Moominhouse
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Moominhouse is a fictional house, where the Moomin
s live in the tales by Finnish author Tove Jansson
. Its tall, round shape is said to be patterned after the porcelain stoves behind which the Moomins' ancestors used to live.
The house is described and depicted in many of the books and comics about the Moomins and Tove Jansson even drew blueprints of it as an illustration for Finn Family Moomintroll
. When she built a model of the house in the 1970s, it was however not made round; this 2.5 metres tall model is now on display in the Moomin Museum
in Tampere
. She once explained the difference as that "it wasn't easy to know what the house looked like before it was built", a typical example of her humour. The full size moominhouse built in 1993 at the theme park Moomin World
in Naantali
was however created looking more like Jansson's own earlier drawings of the house, while the moominhouse in Akebono Kodomo mori park in Hannō
in Japan again is quite different.
Moomin
The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of trolls who are white and roundish, with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses...
s live in the tales by Finnish author Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson
Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is best known as the author of the Moomin books.- Biography :...
. Its tall, round shape is said to be patterned after the porcelain stoves behind which the Moomins' ancestors used to live.
The house is described and depicted in many of the books and comics about the Moomins and Tove Jansson even drew blueprints of it as an illustration for Finn Family Moomintroll
Finn Family Moomintroll
Finn Family Moomintroll is the third in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, published in 1948...
. When she built a model of the house in the 1970s, it was however not made round; this 2.5 metres tall model is now on display in the Moomin Museum
Moomin Museum
Moomin Valley is situated in the city of Tampere, Finland. In the Moomin Valley Museum you can see original illustrations made by Tove Jansson , 40 miniatures, tableaux about Moomin events and a small Moomin House...
in Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
. She once explained the difference as that "it wasn't easy to know what the house looked like before it was built", a typical example of her humour. The full size moominhouse built in 1993 at the theme park Moomin World
Moomin World
Moomin World is the Moomin Theme Park especially for children, based on the Moomin books by Tove Jansson. Moomin World is on the island of Kailo beside the old town of Naantali, near the city of Turku in Finland Proper region....
in Naantali
Naantali
Naantali is a city in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country. The municipality has a population of , and is located in the region of Finland Proper, west of Turku....
was however created looking more like Jansson's own earlier drawings of the house, while the moominhouse in Akebono Kodomo mori park in Hannō
Hanno, Saitama
is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 82,683 and a population density of 614.29 per km²...
in Japan again is quite different.