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Runko Destination Guide

Discover Runko in Finland

Runko in the region of Province of Western Finland is a town located in Finland - some 86 mi or ( 139 km ) West of Helsinki , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Runko

Local time in Runko is now 12:05 PM (Sunday) . 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: Riga, Tallinn, Ylöjärvi, Vidkulla, and Uusikaupunki. When in this area, you might want to check out Riga . 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 Runko ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Summer Freedom.

1:34 min by wwild2k
Views: 3145 Rating: 4.95

Please Watch in HD 720p! I promise to you a very sharp video-quality! You will definitely see a difference and like it! Tomorrow I have last School day! I've been waiting for it since the beginning of ..

3d Movie testing - Diving trip

6:41 min by Juhani Väihkönen
Views: 1478 Rating: 0.00

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 ..


Blinking Sirius

2:07 min by MrTauzero
Views: 678 Rating: 5.00

Sirius, brightest star in the sky. Sirius blink, because Sirius is down (where I live), the star light to travel through the thick air mass, bling bling...Zooming about. 500X. ..

random geocaching

6:14 min by decod31
Views: 287 Rating: 0.00

Random clips from our geocaching trip a while back. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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 1 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

Tuorla Observatory

Tuorla Observatory is the Department of Astronomy at the University of Turku, southwest Finland. It is the largest astronomical research institute in Finland. Together with the Space Research Laboratory at the Physics Department of the University of Turku, it forms Väisälä Institute of Space Physics and Astronomy (VISPA).

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Located at 60.42 22.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in Finland, Buildings and structures in Finland Proper, University of Turku

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 3 km away
Tags: Former municipalities of Finland, Kaarina, Populated places disestablished in 2009

Littoinen

Littoinen is a village in south-western Finland, centred around Lake Littoinen. The village is shared between the town of Kaarina and the municipality of Lieto, and it borders the regional centre of Turku. It started growing after the founding of a broadcloth factory by Lake Littoinen in 1739, and the railway connection built in 1899 increased its growth.

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Located at 60.43 22.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Kaarina, Lieto, Villages in Finland

Vaala, Turku

Vaala is a district in the Itäharju-Varissuo ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the east of the city centre, and consists mainly of a strip of low-density residential area between the more densely built suburbs of Varissuo and Lauste. The current population of Vaala is 972, and it is decreasing at an annual rate of 0.62%. 30.35% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 4.22% are over 65.

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Located at 60.44 22.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Districts of Turku