
few quite known nurmesian artists:
- Pekka Juhani Hannikainen
- "Bad boy of finnish art" Tyko Sallinen
- Alma Pääkkönen
- Mikael Okkonen
- Reino Turunen
- Teijo Tikkanen (worked with Hanoi Rocks, Michael Monroe, Jonna Tervomaa, Pelle Miljoona, etc.)
- Tapani Ahtonen
some nurmesian I want to mention
- Abou El-Fetouh Ali Ahmed
- Muusari Onni Alfred
- Maija Laurinen & Michal Czinege
- Heli Valaja
- Matti Häkkinen (chairman of Upper-Karelia's art society)
- Jouko Määttä (RIP 20.11.2013)
in Lieksa there is Lieksa's BrassWeek music festival.
in Juuka there is Vikilä's art houses
old videoclip of Aamu&Virkku:
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