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Kaivoinen Destination Guide

Explore Kaivoinen in Finland

Kaivoinen in the region of Province of Western Finland is a town in Finland - some 118 mi or ( 190 km ) West of Helsinki , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Kaivoinen

Current time in Kaivoinen is now 06:38 AM (Friday) . 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, Viiainen, Uusikaupunki, and Ulvila. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Riga . We encountered 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 Kaivoinen ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Kustavi views July 2010

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Finally rain was approaching and we could admire the dark skies behind the islands coloured with orange sun sinking down in the northwest. Well the rain passed us, again. Finally last night we had the ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Helsinki village landing

The Helsinki village landing was fought during the Finnish War, between Sweden and Russia 26–28 September 1808 a part of the battles’ of Turku archipelago. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden planned a large landing operation, over 8000 strong. Due to the difficult sea weather conditions, the task force under colonel Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrad was forced to return as broken and damaged back to Sweden.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 60.61 21.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 1808 in Finland, Battles involving Russia, Battles involving Sweden, Battles of the Finnish War, Conflicts in 1808

Battle of Grönvikssund

The Battle of Grönvikssund was fought between Sweden and Russia during the Finnish War 1808-09.

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Located at 60.50 21.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Battles of the Finnish War

Velkua

Velkua is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Rymättylä, consolidated with the town of Naantali 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 245 (2005-12-31) and covered an area of 30.07 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.13 km² is inland water. The population density was 8,1 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

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Located at 60.47 21.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Finnish islands in the Baltic, Former municipalities of Finland, Naantali, Populated places disestablished in 2009

Kalanti

Kalanti (Swedish: Kaland, also known as Uusikirkko during 1915–1936) is a former municipality in Finland Proper region, Finland. Kalanti is first mentioned in historical sources 1332. It was merged with Uusikaupunki in 1993.

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Located at 60.82 21.56 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Former municipalities of Finland, Populated places disestablished in 1993, Uusikaupunki

Battle of Palva Sund

The Battle of Palva Sund was fought between Sweden and Russia during the Finnish War 1808–09.

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Located at 60.45 21.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: 1808 in Finland, Battles involving Russia, Battles involving Sweden, Battles of the Finnish War