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  • Icicles on Huttula
      Icicles on Huttula
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  • Lake Mustialanlammi in winter
      Lake Mustialanlammi in winter
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  • Night in Mustiala
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  • Bridge of hope
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Vanha Opisto

Vanha Opisto, Mustiala

 aramat Says:  This is the old school building in Mustiala. It was built in 1862 and renovated in 1990. It's a nice building with a ballroom (also used as lecture hall) and several other classrooms.The picture is from the school's website. 

Bridge of hope

Bridge of hope, Mustiala

 aramat Says:  This nice little bridge is the entrance to Mustiala. The stream under the bridge connects the two lakes. The photo is from Mustiala's website. 

Restaurants  

Iso Pippu (Big Pipe): Beer-restaurant (Olutravintola)

Iso Pippu (Big Pipe): Beer-restaurant (Olutravintola), Mustiala

 aramat Says:  Iso Piippu is Mustiala's brewery and pub. It's open between mid-May and mid-September, and also on special occasions (including student nights).The food is usually quite basic, but tasty (like sausages), and Mustiala's own beers are very good. 

Local Customs  

Old buildings in Mustiala

Old buildings in Mustiala, Mustiala

 aramat Says:  Most of the Mustiala buildings have a name: Huttula means Porridge House (the building of the student restaurant), Vanhala (now dormitory) means Old Building, Pitkala (also dormitory) means Long Building, Heikkila and Antiila (dorms) were named after popular Finnish male... 

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Sunset in Mustiala

Sunset in Mustiala, Mustiala

 aramat Says:  There are nice sunsets in Mustiala (and in winter I even get to see the sunsets if I start my classes at 8.00!). I this I was just experimenting with this photo, to see how my camera would work in the almost dark with no tripod, but I quite like the result. 

Night in Mustiala

Night in Mustiala, Mustiala

 aramat Says:  At night Mustiala is usually very quiet, except if students have "Iltamat", a student night once a month on a Wednesday, with a show, coffee and cake, dance and a drink or two in Iso Piippu.. This is the outside lamp of Pitkala (Pitkälä), one of the old buildings, where I... 

Lakes in Mustiala

Lakes in Mustiala, Mustiala

 aramat Says:  As anywhere else in Finland, of course there are lakes in Mustiala: Mustialanlammi and Kaukjarvi (Kaukjärvi). In winter they are frozen (so for about a year I didn't notice them - they just looked like fields covered by snow). Swimming in the lakes is possible and there is a... 

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 This nice little bridge is the entrance to Mustiala. The stream under the bridge connects the two lakes. The photo is from Mustiala's website. 

 

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 Mustiala is the site of Finland's first agricultural college (established in 1840). Today the school is one of the units of Hame Polytechnic. Mustiala is a nice complex of mostly old wooden and... 

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