The record
An original element in a Finnish window factory since 1990, its exact position deliberately unpublished because the company does not want visitors.
The element stands on the grounds of a factory in Kuopio that makes windows and doors. Its exact position is not published here, for the reason the Foundation gives: the company does not want visitors. That is not the same as a secret — Finland's public broadcaster YLE reported on the piece for the twenty-fifth anniversary in 2014, and a technical manager explained on the record how it got there.
The firm's former managing director was serving as honorary consul in Berlin in November 1989 when he was offered the element, and took it. Finland's own history with its eastern neighbour is the reason the offer landed: a country that had fought the Soviet Union and then spent the Cold War managing its proximity did not need the object explained.
YLE's report gives the piece as about 3.5 metres tall and 70 to 80 centimetres wide, with holes where souvenir chips were drilled out for visiting guests, each given a certificate, and describes the former managing director as Germany's honorary consul who was in Berlin in 1989.
How did it get here?
Offered to the company's former managing director while he was honorary consul in Berlin in November 1989.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #110 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #208.
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide, site entry ↗
The element on a window and door factory site since 1990, the withheld exact position at the company's request, the 2014 YLE report, and the former managing director's acquisition as honorary consul in Berlin in November 1989.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17
Kuopiosta löytyy yli kolmemetrinen kappale Berliinin muuria ↗
YLE's report of 9 November 2014: a piece over three metres tall on the grounds of a door factory in Kuopio, obtained in 1989 by the firm's former managing director, who was Germany's honorary consul and was in Berlin as the Wall came down; about 3.5 metres by 70–80 centimetres by 20 centimetres, brought by ship and lorry, with holes where souvenirs were drilled out for visiting guests.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 110
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 208
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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