{"id":22243,"date":"2025-06-08T00:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T21:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msl.fi\/itetaide\/?post_type=destination&#038;p=22243"},"modified":"2025-07-03T21:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:51:12","slug":"kivijarvi-cherry-park","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/msl.fi\/itetaide\/en\/destination\/kivijarvi-cherry-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Kivij\u00e4rvi Cherry Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"rnb_title_categories__title\">Kivij\u00e4rvi Cherry Park<\/h1><div class=\"rnb_title_categories__categories\"><div>Middle Finland, Whenever, Art park, Public sculpture<\/div><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/msl.fi\/itetaide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/06\/Kivijarven-Kirsikkapuisto-1_rajattu_Kuva-Heli-Kallio-Kauppinen-2023.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><source srcset=\"https:\/\/msl.fi\/itetaide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/06\/Kivijarven-Kirsikkapuisto-1_rajattu_Kuva-Heli-Kallio-Kauppinen-2023.webp\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/msl.fi\/itetaide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/06\/Kivijarven-Kirsikkapuisto-1_rajattu_Kuva-Heli-Kallio-Kauppinen-2023.webp\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Kivij&auml;rvi, next to the beautiful Harbour Square, a park of statues carved with a chainsaw is growing. In the summer. There is an annual festival, where sculptors from all over Finland and abroad come to compete.&nbsp;Sculptures can also be found in different parts of the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to sculpture, the park has a gathering place with furniture that is open to everyone, exercise equipment for young people and the elderly, water features and an alley of cherry trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourists have already discovered the park, and in the summer it is a popular place to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi\/wiki\/Chainsaw_Carving\">chainsaw sculpture as our cultural heritage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"rnb_background_color_box rnb_full_width has-lightblue-background-color\"><div class=\"rnb_background_color_box__wrapper\">\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADDRESS<\/strong> Keskustie 30, 43800 Kivij&auml;rvi<br><strong>OPEN<\/strong> 24\/7<br><strong>FURTHER INFORMATION<\/strong> Kivij&auml;rvi community, Ville Rautiainen, tel. 044 459 7842, ville.rautiainen(at)kivijarvi.fi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Hannunkiventie+1,+43800+Kivij%C3%A4rvi\/@63.1268705,25.0229009,14.08z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x4684270facd16b15:0x895b874c70cb2961!8m2!3d63.1302536!4d25.0393674!16s%2Fg%2F11l6h26qzg?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYzMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">The site on Google Maps<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><picture><source 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