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Explore Forby in Finland
Forby in the region of Province of Western Finland is a town in Finland - some 71 mi or ( 115 km ) West of Helsinki , the country's capital city .
Current time in Forby is now 07:50 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Helsinki " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Riga, Tallinn, Haapsalu, Ylonkyla, and Viksgard. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Riga . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Forby ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
EFHK-EHAM-EFHK Finnair A321 Cockpit pics
My trip from Helsinki-Vantaa EFHK to Amsterdam Sciphol EHAM. Hope you like it. Please comment and rate. :) OH-LZE Pics from cockpit and outside of the plane. ..
Scootering in Pietarsaari
Me and my family went on a trip to Pietarsaari so i went to the park and got some nice footage. Filmed and edited by Artic Video. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Särkisalo
Särkisalo is a former municipality of Finland, located mostly on Särkisalo island. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 710 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 82.85 km² (excluding sea) of which 1.06 km² is inland water. The population density was 8.68 inhabitants per km².
Located at 60.11 22.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Kimito
Kimito is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities located on Kimito island, the other three being Västanfjärd, Dragsfjärd and Halikko. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region.
Located at 60.16 22.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Kimitoön (island)
Kimitoön is the largest coastal island of Finland with the area of 524 square kilometres . It is situated in the Finland Proper region in Western Finland province. The island has a population of 7,500 divided between the two municipalities: Kimitoön and Salo of which Salo is mostly located on the mainland. The island is bilingual, the majority speaks Swedish.
Located at 60.16 22.71 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Västanfjärd
Västanfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Kimito to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 812 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 96.62 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.69 km² is inland water. The population density was 8.46 inhabitants per km².
Located at 60.05 22.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Battle of Gangut
The Battle of Gangut took place on 27 July/ 7 August 1714 during the Great Northern War (1700–21), in the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland, between the Swedish Navy and Imperial Russian Navy. It was the first important victory of the Russian fleet in its history.
Located at 59.94 23.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
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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.