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Lake - Lake in Pälkäne municipality, Pirkanmaa, located in the province of Western Finland

Kivinokka - Sunset over Kivinokka, used by thousands of Helsinki for nature and recreation area, around Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Inarijarvi - The Lake Inari (Inarijärvi) is a lake in Finland in the northern part of Lapland

Old Porvoo - Porvoo (Borgå) 'Old Town' a dense mediaeval street pattern with predominantly wooden houses. The central point of the old town is the medieval, stone and brick.

Coffee-shop - The nice coffee-shop near the river Porvoonjoki (Porvoo River, sv. Borgå å), Porvoo, Finland

Old Porvoo - Riverside storage buildings in Old Porvoo, southern coast of Finland

Night light - Helsinki Cathedral (Helsingin tuomiokirkko or Suurkirkko). Night light of Finland's Independence Day (Finnish itsenäisyyspäivä, Swedish självständighetsdag) is a national public holiday held on December 6 to celebrate Finland's declaration of independence from the Russian empire. The movement for Finland's Independence started after the revolutions in Russia (1917), caused by the disturbances from the defeats of the First World War. This gave an opportunity for Finland to withdraw from Russia. After several disagreements between the non-socialists and the social-democrats about the matter of who should have the power in Finland, the parliament, led by Per Evind Svinhufvud, finally declared Finland as an independent state, on the 6th of December 1917. During the early decades of independence, this day was a very solemn occasion marked by patriotic speeches and special Church services. From the 1970s onwards, however, Independence day celebrations have taken on livelier forms, with shops decorating their windows in the blue and white of the Finnish flag, and bakeries producing cakes with blue and white icing. Today, rock stars and entertainers have been accepted as worthy interpreters of Finnish patriotism. It is traditional for Finnish families to light two candles in the windows of their home in the evening, Historically these two candles were used as a sign to inform Finnish Jäger troops that the house was ready to offer shelter and keep them hidden from the Russians.

Uspenskin katedraali - Uspenski Cathedral (Uspenskin katedraali) was built in the Russian Byzantine style in 1862-1868, and is the biggest Orthodox church in western Europe. It was designed by Aleksei Gornostajev, and was styled after an old church built in the 16th century near Moscow in Russia. The bricks were brought from Bomarsund fortress in Aland which had been destroyed during the Crimean War in 1854. The dome is held by four monolithic granite pillars. Altogether, the cathedral has 13 golden onions which represent the number of the Christ and the Apostles.

Restaurant near harbour - In Finland the inhabitants of Kuopio have a special reputation: they are known as jovial, verbally joking and lacking self-irony. People of Kuopio region and Eastern Finland have always had many health problems and the mortality has been higher than on an average in Finland. During the 2000s Kuopio has placed very well in many image, popularity and city-attractiveness -queries. It has always been near the top among the Finnish cities.

Church at Kuopio - The Kuopio region is situated in central Finland, in the verdant province of North Savo, which is interspersed with thousands of lakes. The region can be reached in less than an hour by air from Helsinki, the capital of Finland, and by road or rail the journey only takes a few hours.

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