Location

The crater is located on the border of Keuruu and Mänttä-Vilppula. The crater center is located on the northwestern part of the Keurusselä watershed in the Valkeaniemi area. Unlike most Finnish craters, it is only partially under water.

Mänttä combines a water-related industrial landscape with a high level of industrial architecture. The early wood grinding has given rise to an industrial city where a paper mill company and magnificent artistic and cultural heritage meet.

Gösta Serlachius was a prominent lover of art. He wanted his art collection to be preserved in Mänttä, who, in his own words, had seen the birth of the collection. The Gösta Serlachius Art Foundation was founded in 1933. In addition to maintaining the art collection, the foundation’s tasks were to build and maintain a museum and beautify Mänttä with art.

Today, Mänttä is known as an international art town. The elegant museums offer a wonderful table setting of the works of the most significant artists of their time from Finland and elsewhere in Europe. In addition, the Mänttä Music Festival and other cultural events create the “spirit of Mänttä”.