Finnish Geography and Nature

Geography and Nature

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  1. Complete the sentence about Olavinlinna with the correct year: One of Tott's letters from ______ includes a passing mention of foreign builders invited to Olofsborg, probably from Reval, where the cit…
  2. Complete the sentence about Olavinlinna with the correct year: One of the towers of Bailey, the Thick Tower, exploded in ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about Sammallahdenmäki with the correct year: Sammallahdenmäki is one of the largest, most complete, and most important Bronze Age sites in Fennoscandia, and was designated by UN…
  4. Complete the sentence about Sammallahdenmäki with the correct year: Four of the cairns were excavated by archaeologist Volter Högman in ______, including Huilun pitkä raunio and Kirkonlaattia.
  5. Complete the sentence about Struve Geodetic Arc with the correct year: In ______, the chain was inscribed on the World Heritage List, because of its importance in geodesy and its testimony to internat…
  6. Complete the sentence about Santa Claus Village with the correct year: German forces destroyed most of their buildings around Rovaniemi during their withdrawal in October ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Santa Claus Village with the correct year: In ______, Rovaniemi was declared as an official hometown of Santa Claus.
  8. Complete the sentence about Santa Claus Village with the correct year: The Santa Claus Park that is connected to the Santa Claus Village was in ______ awarded by Topworld International and placed as t…
  9. Complete the sentence about Santa Park with the correct year: SantaPark was opened on 28 November ______ as an amusement park.
  10. Complete the sentence about Särkänniemi with the correct year: In ______ the city of Tampere took over the operations of the fun park and integrated it into other attractions on the peninsula.
  11. Complete the sentence about Linnanmäki with the correct year: In August ______, Linnanmäki received its fifty-millionth visitor.
  12. Complete the sentence about Linnanmäki with the correct year: In ______, six Finnish child welfare organisations leased an area in the middle of a recreational zone in Helsinki, consisting of two park…
  13. Complete the sentence about Linnanmäki with the correct year: In ______, the welfare organisations formed the non-profit Children's Day Foundation, which continues to manage and develop the amusement…
  14. Complete the sentence about Linnanmäki with the correct year: Since its opening in ______, Linnanmäki has had two fatalities related to ride accidents, both involving the Vuoristorata roller coaster a…
  15. Complete the sentence about Seurasaari with the correct year: In October ______, it was announced that the Seurasaari Open-Air Museum would be closed due to budget cuts by Petteri Orpo's government af…
  16. Complete the sentence about Sotkamo with the correct year: One of the largest nickel deposits in Europe is located in Talvivaara where the Talvivaara Mining Company started its operation in late _____…
  17. Complete the sentence about Archipelago National Park with the correct year: Archipelago National Park is part of the UNESCO biosphere reserves and received a PAN Parks certificate in ______.
  18. Complete the sentence about Kuhmo with the correct year: In the Treaty of Nöteborg, the settlement between Sweden and the Novgorod Republic on August 12, ______, the Kuhmo area belonged to Novgorod.
  19. Complete the sentence about Kuhmo with the correct year: In ______, Finland was annexed from Sweden to the Russian Empire as the Grand Duchy of Finland.
  20. Complete the sentence about Kuhmo with the correct year: Publishing Kalevala in ______ fueled birth of Karelianism, which became a major trend in culture spheres towards the end of 19th century.
  21. Complete the sentence about Satakunta with the correct year: During the Middle Ages, the major cities of the province were Ulvila, established in the 14th century and Rauma, established ______.
  22. Complete the sentence about Satakunta with the correct year: Consequently, the city of Pori was founded to the coast by Johan, Grand Duke of Finland in ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Satakunta with the correct year: Administratively, the province lost its function in ______ when it was combined with Southwest Finland to form Turku and Pori County.
  24. Complete the sentence about Satakunta with the correct year: Satakunta, with the rest of Finland, was separated from Sweden when Finland was ceded to Russia in ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Satakunta with the correct year: Consequently, in Finnish Civil War of ______, Satakunta formed an important part of Red Finland.
  26. Complete the sentence about Uusimaa with the correct year: The Finnish-language name Uusimaa appears for the first time in ______ as Wsimaa in the first translation of the New Testament to Finnish by…
  27. Complete the sentence about Southwest Finland with the correct year: As of ______, the Southwest Finland constituency elects 17 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland.
  28. Complete the sentence about South Karelia with the correct year: In the summer of ______, Russian Empress Catherine the Great visited Imatra for one day.
  29. Complete the sentence about South Karelia with the correct year: As early as ______ the area's first hotel spa - Rauha pensionat för turister - was established.
  30. Complete the sentence about South Karelia with the correct year: In ______ a Russia-born physicist Dimitri Gabrilovitsch bought the place to transform it into a sanatorium.
  31. Complete the sentence about South Karelia with the correct year: The spa in Lappeenranta, which is still in business today, was founded in ______.
  32. Complete the sentence about Finland with the correct year: In ______, as a result of the Finnish War, Finland was captured from Sweden and became an autonomous grand duchy within the Russian Empire.
  33. Complete the sentence about Finland with the correct year: Following the Russian Revolution of ______, Finland declared its independence.
  34. Complete the sentence about Finland with the correct year: Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Finland joined NATO in ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Aurora with the correct year: Gassendi had read the works of Galileo Galilei, who used the term in his extensive writings about aurora in ______.
  36. Complete the sentence about Hossa National Park with the correct year: Hossa Visitor Centre was opened in ______ and is situated on the shore of Lake Öllöri.
  37. Complete the sentence about Hossa National Park with the correct year: Discovered in ______ by two skiers, it is one of the two northernmost sites of rock art in Finland, as well as one of the largest…
  38. Which place completes this sentence about Vantaa? Vantaa is part of the ______ Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants.
  39. Which place completes this sentence about Vantaa? The ______ Airport, situated in Vantaa, serves as the largest airport in Finland and the primary airline hub for the Helsinki metropolitan area.
  40. Which place completes this sentence about Lahti? The village belonged to the parish of Hollola and was located at the medieval trade route of Ylinen Viipurintie, which linked the towns of ______ and V…
  41. Which place completes this sentence about Kuopio? In addition, at the end of the 2010s, Kuopio was characterised by numerous large projects, the largest in the country after the ______ metropolitan ar…
  42. Which place completes this sentence about Kuopio? In the Kuntien imago 2018 survey, Kuopio ranks second among Finland's large cities after ______ in South Ostrobothnia.
  43. Which place completes this sentence about Pori? During its history, the city of Pori has burned down nine times; only ______ has burned more often, as many as ten times.
  44. Which place completes this sentence about Kouvola? With ______, Kouvola is one of the capital centers and is the largest city in the Kymenlaakso region.
  45. Which place completes this sentence about Porvoo? Porvoo was one of the six medieval towns of Finland, along with ______, Ulvila, Rauma, Naantali and Vyborg, and is first mentioned as a city in texts…
  46. Which place completes this sentence about Hyvinkää? Hyvinkää is part of the ______ Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.62 million inhabitants.
  47. Which place completes this sentence about Järvenpää? Järvenpää is part of the ______ Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.62 million inhabitants.
  48. Which place completes this sentence about Kajaani? Kajaani is located southeast of Lake ______, which drains into the Gulf of Bothnia through the Oulu River.
  49. Which place completes this sentence about Savonlinna? Together with ______, they are the two largest towns in the South Savo region and both are centres of the region's hospital districts.
  50. Which place completes this sentence about Inari, Finland? Inari is expected to be the only municipality in Lapland, along with ______, that will experience population growth by 2040.
  51. Which place completes this sentence about Kemi? The hostages were released unharmed on October 11, 1944, near ______.
  52. Which place completes this sentence about Nuuksio National Park? Established in 1994, the park spreads over an area of forests and lakes in ______, Kirkkonummi and Vihti.
  53. Which place completes this sentence about Lapland? The northern and western areas were transferred in 1809 to ______ County, which became Oulu Province.
  54. Which place completes this sentence about Näsijärvi? The city of ______ was built along the Tammerkoski rapids, through which the lake drains into Pyhäjärvi.
  55. Which place completes this sentence about Gulf of Bothnia? The only regular cruiseferry route across the Gulf of Bothnia is the Wasaline service between Umeå and ______.
  56. Which place completes this sentence about Turku Castle? Together with ______ Cathedral, the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use in Finland.
  57. Which place completes this sentence about Turku Castle? In Paulus Juusten's episcopal chronicle, it is said that at the turn of the 15th century, pirates were causing havoc in and around the ______ ar…
  58. Which place completes this sentence about Verla? Verla at Jaala, ______, Finland, is a well-preserved 19th-century mill village.
  59. Which place completes this sentence about Sammallahdenmäki? The burial site is located on a long ridge in a remote area off the road to ______ from Rauma.
  60. Which place completes this sentence about Santa Claus Village? German forces destroyed most of their buildings around ______ during their withdrawal in October 1944.
  61. Which place completes this sentence about Santa Claus Village? In 1980, ______ was declared as an official hometown of Santa Claus.
  62. Which place completes this sentence about Santa Claus Village? There was an association called Joulumaa, founded 1989 in ______, consisting of 34 companies.
  63. Which place completes this sentence about Särkänniemi? The park is located on a peninsula, about a kilometre from the city centre of ______, that juts out into the Black Gulf.
  64. Which place completes this sentence about Satakunta? Consequently, the city of ______ was founded to the coast by Johan, Grand Duke of Finland in 1558.
  65. Which place completes this sentence about Päijät-Häme? The 16th century saw a solidification of village life, with the most prominent settlements around Hollola, ______, and Nastola.
  66. Which place completes the sentence? The city of ______ is the regional centre and by far the largest city in the area.
  67. Which place completes this sentence about Kymenlaakso? The city of ______ with 51,000 inhabitants is located at the delta of River Kymi and has the most important import harbour in Finland.
  68. Which place completes this sentence about Kymenlaakso? Other cities are ______ further in the inland which has after a municipal merger 81,000 inhabitants and the old bastion town Hamina.
  69. Which place completes the sentence? The spa in ______, which is still in business today, was founded in 1871.

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