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Storbacka Destination Guide

Delve into Storbacka in Finland

Storbacka in the region of Province of Western Finland is a city in Finland - some 232 mi or ( 373 km ) North of Helsinki , the country's capital .

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Current time in Storbacka is now 06:19 PM (Tuesday) . 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: Tallinn, Virrat, Villbacka, Tuomala, and Tampere. While being here, make sure to check out Tallinn . 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 Storbacka ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Hyggesbränning purmo pedersöre

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16.5.2008 They cut down all trees and burned ewetything else.New trees grows good in ashes, you see. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Purmo

Purmo is a former municipality of Finland. It was incorporated into the rural municipality of Pedersöre (currently the municipality of Pedersöre) in Ostrobothnia in 1977. Purmo is home to a wooden church built by A. Hakola in 1772. Approximately 1,400 people live in Purmo and like in Pedersöre, they are mainly Swedish-speaking.

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Located at 63.52 22.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Former municipalities of Finland, Pedersöre, Villages in Finland

Esse

Esse is a former municipality of Finland, now a village of Pedersöre. It has a population of about 3,000 people, of whom approximately 94% are Swedish-speaking Finns and the rest are Finnish-speaking. The village is in the northeast part of Pedersöre municipality. Esse was consolidated to Pedersöre in 1977. The river of Esse flows through the village. This river is one of the last places where the Freshwater Pearl Mussel Margaritifera margaritifera can be found.

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Located at 63.58 23.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine, Former municipalities of Finland, Pedersöre, Villages in Finland

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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Located at 63.23 22.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Amusement parks in Finland, Buildings and structures in Southern Ostrobothnia, Kauhava, Visitor attractions in Southern Ostrobothnia