Vista of the Jätkänkynttilä.
Jätkänkynttilä ("Lumberjack's Vessel Bridge"), is a cable-stayed bridge located in Rovaniemi, capital of Lapland (Finland). It is considered the main icon of this boreal city.
In 1983 a competition was convened to design the bridge. The approved project was presented by the Finnish company WSP and Mestra Engineering Ltd. But it was the Swedish company BPA Bygg Norra AB who built the bridge. The Jätkänkynttilä was built between 1987 and 1989. The construction was completed in the summer of 1989 and was inaugurated on 28 September of that year.
Its total length is 320 meters and it crosses the river Kemijoki. The bridge pays homage to the woodcutters of the city. At the top of two columns there is a light that looks like the woodcutter's candle, a trunk cut in two with fire in the middle.
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