Varkaus

Heatwave in Southern Finland | Arctic Tour 2024 [12/14]
ByJesper 2025-11-012025-10-24
We had reached Siilinjärvi, just north of Kuopio, and it felt like we had properly left the far north of the Nordics. The Arctic was now far behind us, and the sunshine and summer heat were about to welcome us to the south of Finland. We had set our target on the city of Lahti,…
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Varkaus | Exploring Finland
ByJesper 2024-12-282025-05-18
Varkaus is an industrial town in Northern Savonia in eastern Finland. This is a town that has developed in the vicinity of the paper mills. The town is the seat of the local municipality, a municipality with a population of around 19.700 inhabitants. About 18.300 of the inhabitants live in the town itself. The municipality…
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