Mannerheim`s Saloon Car, Southern Savonia, Finland
4.0 (47 reviews) Spent Ranking #5 in Mikkeli Speciality Museums
Interesting historic railway carriage
You can find this carriage next to the Mikkeli railway station. Marshal Mannerheim and his personnel used this 1930-built carriage in 1939-1946. The saloon car is open to the public once a year, on June 4. The day is both Mannerheim’s birthday and the Day of Finnish Defence’s Force. At other times, you can watch through the windows.
Address
Mannerheimintie, Mikkeli, Finland.
Website
http://visitmikkeli.fi/en/mannerheims-saloon-car
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 10:43
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4.0 based on (47 reviews)
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4B T 5:00 PM May 10, 2021
Closed but can see in through the windows
It is only open for one day a year (Mannerheim's birthday) but you can get a general idea peering in through the windows, there is an information board with some information, but not much, next to it (also in English). It is right by the train station and does not take long.
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4Eleyssel 5:00 PM Apr 27, 2018
Small memorial to extraordinary event
In the midst of world war 2 Hitler flew - for a day - to Finland to congratulate the Finnish military hero Mannerheim, on his 75th birthday. It was not something that particularly pleased Mannerheim.. This small battered train carriage sits on the edge of the platform at Mikkeli railway station, and was Mannerheim's office and 'residence' for much of the war years, as was Mikkeli his military centre. It is easy to miss and only opened one day a year, but the story board has a photo of that meeting, and the carriage is a quietly significant reminder of Finland's war history.
