Ainola

Ainola is a house where the composer Jean Sibelius lived with his wife Aino. It is located in the municipality of Järvenpää from the shores of Lake Tuusula on a hill about 500 m. The planned by the architect Lars Sonck house was completed in 1903. The only instructions from Sibelius to architects were supposed that the office have views of the Tuusulanjärvi in the dining room and a green fireplace should be. To Sibelius's lifetime, although the house had electricity and telephone access but no running water.

Ainola is located about 38 km from the capital Helsinki away. Sibelius moved in 1904 with his family to Ainola in order to escape the noise of the city and dedicated to his job in peace here can. The landscape was then largely unaffected. In the neighborhood there is other well-known Finnish artists had settled, including the painter Pekka Halonen and Eero Järnefelt and the writer Juhani Aho.

In addition to the residential buildings are located on the property is also a sauna (plus utility room and fountains ), a horse barn and workshop. At the foot of the hill is surrounded by a high hedge, a long-drawn garden. In the garden there used to be a tennis court. The property is a total of about 4.2 acres. Jean Sibelius and his wife were both buried on the property.

The daughters of Sibelius ( Eve, Ruth, Katarina, Margareta and Heidi ) sold Ainola 1972 to the Finnish State. In 1974 it was made a museum open to the public. The building is still in the state in which Aino Sibelius left behind after her death in 1969. The museum is maintained by the Ainola Foundation.