Pihlajasaari (Rönnskär in

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) is an island in

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, the capital of

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. Pihlajasaari actually consists of two separate islands connected with a bridge. The islands can only be reached by boat, and in summer there is a privately operated commuter boat travelling between Kaivopuisto and Pihlajasaari every couple of hours. Pihlajasaari is an outdoor island with no permanent residents. It is mostly intended as a holiday resort. One of the two islands offers large beaches for swimming and sunbathing, and its own restaurant. On the other island there is a

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area, and also a unisex

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, one of only two in the entire country (the other is in

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). Unlike the main beaches in Pihlajasaari, the nudist beach consists almost entirely of bare

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s with very little sand.

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