Rajakylä's Outpost Station
Rajakylän Puolustuslinja
Why locals love it
Rajakylä's Outpost is well preserved defense outpost with intact caves and long trenches that cover the slopes in each side of the hillside. The construction of Base IV in the Kivikko, Jakomäki and Vantaa Rajakylä areas in eastern Helsinki began in 1915 and its construction has been interrupted.
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Why you should visit it
In the Helsinki area there is a lot of defense equipment built by the Russians during the First World War (1914‒1918). The fortification structures are located in three zones on the mainland and protected Helsinki and the Viapori. Today, there are fortifications on the land front in the Helsinki metropolitan area in the Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa.
Special tip
Terrain is really rocky, good shoes are required. Be careful on the site, trenches are some places pretty deep, danger to fall is possible.