Kostomuksha Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels

About Kostomuksha

Kostomuksha was built as a Finnish-Russian cooperation 1977–1985, for mining the iron ore found 1946, one of the largest iron ore reserves in Russia. The town functions also as a dacha-style resort (there is an abundance of lake shores in the area), and hosts a yearly summer chamber music festival. Most visitors are Finns. Before 1920 the village preceding the town was an important source of folk poetry, gathered as part of the Finnish nation building from the 19th century onward. It was flooded as part of the industrialisation.

Top Attractions in Kostomuksha

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• ★Kostomuksha Nature Reserve

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