Pitsiliinoja ja knypylöitä.

We have gathered some tips about interesting local things worth exploring during your stay in Rauma. Enjoy local delicacies, familiarize yourself with bobbin lace making, learn the local Rauma dialect, and stay overnight in unique environments. Enjoy local things during your stay in Rauma!

a lace pillow and a lace with flowers.

Rauma Lace

  • At the Rauma Museum’s Marela (Kauppakatu 24), you can explore the exhibition The Story of Rauma Lace. The museum also features a small museum shop, Kistupuad, offering a variety of lace products.
  • In Lace makers association’s lace shop Pits-Priia (Kauppakatu 29), there are beautiful lace products on display. Usually there is also a bobbin lace maker who can tell more about bobbin lace making. From the shop you can buy different lace products, models needed in bobbin lace making, threads, etc.
  • Rauma Lace Week is held in July. During that week, you can familiarize yourself with several different lace exhibitions

Rauma Dialect – “Rauman giäl”

Knyplämine on enkla asi: men äärest viäre ja viärest ääre ja muist pannt tarppeks kiarui spindelin gondeihi.”

Local Rauma Delicacies

Lapskoussi – lobscouse casserole
Rauma gingerbread
Rauma donuts
Pystökaffe
Olu Bryki Raum
A coffee cup and two plates with Rauma cookies on a tray.