Ainola
Ainola is a house where the composer Jean Sibelius lived with his wife Aino . It is located in the municipality of Järvenpää on a hill about 500 m from the shores of Lake Tuusulanjärvi . The house planned by the architect Lars Sonck was completed in 1903. The only instructions from Sibelius to the architect were supposedly that the study should have a view of Tuusulanjärvi and that there should be a green fireplace in the dining room. When Sibelius was alive, the house had electricity and telephone connections, but no running water.
Ainola is about 38 km from the capital Helsinki . Sibelius moved with his family to Ainola in 1904 in order to escape the city noise and to be able to devote himself to his work here in peace. At that time the landscape was largely untouched. Other well-known Finnish artists had already settled in the neighborhood, including the painters Pekka Halonen and Eero Järnefelt and the writer Juhani Aho .
In addition to the residential building, there is also a sauna (along with a utility room and fountain), a horse stable and a workshop on the property. At the foot of the hill is a long garden, surrounded by a high hedge. There used to be a tennis court in the garden. The property is around 4.2 hectares in total. Jean Sibelius and his wife were both buried on the property.
Sibelius' daughters (Eva, Ruth, Katarina, Margareta and Heidi) sold Ainola to the Finnish state in 1972. In 1974 it was opened to the public as a museum. The building is still in the condition in which Aino Sibelius left it after her death in 1969. The museum is run by the Ainola Foundation.
literature
- Santeri Levas: Jean Sibelius ja hänen Ainolansa - Jean Sibelius och hans hem - Jean Sibelius and His Home - Jean Sibelius and his home. Second edition. Otava, Helsinki 1955, DNB 574882154 .
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Coordinates: 60 ° 27 ′ 13 ″ N , 25 ° 5 ′ 14 ″ E