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Discover Nieminen in Finland
Nieminen in the region of Province of Eastern Finland is a town located in Finland - some 259 mi or ( 418 km ) North of Helsinki , the country's capital .
Local time in Nieminen is now 02:07 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Helsinki " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Leningrad, Vuorinen, Vanninmaki, Tampere, and Sotkamo. When in this area, you might want to check out Leningrad . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Nieminen ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
InterCity 77 passes Latukka level crossing
Finnish InterCity-train 77 from Helsinki to Kajaani passes Latukka level crossing on Soinlahti, northern part of Iisalmi, 23.5.2008. This is my first successful train video filmed on my new digital vi ..
InterCity 77 passes level crossing in night @ 140 km/h
Finnish InterCity 77 with Sr1-class locomotive, passes the Niemisentie level crossing in Kainuunmäki with speed of 140 km/h, illuminating the close proximity of railway and the level crossing. Informa ..
InterCity 77 passes Kääriäinen led-warning lighted crossing
InterCity 77 passes Kääriäinen led-warning lighted level crossing on Kauppilanmäki. There was very dark night. Sorry about image shaking when train is passing, i forgot camera's digital image stabiliz ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Battle of Koljonvirta
The Battle of Koljonvirta i.e. the Battle of the Virta Bridge was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on October 27, 1808. The Swedish force consisted of troops from Savolax and Östergötland. After the main Swedish army had been defeated at the Battle of Oravais the army under Johan August Sandels in Savonia had to retreat in order not to be outflanked by the Russians. Sandels found a good defensive position north of Iisalmi and decided to resist the Russian advance there.
Located at 63.59 27.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Iisalmi railway station
Iisalmi railway station is located in Iisalmi, Finland. The station is operated by VR. In December 2006 the electrification of the railway between Iisalmi and Oulu was completed. http://www. vr. fi/heo/eng/junat/junat. htm
Located at 63.56 27.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Related Locations
- Nihteinen (Province of Western Finland)
- Nihattula (Province of Western Finland)
- Nihattula (Province of Southern Finland)
- Niemisto (Province of Western Finland)
- Niemisto (Province of Southern Finland)
- Niemiskyla (Province of Eastern Finland)
- Niemiskyla (Province of Western Finland)
- Niemisjarvi (Province of Eastern Finland)
Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.