Protected building

Hirvaan rautatiepysäkki

Rovaniemi

Why visit

Hirvas is one of the few Lapland railway areas to survive the war. The stop sits on a forested stretch of line near the bank of the Kemijoki, with a birch avenue leading to it from the Hirvas forestry school.

Look for: Follow the birch avenue that leads to the stop from the forestry school. Beside the stop building stands a dwelling with its outbuildings.

About this site

Hirvas halt on the Rovaniemi railway line in Rovaniemi has, in addition to the halt building, a residential building with outbuildings. The building group is situated on a forested railway section close to the Hirvas forestry school at the bank of Kemijoki, from which a birch avenue leads to the halt. Hirvas is one of the few Lapland railway areas to have survived the war.

Official description (Museovirasto), machine-translated from Finnish