Radio and TV Museum (Mastola)

The Radio and TV Museum is housed in the original 1920s transmitter building on Radio Hill (Radiomäki), and tells the history of broadcasting in Finland from the early radio age through the development of television. Original transmitters, studio equipment, microphones, and a re-created early-1960s sitting room with a black-and-white set are among the highlights.

It is a niche destination but the building itself is interesting, the views over the city from the hill are good, and the museum is a pleasant 15-minute walk from the centre.

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From 1928 until 1993 the giant Lahti longwave transmitter beamed Finnish state radio across most of Europe — far enough that listeners in Britain and Spain could pick up Finnish bulletins on long-wave radios. The two 150-metre masts on Radio Hill that supported the antenna have been gone since the 1990s, but the original brick transmitter building survives as a museum.

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