Today in culture wednesday you can read about Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator Bernhard Henrik Crusell. He is the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born classical composer before Sibelius. He was born on the 15th of October 1775 in Uusikaupunki. Here at the age of four was his first contact with music when he run away from home to listen to his neighbour playing the flute. #crusellmusicfestival #finnishcomposer

#crusellmusicfestival has 35 events of which 19 are free! Like this Noontime frolic. #suomenoboejafagottiseura

It’s culture wednesday, so what if you’d visit one of our six churches. The church of Kalanti has been built in 14th century, the Old church of Uusikaupunki was completed in 1629, the church of Lokalahti in 1639, the “Uhrikirkko” in Pyhämaa in 1650, the New church of Pyhämaa in 1804 and the New church of Uusikaupunki in 1863. #visituusikaupunki #culturetime