Neighbourhood II

My home in Espoo

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January 10th 2007
So here's my home. I'm living in Espoo which is a smaller city than Helsinki, but still 250 000 people. Despite the amount of people, the city has a rustic feel. Most (maybe all?) people live in apartments so there are dense apartment buildings surrounded by treed areas. The apartment I live in is across the street from a public beach which is on the Gulf of Finland off the Baltic Sea. There' ... read more

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Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its f... ... read more