Café in Rauma’s famous tourist attraction will open at least next summer – uncertainty about the future

Rauma’s water tower has been a traditional tourist attraction for decades. However, Rauma Vesi wants to focus on securing the water supply, and there is uncertainty about the future of the café business.

A café will be opened in Rauma’s water tower at least until next summer. The water company has agreed with young summer entrepreneurs to run the café and restaurant in the water tower from the end of May until the end of August.

A similar model has been used in previous summers. No permanent entrepreneur has been found for the café.

The last time there was a real long-term business activity on the premises was in 2023, but the entrepreneur left the game for financial reasons.

Water supply is the number one issue

The future of the Rauma Water Tower as a tourist destination has been compromised because the city’s waterworks does not consider the café as part of its core business. The plant has emphasized that its primary task is to ensure the functioning of water distribution.

In recent years, waterworks have been seen near the Finnish water towers, and waterworks have tightened controls. Even in Rauma, control is also continuous today.

The Rauma Water Tower was completed in the 1960s. It has been one of Rauma’s well -known landmarks for decades. In time, the water tower came to see, for example, school class trips from all over Satakunta.