5 Euro of Finland 2012 UNC - Provincial Buildings: Lapland

The Provincial Buildings coin series celebrates buildings or structures relating to Finland’s historical provinces. Each of these landmarks describes in its own unique way Finnish culture, the spirit of the time and the people themselves. The ’Provincial Buildings’ coin series memorialises one building or structure from each of Finland’s historical provinces. These provinces are Åland, Finland Proper, Satakunta, Uusimaa, Karelia, Tavastia, Savonia, Ostrobothnia and Lapland.

The “Lumberjack’s Candle Bridge” built in 1989 is currently regarded as Rovaniemi’s foremost landmark. The bridge is named after its two tall columns which, with their bright lights, resemble lumberjack’s candles − logs sawn in two with a fire in between. The bridge illuminates the slopes of Ounasvaara hill and the surge of the River Kemijoki also during the darkest time of the year.