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Perkio Destination Guide

Explore Perkio in Finland

Perkio in the region of Province of Western Finland is a town in Finland - some 214 mi or ( 344 km ) North of Helsinki , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Perkio

Current time in Perkio is now 04:09 AM (Wednesday) . 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: Tallinn, Ylistaro, Yliharma, Virrat, and Viitalankyla. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tallinn . 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 Perkio ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Introducing Härmän Häjy training

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Ammattinyrkkeilijä Juho "Härmän Häjy" Haapoja treenailee Ylihärmän Kiistolan salilla. Juho valmistautuu 26.5.2012 Boxing Night Vaasaan kotimaassa ja osaksi ulkomailla. Tässä pieni näyte perustreenistä ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Ylistaro

Ylistaro is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Nurmo to Seinäjoki in 1 January 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 5,582 (2003) and covered an area of 484.08 km² of which 2.73 km² is water. The population density was 11.6 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 62.94 22.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Former municipalities of Finland, Populated places disestablished in 2009, Seinäjoki

PowerPark

PowerPark is a large scale karting and amusement park in Alahärmä, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. The main karting track already resembles an F1 circuit, but they also have a hectare-large indoor track, the largest in Europe. Other than that the resort also contains a restaurant, large hotel, a camping area with cottages and all sorts of amusement rides.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 63.23 22.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Amusement parks in Finland, Buildings and structures in Southern Ostrobothnia, Kauhava, Visitor attractions in Southern Ostrobothnia

Cobra (PowerPark)

Cobra is a roller coaster located at PowerPark in Alahärmä, Finland. Cobra was the first Vekoma boomerang to use the new MK1211 open sided train.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 63.23 22.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Kauhava, Roller coasters in Finland, Roller coasters introduced in 2005

Thunderbird (roller coaster)

Thunderbird is the name of the northernmost wooden roller coaster in the world, located at PowerPark in Alahärmä, Western Finland. The two Millennium Flyer trains operating it were manufactured by Great Coasters International (GCI). Thunderbird was the first wooden roller coaster in Europe to be built by GCI. Approximately 1,000 cubic meters of wood, 750,000 bolts and 1.8 million nails were used for Thunderbird's construction. President of GCI, Clair Hain, Jr.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 63.23 22.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Kauhava, Roller coasters in Finland, Roller coasters introduced in 2006