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Day in Oulu FINLAND

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July 9th 2010
Today is our opportunity to see a real Finnish town as we only have one more day before leaving Finland and returning to Sweden. Bob unloaded the scooter from the garage and after making the trek to the showers and also reporting the non-working wifi to reception again we scootered into Oulo. I wanted to take the easy route, the cyclist path, but Bob, understandably refused and we went the long w ... read more

Europe » Finland » Northern Ostrobothnia » Oulu

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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