Taaborinvuori is a museum area in the

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village in

Nurmijärvi Nurmijärvi () is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located north of the capital Helsinki. The neighboring municipalities of Nurmijärvi are Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Hyvinkää and Vihti, and it is part of the Greater Helsinki. Th ...

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. The museum area consists of buildings imported from all over Nurmijärvi, whose exhibitions tell about everyday life in Nurmijärvi at the beginning of the 20th century. It was founded at the turn of the 1970s and 1980s. Taaborinvuori belonged to the childhood landscapes of the Finnish author Aleksis Kivi, and he also named it after

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, familiar from biblical accounts. Kivi's birthplace is located next to Taaborinvuori hill. The Kivi festival (''Kivi-juhlat''), which has performed the production of Aleksis Kivi since 1952, takes place every summer at the

outdoor theatre An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both ) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ...

of Taaborinvuori. The theater is also used by other event organizers, such as the Taabori Summer Theater (''Taaborin Kesäteatteri''), which is directed by director, screenwriter and author

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. The auditorium has a capacity of 700 people and most of the auditorium is covered.Taaborinvuoren tapahtuma-alue - Teatteria vuodesta 1953, konsertteja vuodesta 1996
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External links

Taaborin Kesäteatteri
official site of the outdoor summer theatre of Taaborinvuori {{coord, 60.42443, 24.86508, display=title Aleksis Kivi Nurmijärvi Hills of Finland Geography of Uusimaa Tourist attractions in Uusimaa