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Karkniemi Destination Guide

Delve into Karkniemi in Finland

Karkniemi in the region of Province of Western Finland is a city in Finland - some 80 mi or ( 129 km ) West of Helsinki , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Karkniemi

Current time in Karkniemi is now 08:04 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Helsinki " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Riga, Jelgava, Tallinn, Ylöjärvi, and Viksgard. While being here, 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. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Karkniemi ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

3d Movie testing - Diving trip

6:41 min by Juhani Väihkönen
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This is my first 3D movie using two GoPro Hero HD cameras. I just syncronized clips using light and trimmed the clips with QuickTime(You can do it with premiere also). I used Quicktime because I can w ..

Jorma Koskisen Hittiparaati - Tervetuloa vanhustenkotiin

2:45 min by JormaKoskinen
Views: 443 Rating: 5.00

On käytävillä tuo hapannaama taas vittumaisella päällä. Se kuurailee täällä lattioita, ottaa paskatahrat päältä... Tervetuloa vanhustenkotiin! Täällä hoitajista on aina pula, oli lunta, räntä, taikka ..


Поезд Аллегро

2:57 min by onikstravel
Views: 46 Rating: 5.00

Создание Поезда Аллегро, покупка билета возможна в туристической компании Оникс. travel-oniks.ru ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Karuna Church

The Karuna church is a stone church located in Karuna Sauvo, Finland Proper, Finland. It was designed by Finnish church architect Josef Stenbäck and built in 1908–1910. The style of the building reflects National Romantic style with Jugendstil features. The bell tower is located in the southeast corner of the structure the bells of which were made in 1689. The church has the capacity to seat 480 people. The altar paintings were created by Ilmari Launis.

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Located at 60.27 22.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Finland Proper, Churches in Finland, Josef Stenbäck buildings, Lutheran congregations established in the 20th century, National Romantic architecture in Finland, Religious buildings completed in 1910, Sauvo

Karuna, Finland

Karuna, in the region Finland Proper located in the province Southern Finland, was a municipality in Finland until 1969 when it merged into the municipality of Sauvo. Part of the former municipality, namely, the village of Sandö was merged into the municipality of Kimito. In 1963, in Karuna was 1,213 inhabitants. About 700 people inhabit the area currently.

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Located at 60.27 22.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Former municipalities of Finland, Populated places disestablished in 1969, Sauvo

Battle of Sandöström

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

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Located at 60.21 22.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Battles of the Finnish War

Kuusisto Castle

. Kuusisto Castle was a medieval episcopal castle on an island of Kuusisto in Kaarina, Finland, near Turku. The castle was probably built in the early 14th century, although the site seems to have been bishop's residence already in the 1290s. The castle was ordered to be demolished during the Protestant Reformation in 1528 by the king Gustav I of Sweden. Excavation and reconstruction work on the remaining ruins began in 1891.

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Located at 60.41 22.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century, Buildings and structures in Finland Proper, Castles in Finland, Forts in Sweden, Kaarina, Ruins in Finland

Piikkiö

Piikkiö, is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina 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 6,836 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 90.35 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.07 km² is inland water. The population density was 75.72 inhabitants per km². The municipality was almost unilingually Finnish.

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Located at 60.42 22.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Former municipalities of Finland, Kaarina, Populated places disestablished in 2009