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Sports Travel: Interesting sport events in Finland
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  • Updated by finlandia on May 31, 2006
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    There are many unique events in Finland: Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajärvi (the length of the official track is 235.5 meters and the track has two dry obstacles and one water obstacle), World Championship of Mosquito Killing in Pelkosenniemi, Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships in Savonlinna, Santa Claus Reindeer City Race in Rovaniemi, Sauna Bathing World Championship in Heinola, Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä, Santa´s Midnight Sun Marathon and Carnival Walk to the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, International Wood Sculpting Week in Kemijärvi, Finnish Championship in Gold Panning, Snowball Fight Competition (Yukigassen), Swamp Soccer World Championships in Hyrynsalmi, Kicksled World Championships in Multia etc. The absolutely most exotic festivals happen in Finnish Lapland.


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    Website: http://www.tte.ch/finland/events, http://www.heinola.fi/FIN/Palvelut/Matkailu/Sauna_world_championships/, http://www.suopotkupallo.fi/index.asp?pid=36
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    Comments for finlandia about Finland
    rottenbadtz Sat Sep 13, 2008 23:02 UTC
     hi i really like your page...hope i can visit there...in the future
    pinderama Thu May 29, 2008 15:20 UTC
     You have lot of facts but no personal dimenson. You talk about places but there are no sign you are been here. You have good info biut I like more personal.
    marielexoteria Thu Oct 18, 2007 09:55 UTC
     Sauna is a word you can find in Spanish too :)
    VikingHarald Fri Aug 31, 2007 15:35 UTC
     You have really nice informative pages, regards
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