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| 1 | Helsinki ![]() FeatureType : city Lat/Lng : 60.1667 / 24.9333 | Helsinki is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the most populous urban area in (...) | |
| 2 | Iisalmi ![]() FeatureType : city Lat/Lng : 63.5666 / 27.1833 | Iisalmi is a town and municipality in the Region of Northern Savonia in Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. (...) | |
| 3 | Helsinki Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Lat/Lng : 60.3172 / 24.9633 | Helsinki Airport is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region. The airport is located in the city of Vantaa, about west of Tikkurila, the administrative center of Vantaa and north of Helsinki city center (...) | |
| 4 | Baltic Sea ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Lat/Lng : 58.0 / 20.0 | The Baltic Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, enclosed by Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, northwest Russia, Poland, Germany and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude (...) | |
| 5 | Gulf of Finland ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 59.8794 / 26.1053 | The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn (...) | |
| 6 | Kristianstad ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : -3 Lat/Lng : 56.0333 / 14.1833 | Kristianstad (older spelling Christianstad) is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 40,145 inhabitants in 2016. During the last 15 years, it has gone from a garrison town to a developed commercial city, today attracting visitors in the summertime mainly from (...) | |
| 7 | Esztergom ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 107 Lat/Lng : 47.7856 / 18.7403 | Esztergom (listen, , , known by), is a city in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there (...) | |
| 8 | Finland ![]() FeatureType : country Lat/Lng : 64.35 / 26.65 | Finland , officially the Republic of Finland "Republic of Finland", or "" in Finnish, "" in Swedish, and "" in Sami, is the long protocol name, which is however not defined by law. Legislation recognises only the short name (...) | |
| 9 | Helsinki Metro ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.2333 / 25.1167 | The Helsinki Metro is a rapid transit system serving Greater Helsinki, Finland. It is the world's northernmost metro system. The Helsinki Metro was opened to the general public on 2 August 1982 after 27 years of planning (...) | |
| 10 | Køge Municipality ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 55.4333 / 12.1667 | Køge Municipality (or) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) approx. 40 km southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km² (98 sq. miles), and has a total population of 56,637 (2008) (...) | |
| 11 | Kristianstad Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 56.0294 / 14.1567 | Kristianstad Municipality (Kristianstads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad. The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local government reform, and it has the largest area of the (...) | |
| 12 | Finlandia Hall ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 60.1758 / 24.9331 | The Finlandia Hall is a congress and event venue in the centre of Helsinki on the Töölönlahti Bay. The building, which was designed by architect Alvar Aalto, was completed in 1971. Every detail in the building is designed by Aalto (...) | |
| 13 | Gatchina ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 99 Lat/Lng : 59.5667 / 30.1333 | Gatchina is a town and the administrative center of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located south of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway leading to Pskov. Population: Gatchina is the largest town in Leningrad Oblast, and is best known as the location of the Great Gatchina (...) | |
| 14 | Nokia ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.2255 / 24.7509 | Nokia Corporation (commonly referred to as Nokia;) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics company, founded in 1865. Nokia's headquarters are in Espoo, in the greater Helsinki metropolitan area (...) | |
| 15 | Eurovision Song Contest 2007 ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.1667 / 24.9333 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following Lordi's win at the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (...) | |
| 16 | 2008–09 Champions Hockey League ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 306 Lat/Lng : 49.4528 / 11.0778 | The 2008–09 Champions Hockey League was the only season of the Champions Hockey League (2008–09), an IIHF-organized ice hockey tournament for the best club teams in Europe. The season was played with 12 teams from seven countries (two teams each from Russia, Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland, one (...) | |
| 17 | European route E18 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : 54.4472 / -6.3883 | European route E18 runs from Craigavon in Northern Ireland to Saint Petersburg in Russia, passing through Scotland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. It is about in length. Although the designation implies the possibility of a through journey, this is no longer practical as there are no direct car ferry (...) | |
| 18 | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 188 Lat/Lng : 48.2101 / 16.3667 | The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, promotion of human rights, freedom of the press, and fair elections (...) | |
| 19 | Mathias Rust ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 132 Lat/Lng : 55.7479 / 37.6246 | Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) is a German aviator known for his illegal landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. An amateur pilot, the teenager flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, being tracked several times by Soviet air defence and interceptors (...) | |
| 20 | Hietaniemi Cemetery ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 60.1694 / 24.9178 | The Hietaniemi cemetery is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state funeral services. The cemetery includes a large military cemetery section for soldiers from the capital fallen in the (...) | |
| 21 | Krepost Sveaborg ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.1322 / 24.7807 | The Krepost Sveaborg was an Imperial Russian system of land and coastal fortifications constructed around Helsinki during the First World War. The purpose of the fortress was to provide a secure naval base for the Russian Baltic fleet and to protect Helsinki and block routes to Saint Petersburg from (...) | |
| 22 | Pelješac Bridge ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 42.9325 / 17.5356 | The Pelješac Bridge is a bridge currently under construction in Croatia, whose construction first started in 2007 and was later halted. The purpose of the bridge is to achieve territorial continuity of the Republic of Croatia; namely, by connecting the southern exclave comprising the bulk of (...) | |
| 23 | Kone ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 52.4217 / 9.7325 | KONE Oyj (; officially typeset as KONE), founded in 1910 and headquartered in Espoo near Helsinki, Finland, is an international engineering and service company employing some 55,000 personnel across 60 countries worldwide. In addition, KONE builds and services autowalks, automatic doors and gates (...) | |
| 24 | Catholic Diocese of Helsinki ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.1592 / 24.9544 | The Catholic Diocese of Helsinki is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church based in Helsinki, which comprises the whole of Finland. The diocese is divided into eight parishes. The current Catholic Bishop of Helsinki is Teemu Sippo, S.C.I (...) | |
| 25 | Estlink ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.3741 / 25.3714 | Estlink is a set of HVDC submarine power cables between Estonia and Finland. Estlink 1 is the first interconnection between the Baltic and Nordic electricity markets following by Estlink 2 in 2014. The main purpose of the Estlink connection is to secure power supply in both regions to integrate the (...) | |
| 26 | Fujitsu Siemens Computers ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 505 Lat/Lng : 48.177 / 11.5923 | Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH was a Japanese and German vendor of Information technology. The company was founded in 1999 as a 50/50 joint venture between Fujitsu Limited of Japan and Siemens of Germany. On April 1, 2009, the company became Fujitsu Technology Solutions as a result of Fujitsu buying (...) | |
| 27 | West End ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 26.6871 / -78.977 | West End most commonly refers to: * West End of London, an area of central London, England * West End theatre, a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London, England West End may also refer to: (...) | |
| 28 | Aalto University School of Business ![]() FeatureType : edu Lat/Lng : 60.1719 / 24.9228 | The Aalto University School of Business (Aalto BIZ, ;), is the largest business school in Finland. Founded in 1911, it is the second oldest business school in Finland and one of the oldest business schools in the Nordic countries. The school became part of Aalto University as of 1 January 2010 (...) | |
| 29 | Lake Bodom murders ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 60.2417 / 24.675 | The Bodominjärvi Murders is the most famous unsolved homicide case in Finnish criminal history. On June 5, 1960, at Bodom Lake, 15-year-old females, Maila Irmeli Björklund and Anja Tuulikki Mäki, and 18-year-old male, Seppo Antero Boisman, were killed while sleeping inside a tent by stabbing and (...) | |
| 30 | Tieto Keilalahti Campus ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 60.17 / 24.829 | Tieto Keilalahti Campus (formerly named Nokia House then Microsoft Talo) is the head office building of Tieto, located in Keilaniemi, Espoo, just outside Helsinki, the capital of Finland.https://www.tieto.com/welcome-to-tieto-keilalahti-campus (...) | |
| 31 | Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.1639 / 24.9275 | The Mission Diocese, officially the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, is an independent confessional Lutheran "ecclesial structure" in Finland. The Mission Diocese considers itself to be "part of ‘the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church’" to be "truly a church" and to act "fully (...) | |
| 32 | Centre for Metrology and Accreditation ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 60.1803 / 24.8264 | The Centre for Metrology and Accreditation (Finnish: Mittatekniikan keskus; Swedish: Mätteknikcentralen), MIKES, is the national metrology institute of Finland. MIKES performs research in metrology, i.e., in measurement science (...) | |