Vakkola
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| image_skyline = File:Johannes Linnankoski's home.jpg
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| image_caption = The childhood home of Finnish writer Johannes Linnankoski in Vakkola.
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| subdivision_name1 = Uusimaa
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| subdivision_name2 = Askola
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Vakkola is a village in Askola municipality in Eastern Uusimaa, Finland. It is located 5 kilometers northeast of Monninkylä along the Porvoo River, just a couple of kilometers from Askola's church village. In 2009, the Finnish Heritage Agency classified Vakkola village as a national cultural heritage site of national significance.{{cite web|url=http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=4935|title=Valtakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt RKY.|work=Finnish Heritage Agency|access-date=March 18, 2020|language=fi}}
Vakkola is the birthplace of the author Johannes Linnankoski (1869–1913) and his childhood home serves as a home museum.{{cite web | url = http://www.museo-opas.fi/fi/museo/johannes-linnankosken-nuoruudenkoti | title = Johannes Linnankosken nuoruudenkoti| work = Uudenmaan museo-opas -sivusto| date = 2011–2012| publisher =Uudenmaan museot verkkoon! -hanke | access-date=March 18, 2020|language=fi}}{{cite web | url = http://www.matkallakotimaassa.fi/johannes-linnankosken.html | title =Johannes Linnankosken museo - Askola | publisher =Matkalla kotimaassa -sivusto | work = Hannu Tuominen |access-date=March 18, 2020|language=fi}}
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