A long, wavy wooden board wall stands in the old wooden-house area, at the corner of two streets. The nickname "Finland's longest wall" is a joke, and the wall has not been measured as the longest in the country. It was named by local skateboarders Valtteri Karjula and Henri Ylikulju, who searched for skating spots in the 2000s. The wall formed over time as the buildings behind it were patched together, so the boards are uneven and ripple like the sea.
The wall belongs to a building in the Katinhäntä area: the main building is protected by the Finnish Heritage Agency and the yard buildings by the regional land-use plan. The owners' parents wanted to straighten the wall in the 1970s, but the city architect refused. It features in the Yle Egenland cultural travel guide, and the car park and entrance are wheelchair accessible.
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