On this beautiful morning we headed to Kotka town, to find a boat service to reach Orrengrund island. Orrengrund island is located on this map on the left side inside green form We boarded a nice boat named "Nestori" in Sapokka harbour. Kaunissaari kaivaten sua täällä muistelen - a song done by Juha Vainio about this beautiful island "Kaunissaari" Small lighthouse found in the harbour of Kaunissaari island Baltic Herrings a delicious freshly smoked. This is the oven taht is used to smoke the fish. Smoke oven from inside. The herrings are placed into steel rods through their heads, so that the dripping grease drops down. Before you place the herring into the rods, you need to remove the inner guts of them. Arriving to Orrengrund island Another type of smoke oven. Orrengrund island's old lighthouse which is actually not a lighthouse, only so called "pooki" - a tower that can be seen from the sea. On the cliffs of Orrengrund can be found wild grass-onion flowers. Climbing up inside the Orrengrund tower Looking out from the windows Old military constructions At orrengrund cliffs Dry skin of a snake (probably a grass snake, natrix natrix) All good things end someday... so we had to start going back to Kotka harbour A memorial stone for one of the best songwriters in Finland: Mr Juhani "Junnu" Vainio spent part of his life in Kotka area and wrote songs that we all remember. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQYIff6o12o
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