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Saturday, 24 November 2012

Lufthansa Airbus A380 landing to Helsinki-Vantaa

Boeing 737-800 landing in Helsinki Vantaa on Norwegian Air Shuttle

Takeoffs at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (EFHK) on a Chilly and Windy October Afternoon

2012 Short Course Wintercup 1 Vantaa, Finland - 4wd A-main 1

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Askola
Askola (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈaskola]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 4,919 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 218.03 square kilometres (84.18 sq mi) of which 5.61 km² (2.17 sq mi) is water. The population density is 23.16 inhabitants per square kilometre (60.0 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Askola:
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Bromarf
Bromarf (Swedish pronunciation: [Bromarv]; Finnish: Bromarv, Finnish pronunciation: [Bromarv]) was a village and municipality of Finland comprising the former municipalities Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009.
Bromarf was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Uusimaa region.
The town was bilingual, with the majority being Swedish speakers (91,7%).
It is noted for its archipelago, part of which is the Raseborgs östra skärgård.
Bromarf was also the name of a sub-region of Nyland(swe) or Uusimaa(fin).
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Ekenäs, Finland
Ekenäs (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈeːkəneːs]; Finnish: Tammisaari, [ˈtɑmːisɑːri]) is a town in Finland comprising the former municipalities Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009.
Ekenäs is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town had a population of 14,754 (as of 31 December 2008) and covered a land area of 726.73 square kilometres (280.59 sq mi). The population density was 20.30 inhabitants per square kilometre (52.6 /sq mi).
The town is bilingual, with the majority being Swedish speakers (81%), and the minority Finnish speakers (17%).
It is noted for its archipelago, part of which is the Ekenäs Archipelago National Park.
Ekenäs was also the name of a sub-region of Uusimaa, containing the following municipalities before 2009:
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The church of Ekenäs
Ekenäs seen from south

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Espoo
Espoo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈespoː]; Swedish: Esbo, [ˈɛsbo]) is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is 252,730 (31 January 2012). It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen. Espoo is the only municipality in Finland to fully enclose another municipality. The city is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, in the region of Uusimaa.
Other bordering municipalities of Espoo are Nurmijärvi and Vihti in the north and Kirkkonummi in the west. The national park of Nuuksio is situated in northwest Espoo.
Espoo encompasses 528 square kilometres (204 sq mi), of which 312 km² (120 sq mi) is land.
Espoo has several local regional centers. Espoo is thus divided into seven major areas (Finnish: suuralueet, Swedish: storområden): Vanha-Espoo (with administrative center), Suur-Espoonlahti, Pohjois-Espoo, Suur-Kauklahti, Suur-Leppävaara, Suur-Matinkylä and Suur-Tapiola.

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Finland
Coordinates: 65°N 27°E / 65°N 027°E / 65; 027
Finland ⁱ/ˈfɪnlənd/ ( Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland (help·info)), officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.
Around 5.4 million people reside in Finland, with the majority concentrated in the southern region. It is the eighth largest country in Europe in terms of area and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. Finland is a parliamentary republic with a central government based in Helsinki and local governments in 336 municipalities, and an autonomous region of the Åland Islands. About one million residents live in the Greater Helsinki area, which consists of Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa, and a third of the country's GDP is produced there. Other larger cities include Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Kuopio.

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Haaga
Haaga (Swedish: Haga) is a district and a former municipality in the Western major district of Helsinki with a population of 25,435.
Haaga is divided into four subareas, which are Pohjois-Haaga (northern Haaga), Etelä-Haaga (southern Haaga), Kivihaka and Lassila.
Haaga has two railway stations: Huopalahti railway station in south and Pohjois-Haaga railway station in north. The trains are mainly used by students attending Haaga–Helia University of Applied Sciences, as their campuses are spread out between 25-45 minutes between each other by train.
Studies at the University include: business, finance, hospitality and tourism (including masters level), information technology, and management assistance. All these courses are available to exchange students interested in attending.
Coordinates: 60°13′N 24°55′E / 60.217°N 24.917°E / 60.217; 24.917

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Hakunila
Hakunila (Håkansböle in Swedish), is a town located within eastern Vantaa, a city in southern Finland bordering Helsinki. It has a population of 10,936, and a population density of 3,645/km². To the west, it is bordered by Lahdenväylä, a constituent of European route E75, to the south, it is bordered by the Kehä III ring road, to the east by the towns of Ojanko and Sotunki, and to the north by the town of Itä-Hakkila. Most of the centre of Hakunila was built during the 1970s, and consists of high-rise residential tower blocks. Within Hakunila, there is a modern school, church and library.
Hakunila is a Finnish translation of the Swedish name Håkansböle, the original village that stood in the same location. During the 17th century, two distinct villages were formed in the area around Hakunila; Håkansböle and Nissbacka. The name of the village, Håkansböle, derives from the name of the original founder of the village, Håkan Jönsson, who lived in the area in the 16th century.
At the centre of the town, there is a small shopping centre, known as 'Ostoskeskus' containing a Supermarket and a Pharmacy, amongst other amenities such as restaurants and bars. Next to the centre is a library and a school, which form a single building. In the surrounding area there is also another school, a stables and a popular swimming pool. The swimming pool regularly closes in the summer and duties are transferred to the larger swimming pool in nearby Tikkurila. Most of the building in the area are tower blocks and flats, with some terraced and semi detached houses being found in the outskirts of the town. There are also numerous, and quite famous, ski runs which are used during the winter.

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Hanko
Hanko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhɑŋko]; Swedish: Hangö), is a bilingual port town and municipality on the south coast of Finland, 130 kilometres (80 mi) west of Helsinki. Its current population is 9,404 (31 January 2012), with a majority being Finnish speakers and a strong minority being Swedish speakers (44%).
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Hanko:
The Hanko Peninsula, on which the city is located, is the southernmost tip of continental Finland. The soil is a sandy moraine, and vegetation consists mainly of pine and low shrubs, mostly Calluna. Hanko is known for its beautiful archipelago.
The city has a coastline of approximately 130 km (80 mi), of which 30 km (20 mi) are sandy beaches. There are also over 90 small islands and islets within the city limits.
The skyline of Hanko is dominated by the church and the water tower. Both of them received their current appearance after World War II, as their predecessors were either damaged or destroyed by the Soviet Armed Forces.

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Helsinki
Helsinki ( listen (help·info); Swedish: Helsingfors, listen (help·info)) is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is 596,233 (31 January 2012), making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is located some 400 kilometres (250 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden, 300 kilometres (190 mi) west of St. Petersburg, Russia and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia. Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities.
The Helsinki Metropolitan Area includes the city of Helsinki and three other cities: Espoo and Vantaa, which immediately border Helsinki to the west and north, respectively; and Kauniainen, which is an enclave within the city of Espoo. The Helsinki metropolitan area is the world's northernmost urban area among those with a population of over one million people, and the city is the northernmost capital of a EU member state. Altogether 1.1 million people, approximately one in five Finns, live in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.

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Huopalahti
Huopalahti (Swedish: Hoplax) was a municipality during the years 1920–1945 in Uusimaa, Finland. The municipality was bilingual.
Current areas of Munkkiniemi, Lauttasaari and parts of northern Pasila were parts of Huopalahti. The area was separated from former Helsinki parish in 1920. Haaga was part of the municipality, but was separated from it in 1923. The Finnish National Defence University, that was moved to Munkkiniemi in 1923, was located in Huopalahti. In 1946, the municipality was consolidated to Helsinki.
The Finnish Hunting Society which is headquartered in the city hosted the shotgun shooting events for the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Hyvinkää
Hyvinkää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhyʋiŋkæː]; Swedish: Hyvinge) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in Uusimaa region, approximately 50 kilometres (30 mi) north of the capital Helsinki. The town was chartered in 1960. Hyvinkää belongs to the Province of Southern Finland. The population of Hyvinkää is 45,572 (31 January 2012).
Highways and rail connections make it one of the suburban commuter centers of Greater Helsinki. The city planning has had an emphasis on recreational facilities, acknowledging the fact that the modest city center cannot compete with the shops and boutiques of the capital.
Some of the more well-known buildings in Hyvinkää are, among others, the Church (1961, Aarno Ruusuvuori) of Hyvinkää and the manor house of Kytäjä. The Finnish Railway Museum is located in Hyvinkää.
Hyvinkää is also home to Konecranes, which specializes in the manufacture and service of cranes and KONE Elevators, the world's third-largest elevator company who manufacture, install and service elevators and escalators.

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Ingå
Ingå (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈiŋo]; Finnish: Inkoo) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 5,562 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 954.06 square kilometres (368.36 sq mi) of which 604.21 km² (233.29 sq mi) is water. The population density is 15.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (41 /sq mi).
The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.
Finnish national road 51 goes right through the southern part of Ingå.
The centre consists mainly of the road Bollstavägen that cuts through the Ingå centrum. Along the road are most of the major buildings and shops of the small municipality. A few grocery stores, small kiosk, library and a bar. Towards the Road 51 there is the residential area. Near road 51, at the northern tip of the residential area is the Ingå Volunteer Rescue Company.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Ingå:

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Jinan
Coordinates: 36°40′N 116°59′E / 36.667°N 116.983°E / 36.667; 116.983
Jinan (Chinese: 济南; pinyin: Jǐnán; Mandarin pronunciation: [t͡ɕi˧˩nan˧˥];) is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub. The city, which holds sub-provincial administrative status, is located in north-western Shandong about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south of the national capital of Beijing, it borders Liaocheng to the southwest, Dezhou to the northwest, Binzhou to the northeast, Zibo to the east, Laiwu to the southeast, and Tai'an to the south.

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Järvenpää
Järvenpää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjærʋemˌpæː]; Swedish: Träskända) is a town and municipality of Finland.
Järvenpää was separated from its parent community Tuusula in 1951. Järvenpää was granted the status of a market town (kauppala) after the separation. Neighbouring districts Kellokoski and Nummenkylä were not added to the municipality of Järvenpää and the controversy over the issue still raises blood pressure fifty years later. In the event, Kellokoski remained part of the municipality of Tuusula. Järvenpää was granted full legal town (kaupunki) status in 1967.
Järvenpää is located on the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway track, some 37 kilometres (23 mi) north of Helsinki. Neighbouring cities are Tuusula, Sipoo and Mäntsälä. People also refer to Kerava as Järvenpää's neighbour, even though they do not technically share a border, thanks to the one kilometre-wide land area that belongs to Tuusula.
The railroad goes through the city centre. In addition to the main railway station, there are Kyrölä, Saunakallio, Haarajoki and Purola railway stations.

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Karis
Karjaa (pronounced [ˈkɑrjɑː]; Swedish: Karis, Swedish pronunciation: [kɑːrɪs]) is a former Finnish town and Finnish municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja that formed the new town of Raseborg.
It is located in the Finnish province of Southern Finland and is part of Uusimaa, one of the regions of Finland. The town had a population of 9,155 (as of 31 December 2008) and covered a land area of 196.82 square kilometres (75.99 sq mi). The population density was 46.51 inhabitants per square kilometre (120.5 /sq mi).
The municipality was bilingual, with a majority (59%) being Swedish language speakers and a minority (38%) being Finnish language speakers.
Karjaa railway station is on both the Rantarata line, connecting Helsinki Central railway station and Turku Central railway station; and on the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway where it is the junction station for branch line services to Hanko railway station. Stage magician Simo Aalto came from the town.
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Karjalohja
Karjalohja (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑrjɑˌlohjɑ]), or Karislojo in Swedish is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,494 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 163.40 square kilometres (63.09 sq mi) of which 42.11 km² (16.26 sq mi) is water. The population density is 12.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.9 /sq mi).
Karjalohja will be consolidated with the town of Lohja on 1 January 2013.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Karjalohja:
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Karkkila
Karkkila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑrkːilɑ]; Swedish: Högfors) is a town and a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 9,190 (31 January 2012) and the municipality covers an area of 255.31 square kilometres (98.58 sq mi) of which 12.95 square kilometres (5.00 sq mi) is inland water (2011-01-01). The population density is 38 inhabitants per square kilometre (98 /sq mi) (31 January 2012).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Karkkila:
Karkkila is a member of the Douzelage, a unique town twinning association of 24 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals. Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns (Agros in Cyprus, Škofja Loka in Slovenia, and Tryavna in Bulgaria).

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Kauniainen
Kauniainen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑuniˌɑinen]; Swedish: Grankulla) is a small town and a municipality of 8,772 inhabitants (31 January 2012) in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland. It is surrounded by the city of Espoo, in Greater Helsinki. Kauniainen was founded by a corporation in 1906, AB Grankulla, that parcelled land and created a suburb for villas; Kauniainen received the status of a market town in 1920, the Finnish name in 1949, and the title of kaupunki ("city, town") in 1972.
The local taxation rate in Kauniainen is the lowest in Finland (16.5%), which makes the city attractive to the highest earners. This in turn makes the average income generally high, making it possible to keep the taxation rate low without compromising the service to the inhabitants.
Approximately 58% of the population have Finnish as their mother tongue while 38% are Swedish speakers. The dominant party in the city council has traditionally been the Swedish People's Party.
Around 10,000 years ago, after the Ice Age, only a few islets were visible in the Yoldia Sea, heights that today form the highest peaks of the area that is today known as Kauniainen. As the land slowly rose Kauniainen became a part of the inner archipelago around 4,000 years ago and there is evidence of human activity in the area in form of pieces of ceramics from this time period. However, the first permanent settlements in the area were established in the 19th century. Today Kauniainen is situated several kilometres from the sea.

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Kerava
Kerava (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkerɑʋɑ]; Swedish: Kervo) is a town and municipality in Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of 34,540 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 30.79 square kilometres (11.89 sq mi) of which 0.17 km² (0.066 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1,128.02 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,921.6 /sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kerava railway station is a crossing-point station, with connections from the main track from Helsinki to Riihimäki to the tracks to Lahti, Sköldvik/Porvoo and Vuosaari Harbour.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Kerava:
Jean Sibelius lived in Kerava for 2 years and composed etc. Finlandia in Kerava.
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Kineshma
Coordinates: 57°26′N 42°8′E / 57.433°N 42.133°E / 57.433; 42.133
Kineshma (Russian: Кинешма) is the second largest town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, which sprawls for 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) along the Volga River. Population: 88,113 (2010 Census preliminary results); 95,233 (2002 Census); 105,037 (1989 Census).
Kineshma was first noticed as a posad in 1429. In 1504, Ivan III gave it to Prince Feodor Belsky, who escaped to Moscow from Lithuania and married Ivan's niece. Later on, Ivan the Terrible gave Kineshma to Ivan Petrovich Shuisky, but after the latter's death it was returned to the tsar in 1587. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Kineshma was a major fishing centre, which supplied sturgeons for the tsar's table. In 1608, it was twice ravaged by the Poles. Throughout its history, Kineshma belonged to different Russian regions, including Arkhangelsk province, Yaroslavl province, and Kostroma guberniya. Since the 18th century, the town's main industry has been textile manufacturing. Like all the textile centres in Russia, the town's prosperity declined after the perestroika.

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Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkirkːoˌnumːi], Swedish: Kyrkslätt, pronounced [tɕyrkslɛt]) is a municipality of 37,238 inhabitants (31 January 2012) in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words "Kirkkonummi" and "Kyrkslätt" in English is "church moor".
The municipality is located just outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, bordering the city of Espoo in the east. Other neighbouring municipalities are Vihti and Siuntio. The distance from the municipal centre to central Helsinki is some 30 kilometres (20 mi). Kirkkonummi also has excellent train and bus connections to other parts of the Greater Helsinki area, and many of its inhabitants commute daily to Helsinki.
The municipality covers an area of 1,016.01 square kilometres (392.28 sq mi) of which 649.91 km² (250.93 sq mi) is water. The population density is 101.72 inhabitants per square kilometre (263.5 /sq mi). Over the recent years, Kirkkonummi has faced the highest population growth rate in the country, over 3% per annum.

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Kongens Lyngby
Kongens Lyngby (short forms Kgs. Lyngby or Lyngby) is the main city in the affluent Danish municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk. Just north of Copenhagen, the city lies in the northern part of Denmark's largest island, Zealand (Danish, Sjælland). The city has two districts: Lyngby (east of Lyngby station) and Ulrikkenborg (west of the station).
Lyngby is home to the Lyngby Boldklub football team, several large IT companies, financial institutions, the major international engineering firm COWI A/S, Bang & Olufsen ICEpower a/s, and the Lyngby-Taarbæk Philharmonic Orchestra.
Kongens Lyngby borders: Brede, site of the Technical University of Denmark; the municipality of Gentofte (the most affluent in Denmark); Sorgenfri, where the Danish Prime Minister's official residence, Marienborg, lies; and the Gladsaxe municipality.
Coordinates: 55°46′12″N 12°30′00″E / 55.77°N 12.5°E / 55.77; 12.5

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Kulosaari
Kulosaari (Swedish: Brändö) is an island and a suburb in Helsinki, Finland. It is also the 42nd neighbourhood of the city. Construction of villas on the island started in the beginning of the 20th century, and a bridge from Sörnäinen was opened in 1919. Kulosaari was an independent municipality since 1922 until 1946, when it was merged to Helsinki.
Trams served the island from 1910 to 1951 – before the first bridge was completed, ferries were used to transport the trams. In 1982 Kulosaari got its own subway station, an original station of the Helsinki Metro. An important highway called Itäväylä, serving Helsinki's eastern suburbs, goes through the island, cutting it in two halves. There are plans to cover part of the highway to make room for housing development, but due to the economy of Helsinki and negative attitudes towards the project by the local inhabitants work on this plan is unlikely to be started in the near future.
Kulosaari is home to 3,700 people (2003), and has a size of 1.81 square kilometres (0.70 sq mi). Although some low-rise apartment blocks were built in the 1960s, the area is still rather secluded and wealthy having mostly free-standing villas.

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Lapinjärvi
Lapinjärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlapinˌjærʋi]; Swedish: Lappträsk) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,842 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 339.34 square kilometres (131.02 sq mi) of which 9.44 km² (3.64 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.61 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.3 /sq mi).
The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Lapinjärvi:
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Liljendal
Liljendal is a former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,472 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of 119.64 square kilometres (46.19 sq mi) of which 5.97 km² (2.31 sq mi) is water. The population density was 12.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (33.5 /sq mi).
The municipality was bilingual, with majority (74.9%) being Swedish and minority (23.8%) Finnish speakers. The municipality has previously also been known as Liljentaali in Finnish documents.
Liljendal was consolidated to Loviisa, together with Pernå and Ruotsinpyhtää, on January 1, 2010.
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Lohja
Lohja (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlohjɑ]; Swedish: Lojo), is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of 39,748 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 441.19 square kilometres (170.34 sq mi) of which 91.78 km² (35.44 sq mi) is water. The population density is 113.76 inhabitants per square kilometre (294.6 /sq mi). The municipality is bilingual, although it is not required by law, with the majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.
Doom Metal band Reverend Bizarre is from this town.
Lohja has been a focal point for the population and economy of Western Uusimaa since the early 14th century. Lohja was renowned as a trading centre in the Middle Ages. The local inhabitants were among the pioneers of the Finnish mining and construction material industries. By Finnish standards, Lohja has long-established traditions in horticulture and especially in market gardening. These traditions are represented by the symbols of present-day Lohja: limestone and an apple.

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Loviisa
Loviisa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈloviːsa]; Swedish: Lovisa) is a municipality and town of 15,556 inhabitants (31 January 2012) on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.
The municipality covers an area of 1,751.49 square kilometres (676.25 sq mi) of which 931.92 km² (359.82 sq mi) is water. The population density is 18.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.2 /sq mi).
The neighboring municipalities of Liljendal, Pernå and Ruotsinpyhtää were consolidated with Loviisa on January 1, 2010.
Loviisa was founded in 1745, as a border fortress against Russia. Most of the fortifications have been preserved. It is named after Lovisa Ulrika, the Swedish Queen consort of Adolf Frederick of Sweden.
Loviisa is the site of one of Finland's two nuclear power stations, the other being at Olkiluoto. The Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant consists of two VVER units, each of 488 MWe.
The Church of Loviisa
The harbor of Loviisa in 1808 by Gavril Sergeyev
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Loviisa:

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Myrskylä
Myrskylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmyrskylæ]; Swedish: Mörskom) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,011 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 206.34 square kilometres (79.67 sq mi) of which 5.98 km² (2.31 sq mi) is water. The population density is 10.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (26.0 /sq mi).
The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.
Myrskylä is the birthplace of former Olympic track champion Lasse Virén. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Myrskylä:
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Myyrmanni bombing
The Myyrmanni bombing took place on October 11, 2002, in Myyrmäki, Vantaa, Finland, in Greater Helsinki, at the Myyrmanni shopping mall. The bomb killed seven, including two teenagers, a 7-year-old child and the presumed bomber. 166 people were injured, including 10 children. 66 victims required hospitalization with the remainder treated and released at the scene. The shopping center was especially crowded, with almost 2,000 people, including many children who had come to see a clown performance.
The presumed perpetrator was Petri Erkki Tapio Gerdt (April 17, 1983 - October 11, 2002), who was killed in the explosion. He was a 19-year-old chemical engineering student at EVTEK (Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology) and a hobbyist bomb-maker. He was also an active member of Kotikemia ("Home chemistry"), an on-line forum for amateur chemists.
The explosive device was likely constructed in his apartment. It weighed about 2-3 kilograms and was made of ammonium nitrate and nitromethane with shotgun pellets. The motive for the bombing is unclear, but it is suspected that the bomb exploded prematurely. According to the police, the use of pellets to increase lethality hints that Gerdt's intention might have been to leave the bomb in the mall and detonate it remotely after leaving. Petri's father, Armas Gerdt, noted that Gerdt used to detonate his home-made explosives in the woods nearby and suspects that he was transporting the bomb to be set off elsewhere. The possibility of Gerdt having links to any radical groups or terrorist organizations has been ruled out.^{[citation needed]}

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Myyrmäki
Myyrmäki (Swedish: Myrbacka), meaning "Bog Hill", is a district of the city of Vantaa, Finland. The district has an area of 2.7 square kilometers and a population of about 14,500. It is home to Myyrmanni, a large shopping complex.
The area is served by Myyrmäki railway station on the M-Line of the Helsinki commuter rail network.
Just to the south-east is Malminkartanonhuippu, an artificial hill which is the highest point in Helsinki.
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Coordinates: 60°16′N 024°51′E / 60.267°N 24.85°E / 60.267; 24.85

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Nummi
Nummi (Finnish; Nummis in Swedish) is a district and a suburb of the city of Turku, Finland. It is located in the north-eastern part of the city, just outside the city centre and south of the river Aura. It is the fourth largest district in Turku, having a population of 7,011 (as of 2004^[update]), with an annual growth rate of 2.21%.
10.03% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 8.17% are over 65. The district's linguistic makeup is 87.98% Finnish, 5.65% Swedish, and 6.38% other.
Nummi is one of the oldest suburbs of Turku. In addition to the area of Nummi proper (sometimes called Nummenpakka in the local dialect), the district incorporates the former villages of Hannunniittu and Kuuvuori, as well as the Turku Student Village, the largest student housing complex in Finland.
Coordinates: 60°27′30″N 22°18′30″E / 60.45833°N 22.30833°E / 60.45833; 22.30833

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Nummi-Pusula
Nummi-Pusula (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈnumːiˌpusulɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Saukkola. Nummi-Pusula was formed in 1981 from the former municipalities Nummi and Pusula.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 6,158 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 505.13 square kilometres (195.03 sq mi) of which 36.8 km² (14.2 sq mi) is water. The population density is 13.15 inhabitants per square kilometre (34.1 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Nummi-Pusula:
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Nurmijärvi
Nurmijärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈnurmiˌjærʋi]) is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located 37 kilometres (23 mi) north of the capital Helsinki.
The close proximity to Helsinki has led to a considerable growth of the major villages such as Klaukkala and Rajamäki, which nowadays are considered dormitory towns of Helsinki. Klaukkala is the biggest built-up area of Nurmijärvi.
Nurmijärvi literally means "lawn lake" although the lake that gave the municipality its name was drained in the early 20th century and is now nothing more than some flat fields near the village centre.
Nurmijärvi is best known as the birthplace of Finland's national author, Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872). His play Nummisuutarit (The Cobblers of the Heath) – with colourful scenes of rural life in the 19th century Nurmijärvi parish – are performed in summer at an outdoor theatre in Palojoki, the village where Kivi was born.
Matti Vanhanen, former Prime Minister of Finland, lives in Lepsämä in Nurmijärvi.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Nurmijärvi:

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Nuuk
Nuuk, formerly Godthåb, is the capital of Greenland, the northernmost capital in North America, and the largest city in Greenland. Its present name is the Kalaallisut for "Cape", from its position at the end of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea. Nuuk is the largest cultural and economic center in Greenland. The major cities closest to the capital are Iqaluit and St. John's in Canada and Reykjavik in Iceland.
Nuuk is the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. In January of 2010, it had a population of 15,469, making it one of the smallest capital cities in the world by population.
The site has a long history of habitation. The area around Nuuk was first occupied by the ancient pre-Inuit, Paleo-Eskimo people of the Saqqaq culture as far back as 2200 BC when they lived in the area around the now abandoned settlement of Qoornoq. For a long time it was occupied by the Dorset culture around the former settlement of Kangeq but they disappeared from the Nuuk district before AD 1000. The Nuuk area was later inhabited by Viking explorers in the 10th century, and shortly thereafter by Inuit peoples. Inuit and Norsemen both lived with little interaction in this area from about 1000 until the disappearance of the Norse settlement for uncertain reasons during the 15th century.

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Oulunkylä
Oulunkylä (Swedish: Åggelby, also known as Ogeli or Oglu) is a suburb and a neighbourhood of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is located 6 kilometres (4 mi) north from the center of the city.
It has been inhabited since the 13th century. Earlier an independent municipality, it was made part of Helsinki in 1946. A rink used for speed skating and bandy is located in Oulunkylä. It was the 1st artificial ice pad for those sports in Finland. The Bandy World Championships has been hosted here.
Oulunkylä is also the name of a district. It consists of Patola, Veräjämäki and Veräjälaakso, and has a total area of 4.51 km².
Oulunkylän Kiekko-Kerho
IF Gnistan
Ville Valo and Tapio Rautavaara are from Oulunkylä. Tapio Rautavaara has a statue in Oulunkylä. Opera singers Cynthia Makris and Raimo Sirkiä built their house on the lot where the house of Rautavaara was located. Also the bassist, Mikko Paananen is from Oulunkylä.
Tito Colliander, Joel Lehtonen, Larin-Kyösti and Estonian author Friedebert Tuglas have lived in Oulunkylä.

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Pernå
Pernå (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈperno]; Finnish: Pernaja) is a former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 3,961 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of 1,107.07 square kilometres (427.44 sq mi) of which 687.6 km² (265.5 sq mi) is water. The population density was 9.44 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.4 /sq mi).
The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.
Pernå is the oldest municipality in the Eastern Uusimaa region. Current municipalities Lapinjärvi Liljendal and Loviisa were originally part of it. Mikael Agricola, the founder of written Finnish born in Pernå in the early 16th century. He is also considered to be the Reformator of Finland in the transfer from Catholicism into Lutheranism. Situated conveniently by the coast, and engulfing also a small river, the lands of Pernå were attractiv at a time when waterways rather than proper roads provided the means of transport. Pernå houses numerous manors dating back to the times when Finland was a part of Sweden. The origin of the name "Pernå" is still being discussed. Some think it links with the Uralic word "Pern" meaning lime- or lindentree. "Å" is Swedish for a small river, i.e. the name then being Lindenriver if translated.

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Pohja
Pohja (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpohjɑ]; Swedish: Pojo) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Ekenäs and Karis to form the new town of Raseborg in 2009.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 4,936 (as of 31 December 2008) and covered a land area of 224.66 square kilometres (86.74 sq mi). The population density was 21.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (56.9 /sq mi).
The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Finnish (60%) and minority Swedish (40%) speakers. Pohja is one of the birthplaces of Finnish metal industry. Fiskars Corporation was founded near Pohja in 1649 and remains the largest employer in municipality area to date.
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Pornainen
Pornainen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpornɑinen]; Swedish: Borgnäs) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 5,131 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 150.09 square kilometres (57.95 sq mi) of which 3.59 km² (1.39 sq mi) is water. The population density is 35.02 inhabitants per square kilometre (90.7 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Pornainen:
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Pukkila
Pukkila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpukkila]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,027 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 145.94 square kilometres (56.35 sq mi) of which 0.9 km² (0.35 sq mi) is water. The population density is 13.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (36.2 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Buckila" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Pukkila" also in Swedish.
In 1962, a former villager, Onni Nurmi, bequethed the village 760 shares in a company called Nokia - then chiefly known as a manufacturer of rubber workboots - on condition that the income be used for the benefit of the elderly and that the shares would never be sold. After a legal battle the shares have now been diversified and the income used to fund a welfare centre and services for the elderly.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Pukkila:
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Rastatt (district)
Rastatt is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Karlsruhe, Calw, Freudenstadt and the Ortenaukreis. To the west it borders the French département Bas-Rhin. The district-free city Baden-Baden is completely surrounded by the district.
The district was created in 1939 as the successor of the Oberamt Rastatt and later the Großkreis Baden. In 1973 it was merged with the majority of the neighboring district Bühl, and some small parts of the district Kehl.
The district is located in the Rhine valley. The south-east part, however, is already part of the northern Black Forest. The highest elevation is the Hornisgrinde.
Since 1968 the district has partnership with the Finnish city Vantaa. The partnership with the Italian Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino was started in 1996. It is twinned with Fano in Italy, New Briton in the Usa and also twinned with Woking England in 2000. It is also twinned with the Czech town from which its Princess came from during the Baroque period and for whom the summer palace was built.

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Ruotsinpyhtää
Ruotsinpyhtää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈruotsimˌpyhtæː]; Swedish: Strömfors) is a former municipality of Finland. Ruotsinpyhtää, Pernå and Liljendal were consolidated to Loviisa on January 1, 2010.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,893 (December 31, 2009) and covered an area of 470.03 square kilometres (181.48 sq mi) of which 193.36 km² (74.66 sq mi) is water. The population density was 10.46 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.1 /sq mi).
The municipality was bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers.
The area of Ruotsinpyhtää was originally part of Pyhtää. After the Treaty of Åbo in 1743 the border between Sweden and Russian Empire was drawn on the Ahvenkoski rapid, dividing Pyhtää between the two states. Due to this the western side became known as Ruotsinpyhtää (Swedish Pyhtää). In 1744 Jakob Forsell (later af Forselles) and Anders Nohrström bought the local ironworks, which was renamed Strömfors after their surnames. In 1817 Strömfors became the official Swedish name for the municipality.

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Sammatti
Sammatti (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑmːɑtːi]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Lohja in the beginning of 2009.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,365 (31 December 2008) and covered a land area of 72.01 square kilometres (27.80 sq mi). The population density was 18.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.1 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
It was the birthplace of one of Finland's most famous writers, Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Kalevala.
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Sipoo
Sipoo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsipoː], Swedish: Sibbo) is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Nikkilä/Nickby. It is the eastern neighbour of Helsinki and is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 18,510 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 698.59 square kilometres (269.73 sq mi) of which 358.97 km² (138.60 sq mi) is water. The population density is 54.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (141 /sq mi).
The once almost completely Swedish-speaking municipality is since 1953 bilingual, a majority being Finnish speakers since 2003, due to migration from other parts of Finland. Today the Finnish-speaking majority stands for ca 60% and the Swedish-speaking minority for about 39% of the population.
On June 26, 2006, the Sipoo town council decided on a strategy to triple the municipality's population over the next 25 years. The decision was made after Helsinki announced plans to annex a part of the municipality in order to continue to build high-end urbanizations in the coastline (and thus high-tax revenue producing). The Finnish Council of State voted in favour of the annexation on June 28, 2007, with votes 8 to 4. Sipoo disputed this and appealed the Supreme Administrative Court but the court upheld the decision of the Council of State and the annexation took place on January 1, 2009. As Helsinki did not directly border Sipoo at any point, the city of Vantaa ceded the area lain between Helsinki and Sipoo to Helsinki in the process.

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Siuntio
Siuntio (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsiuntio], Swedish: Sjundeå) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 6,160 (31 January 2012) and covers an area of 266.12 square kilometres (102.75 sq mi) of which 24.96 km² (9.64 sq mi) is water. The population density is 25.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (66.1 /sq mi).
The municipality is bilingual with the majority being Finnish and the minority Swedish-speakers.
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Siuntio:
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Słupsk
Słupsk [swupsk] ( listen) (German: Stolp, Kashubian: Stôłpsk or Słëpsk, Latin: Stolpa) is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the northern part of Poland. Before 1 January 1999, it was the capital of the separate Słupsk Voivodeship. It is also a part of the historic region of Pomerania.
The city is located in the northwestern part of the country, on the Slovincian Coast, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the Baltic Sea on the Słupia River. It is the administrative seat of Słupsk County, although it is not part of that county (the city has county status in its own right). It has a population of 98,757 and occupies 43.15 square kilometres (16.66 sq mi), being one of the most densely populated cities in the country according to the Central Statistical Office. The neighbouring administrative districts (gminas) are Gmina Kobylnica and Gmina Słupsk. There is ongoing discussion regarding extension of the city boundaries to include some territory belonging to those two gminas.
Słupsk had its origins as a Slavic Pomeranian settlement on the Słupia river in early Middle Ages, which later became part of Piast Poland. In 1265 it was given city rights. By the 14th century, the town had become a centre of local administration and trade and a Hanseatic League associate. Between 1368 and 1478, it was the residence of the Dukes of Pomerania. In 1648, according to the peace treaty of Osnabrück, Słupsk became part of Brandenburg-Prussia. In 1815 it was incorporated into the newly formed Province of Pomerania. The city became part of the People's Republic of Poland in 1945.

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Tenala
Tenala (Finnish: Tenhola) is a former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. It was neighboured by Hanko, Kisko, Perniö, Pohja, Särkisalo and Ekenäs.
The municipality was established in 1329. The stone church of Tenala was built in late 15th century and the paintings on the piers are from the 17th century. The bell tower of the church was renovated in 1762. In 1988, Tenala had 2991 inhabitants living in an area of 443.6 km² and 86.96% of the inhabitants spoke Swedish as their native language. In 1993, the municipality consolidated with Ekenäs.

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Tikkurila
Tikkurila (Swedish: Dickursby) is a district of the municipality of Vantaa, Finland. Located in the eastern half of the Helsinki conurbation, some 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of the capital's downtown district, it is the administrative and commercial hub of Vantaa, although Myyrmäki is a rival shopping centre within the municipality and Helsinki itself exerts a massive commercial pull on the area as a whole.
Tikkurila's most popular attraction by far is the Heureka science park. Because of this, and its central location, Tikkurila railway station is one of the busiest in Vantaa. As the nearest mainline station to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, it is served by all the high-speed Pendolino trains on the Helsinki to Tampere and Lahti routes as well as other long-distance services.
Some of the other communities surrounding Tikkurila are Jokiniemi, Simonkylä, Hiekkaharju, and Puistola in Helsinki municipality.
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Coordinates: 60°18′N 025°03′E / 60.3°N 25.05°E / 60.3; 25.05

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Tuusula
Tuusula (Finnish pronunciation: [tuːsulɑ]; Swedish: Tusby, [ˈtʉːsbyː]) is a municipality of Finland. It belongs to the Helsinki sub-region of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 37,706 (31 January 2012).
Tuusula, lying on the shores of Tuusulanjärvi lake, is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. It covers an area of 225.46 square kilometres (87.05 sq mi) of which 5.95 km² (2.30 sq mi) is water. The population density is 171.77 inhabitants per square kilometre (444.9 /sq mi).
Tuusula has three population centers. The administrative center is Hyrylä (about 19,500 residents), other two are Jokela (5,300 residents) and Kellokoski (4,300 residents). The remaining 4,400 residents are distributed to the rural areas outside of municipal centers.
The neighboring communes are Vantaa to the south, Nurmijärvi to the west, Hyvinkää to the north, Mäntsälä and Järvenpää to the north east, and Sipoo and Kerava to the east.
The area in what is now Tuusula was located in the larger municipality of Sipoo. In 1643, it became a separate parish in the municipality, and in 1653, it became a separate municipality. Tuusula's boundaries have not always remained the same: in 1924 the municipality of Kerava split from here; in 1950 the municipality of Korso was split between Tuusula, Kerava, and Sipoo; and in 1951 the municipality of Järvenpää split from here.

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Uusimaa
Uusimaa (Finnish) or Nyland (Swedish) (both names mean “new land”) is a region in Finland. It borders the regions Finland Proper, Tavastia Proper, Päijänne Tavastia and Kymenlaakso. Finland’s capital Helsinki and its second largest city Espoo are both located centrally in Uusimaa, making it by far the most populous region.
Uusimaa/Nyland was, along with the rest of Southern and Western Finland, held by the Kingdom of Sweden from the 12th or 13th century.
The coastal Uusimaa had earlier been sparsely populated, mostly by Tavastians, but was from the 12th century populated by Swedish settlers, mostly from Hälsingland, and Swedish-speaking villages came up near the mouths of Vantaanjoki and Keravanjoki.
The names Uusimaa and Nyland mean “new land” in English. The Swedish-language name Nyland appears in the documents from the 14th century. The Finnish-language name Uusimaa appears for the first time in 1548 as Wsimaa in the first translation of the New Testament to Finnish by Mikael Agricola.
The Finnish provinces were ceded to Imperial Russia in the War of Finland in 1809. After this, Uusimaa became the Province of Uusimaa/Nyland of the old lääni system. From 1997 to 2010, Uusimaa was a part of the Province of Southern Finland. It has been divided in the regions of Uusimaa and Eastern Uusimaa. In 2011, two regions were merged.

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Vantaa
Vantaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑntɑː]; Swedish: Vanda) is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
Vantaa, with its population of 203,177 (31 January 2012), is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there. It also hosts a science centre, Heureka.
The city is bilingual^{[citation needed]}, with a majority (88.6 %) being Finnish speakers and minority (3%) speakers of Finland Swedish. Vantaa's residents that speak a native language other than Finnish or Swedish stand at 8.4% of the population.
Vantaa encompasses 240.34 square kilometres (92.80 sq mi), of which 1.97 km² (0.76 sq mi) is water. Population density is 852.36 /km² (2,207.6 /sq mi). It borders Helsinki, the Finnish capital, which is to the south and southwest. Other neighbouring municipalities are Espoo to the west, Nurmijärvi, Kerava and Tuusula to the north and Sipoo to the east.
Vantaa is divided into seven districts (Finnish: palvelualueet, Swedish: storområden): Myyrmäki (Myrbacka), Tikkurila (Dickursby), Hakunila (Håkansböle), Korso, Koivukylä (Björkby) and Aviapolis.

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Jinan
Coordinates: 36°40′N 116°59′E / 36.667°N 116.983°E / 36.667; 116.983
Jinan (Chinese: 济南; pinyin: Jǐnán; Mandarin pronunciation: [t͡ɕi˧˩nan˧˥];) is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub. The city, which holds sub-provincial administrative status, is located in north-western Shandong about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south of the national capital of Beijing, it borders Liaocheng to the southwest, Dezhou to the northwest, Binzhou to the northeast, Zibo to the east, Laiwu to the southeast, and Tai'an to the south.

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Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

A small collection of video clips and photos of the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport....

published: 16 May 2009

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Vantaa Cruising 17.8.2012

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published: 18 Aug 2012

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Lufthansa Airbus A380 landing to Helsinki-Vantaa

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published: 15 Sep 2010

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Boeing 737-800 landing in Helsinki Vantaa on Norwegian Air Shuttle

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published: 16 May 2012

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Demo guide - Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

In this simple video I'll show you how to get from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport to the city...

published: 01 Aug 2009

author: NIckolay1987

Extreme Run Vantaa 2012!

Extreme Run, Hakunilan urheilupuisto, Vantaa, 19.5.2012...

published: 20 May 2012

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Vladislav Delay - Henki [Vantaa] (2011)

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published: 30 Nov 2011

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Helsinki Vantaa Dawn Takeoff

Dawn takeoff from Helsinki Vantaa airport in Finland on Friday morning... of course dawn i...

published: 03 Feb 2008

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Takeoffs at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (EFHK) on a Chilly and Windy October Afternoon

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published: 03 Oct 2009

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FSX - Landing Helsinki-Vantaa EFHK

Typical landing on Helsinki-vantaa EFHK airport. It lags because i used instant replay ins...

published: 22 May 2009

author: elite335

2012 Short Course Wintercup 1 Vantaa, Finland - 4wd A-main 1

Had a blast yesterday at the first Wintercup race of the season. Too bad I had to film the...

published: 21 Oct 2012

author: TheRCFactoryTeam

9.10.2009 Hokki - K-Vantaa: lehdistötilaisuus

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published: 10 Oct 2009

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Mikä Bändi? - Vantaa

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published: 19 Jul 2010

author: Alex Keskitalo

Finnair A340 OH-LQA, Helsinki - Vantaa (HEL / EFHK)

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Israel and Hamas seek to solidify cease-fire

The Independent

23 Nov 2012

Israel and Hamas are seeking to solidify an Egyptian and US-brokered cease-fire halting eight days of aerial assaults that ravaged the Gaza Strip and made Tel Aviv a missile target. Announcing the truce in Cairo last night alongside Egypt's foreign minister, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised U.S. assistance in seeking to "improve...(size: 5.4Kb)

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On March 10, 1973, more than one week after seizing Wounded Knee, S.D., and starting a standoff with federal authorities, members of the Oglala Sioux tribe march to the cemetery where their ancestors were buried following the 1890 massacre at the site.

Amerindians and Politics of Thanksgiving and Black Friday

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23 Nov 2012

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. I was fortunate to have been raised near an American Indian archaeological spot located on the Great Plains. In elementary school, a fellow classmate would periodically bring and show grinding stones, arrow- and spearheads, stone farming implements, and pictures of what the excavated site may have...(size: 7.1Kb)

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In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, waves toward soldiers at a military base in Ismailia, Egypt, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012.

Egypt fury over Mohammed Mursi 'coup against legitimacy'

BBC News

23 Nov 2012

Opposition groups in Egypt have called for mass protests on Friday against President Mohammed Mursi's decree that gives him sweeping powers. They have described his move as a "coup against legitimacy" and accused the president of appointing himself Egypt's "new pharaoh". The decree states that the president's decisions cannot be revoked by any...(size: 4.6Kb)

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Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry arrives at the Supreme Court compound in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

Pakistan's powerful military under scrutiny

Al Jazeera

22 Nov 2012

A new battle is underway in Pakistan with its powerful military front-and-centre, but the fight is not against armed insurgents or ideological extremists - this opponent is a muscle-flexing Supreme Court. For the first time in decades, the military's iron grip over the South Asian country has been challenged, and it remains to be seen if it will...(size: 23.7Kb)

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Egyptian protesters opposed to president Mohammed Morsi chant slogans in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012.

Egypt’s Morsi Promises Democracy as Protests Rage

Jakarta Globe

24 Nov 2012

Cairo. President Mohamed Morsi insisted on Friday that Egypt is on the path to “freedom and democracy” after granting himself sweeping powers, which sparked clashes between his supporters and foes and raised concerns abroad. “Political stability, social stability and economic stability are what I want and that is what I am working for,” he told a...(size: 4.8Kb)

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Metso continues adjusting its operations in Finland

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15 Nov 2012

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THINGS HAVE CHANGED (The End is Nigh)

Helsingin Sanomat

15 Nov 2012

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The latest news from the USOC - November 14

The News Tribune

14 Nov 2012

Defending world champions Steve Holcomb (Park City, Utah) and Steve Langton (Melrose, Mass.) continued their domination of the two-man bobsled, winning the first world cup event of the season in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Nov. 9. The U.S. men finished gold and silver a day after the U.S. women finished silver and bronze on the Lake Placid track. Jazmine...(size: 9.8Kb)

Valimo Enables MobME to Launch India’s First Legally Binding Mobile Digital Signature Solution

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Vantaa
Vantaa – Vanda

— City —

Vantaan kaupunki
Vanda stad

Coat of arms

Location of Vantaa in Finland

Coordinates: 60°17′40″N 025°02′25″E / 60.29444°N 25.04028°ECoordinates: 60°17′40″N 025°02′25″E / 60.29444°N 25.04028°E

Country

1351

City

1974

Government

• City manager

Martti Lipponen (interim)

Area(2011-01-01)^[1]

• Total

240.34 km² (92.80 sq mi)

• Land

238.37 km² (92.04 sq mi)

• Water

1.97 km² (0.76 sq mi)

Area rank

291st largest in Finland

Population (2012-01-31)^[2]

• Total

203,177

• Rank

4th largest in Finland

• Density

852.36/km² (2,207.6/sq mi)

Population by native language^[3]

• Finnish

88.6% (official)

• Swedish

3% (official)

• Others

8.4%

Population by age^[4]

• 0 to 14

18.5%

• 15 to 64

70.5%

• 65 or older

11.1%

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Municipal tax rate^[5]

19%

Unemployment rate

7.8%

Website

www.vantaa.fi

Vantaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑntɑː]; Swedish: Vanda) is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.

Vantaa, with its population of 203,177 (31 January 2012),^[2] is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there. It also hosts a science centre, Heureka.

The city is bilingual^{[citation needed]}, with a majority (88.6 %) being Finnish speakers and minority (3%) speakers of Finland Swedish. Vantaa's residents that speak a native language other than Finnish or Swedish stand at 8.4% of the population.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Location
- 1.2 Subdivision
2 History
3 Climate
4 Demographics
5 Politics
- 5.1 Municipal council
6 Economy
7 International relations
- 7.1 Twin towns and sister cities
8 Mayors
9 Culture
- 9.1 Music
- 9.2 Museums
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

Geography [link]

Location [link]

Vantaa encompasses 240.34 square kilometres (92.80 sq mi), of which 1.97 km² (0.76 sq mi) is water.^[1] Population density is 852.36 /km² (2,207.6 /sq mi). It borders Helsinki, the Finnish capital, which is to the south and southwest. Other neighbouring municipalities are Espoo to the west, Nurmijärvi, Kerava and Tuusula to the north and Sipoo to the east.

Subdivision [link]

Main article: Districts of Vantaa

Vantaa is divided into seven districts (Finnish: palvelualueet, Swedish: storområden): Myyrmäki (Myrbacka), Tikkurila (Dickursby), Hakunila (Håkansböle), Korso, Koivukylä (Björkby) and Aviapolis.

History [link]

This unreferenced section requires citations to ensure verifiability.

The name Vantaa was taken into use in 1972 when the municipality gained market town rights. The first record of the area is as Helsinge in 1351 when king Magnus II of Sweden granted salmon fishing rights on the river Vantaa to the Estonian Padise monastery. The municipality was formerly known as Helsingin maalaiskunta "Rural municipality of Helsinki". The rapids of river Vantaa were known as Helsingfors, from which the current Swedish name of Helsinki derives. In 1972, the municipality was renamed Vantaa/Vanda and promoted to a market town (i.e. Vantaan kauppala/Vanda köping), and in 1974, finally renamed Vantaan kaupunki/Vanda stad "City of Vantaa".

On October 11, 2002, a bomb exploded in the local Myyrmanni shopping centre, killing 7, including the bomber, a 19-year-old chemistry student from the Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology (see Myyrmanni bombing).

Climate [link]

Demographics [link]

The Tikkurila railway station is the busiest station in Vantaa.

The Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL), although associated with Helsinki, is located in Vantaa.

**Demographic evolution**
Year	Population
1805	4 840
1865	6 974
1880	7 819
1890	8 865
1900	11 110
1910	18 321
1920	22 368
1930	23 558
1940	31 511
1950	14 976
1960	41 906
1970	72 215
1980	129 918
1990	152 263
2000	176 386
2007	190 058
2010	200 029

Politics [link]

Districts of Vantaa

Municipal council [link]

Composition of the City Council (2009–2012)
Party	Election results^[6]	Seats	Votes
National Coalition Party	28.1%	20	22 596
Social Democratic Party of Finland	25.6%	18	20 599
Green League	13.9%	9	11 150
True Finns	9.8%	7	7 848
Left Alliance	7.7%	5	6 229
Center Party	5.6%	4	4 516
Christian Democrats	3.7%	2	2 951
Swedish People's Party	3,5%	2	2 838
Pro Vantaa	1,4%	0	1 111

Economy [link]

Finnair head office at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

Companies that have their headquarters in Vantaa (at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport) include Finnair, Finavia, Air Finland and Blue1.^[7]^[8]^[9]

International relations [link]

Twin towns and sister cities [link]

Vantaa is twinned with:

Askim, Norway (1951) Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany (1987) Huddinge, Sweden (1951) Jinan, People's Republic of China (2001) Kineshma, Russia (1969)	Kongens Lyngby, Denmark (1951) Matte Yehuda Regional Council, Israel (1967) Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic (1978) Nuuk, Greenland (1965)	District of Rastatt, Germany (1968) Salgótarján, Hungary (1976) Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (1980) Słupsk, Poland (1987)

Mayors [link]

Lauri Lairala 1974–1989
Pirjo Ala-Kapee 1989–1997
Erkki Rantala 1997–2003
Juhani Paajanen 2003-2011
Martti Lipponen (interim) 2011

Science centre Heureka

Culture [link]

Music [link]

Vantaa Chamber Choir comes from Vantaa. Its albums includes folk songs and poems from Kalevala. Ankkarock was a rock music festival held every summer in Korso between 1989-2010.

Museums [link]

Tikkurila is home of the major science centre in Finland, Heureka. In addition there is the city museum next to the railway station in Tikkurila. The museum is housed in the oldest station building in Finland, designed by Carl Albert Edelfelt and completed in 1861. There are exhibitions with various themes on local history.

References [link]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Party results from YLE
^ http://www.finavia.fi/about_finavia/contact Contact Information]." Finavia. Retrieved on 15 February 2010.
^ "Oy Air Finland Ltd in English." Air Finland. Retrieved on 25 February 2010.
^ "Privacy Policy

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Vladislav Delay
Birth name	Sasu Ripatti
Also known as	Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo, Conoco
Born	1976 (age 35–36)
Origin	Oulu, Finland
Genres	Electronica Dub Experimental techno Microsound, Microhouse
Occupations	Record producer
Labels	Raster-Noton Force Tracks Chain Reaction Mille Plateaux Resopal Sigma Editions

Vladislav Delay is one of the pseudonyms of Sasu Ripatti (born 1976), a Finnish electronic musician. He has also recorded as Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo and Conoco.

1 Background
2 Musical style
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles
4 Free downloads
5 References
6 External links

Background [link]

Sasu has been involved in the ambient music, glitch, house, and techno genres. His method of track production involves a mixture of synthesizing, vocal recording and live reprocessing. Many tracks have an organic feeling that pervades through rolling, dubby basslines and vocal snippets. His partner is Antye Greie, with whom he has collaborated. Their daughter was born in 2006.

Sasu has released EPs and albums on labels such as Raster-Noton, Force Tracks, Chain Reaction, Mille Plateaux, Resopal, and Sigma Editions.

He also founded the Finnish music label Huume Recordings.

From 2009 onwards Ripatti has been performing drums and percussion in the Moritz von Oswald Trio alongside Moritz von Oswald and Max Loderbauer. With the Moritz von Oswald Trio he has released two albums and a live LP. He has also released an album in 2011 with his own experimental jazz/electronic group, the Vladislav Delay Quartet.

Musical style [link]

Ripatti's music is renowned for its sophisticated textural qualities. His sonic approach relies heavily on a semi-random element, and many undulating, complementary and sometimes conflicting layers interplay throughout most of his music. A de-constructive element is sometimes detected within the music as Ripatti makes comment on established genres within his various releases.

Characteristic traits within Ripatti's music are sometimes a deep or bubbling synth-bass line, fractured and syncopated percussion - often placed freely within the music, long delay repetitions of various sounds, syncopated use of vocal samples, and complicated digital effect processing techniques. Generally, the music has a very spacious and organic sound, and albums such as "Anima" feature a very simple theme repeated with an array of musical and rhythmical interjections.

Ripatti releases under different names have conceptually varied, but have sonically related qualities; this may be due to Ripatti's different composition techniques. Uusitalo releases are often anchored by a house beat and highlight rhythmic variation (see 2007's Karhunainen). Vladislav Delay releases, on the other hand (see 2000's Multila), explore rhythmically sparse, experimental and ambient techno-dub soundscapes. Works under the Luomo name feature uncommonly wrought dance-floor ready vocal house.

Sasu Ripatti often references himself within his music. The "Vapaa Muurari" album, for example, has an instrumental track ("Social Selection") that was re-mixed or re-recorded as the track "The Right Wing" on the "Vocalcity" album. Similarly, the track "Tessio" on the "Vocalcity" album was re-recorded for the "Present Lover" album in 2003. He was chosen by Animal Collective to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that they curated in May 2011.^[1]

Vantaa (2011)
Tummaa (2009)
Anima (2008 Re-release Edition)
Whistleblower. (2007)
Multila (2007 Re-release Edition)
The Four Quarters (2005)
Demo(n) Tracks (2004)
Demo(n) Cuts EP (2004)
Naima (2002)
Anima (2001)
Multila (2000)
Entain (2000)
Ele (1999)

With Vladislav Delay Quartet [link]

Vladislav Delay Quartet (2011)

As Sistol [link]

Sistol (1999)
On the Bright Side (2010)

As Uusitalo [link]

Karhunainen (2007)
Tulenkantaja (2006)
Vapaa Muurari (2000)

As Luomo [link]

Plus (2011)
Convivial (2008)
Paper Tigers (2006)
The Kick (2004), with Domenico Ferrari
The Present Lover (2003)
Vocalcity (2000)

As AGF/Delay [link]

Symptoms (2009), with Antye Greie
Explode (2005), with Antye Greie

As The Dolls [link]

The Dolls (2005) with Antye Greie and Craig Armstrong

With Moritz von Oswald Trio [link]

Vertical Ascent (2009)
Live In New York (2010)
Horizontal Structures (2011)

Singles [link]

Latoma EP (2011)
Tessio (Remixes - Great Stuff Edition) (2009), as Luomo
Really Don't Mind (2006), as Luomo
Demo(n) Cuts EP (2004)
The Kick (2004), as Luomo, with Domenico Ferrari
What's Good (2004), as Luomo
Running Away (2003), as Luomo, with Raz Ohara
Waltz For Your Eyes (2003), as Luomo
Tessio 2003 (2003), as Luomo
Diskonize Me (2002), as Luomo
Tessio (Remixes) (2001), as Luomo
Carter (2001), as Luomo
Native (2000), as Luomo
Livingston (2000), as Luomo
Kemikoski (2000), as Conoco
Ranta (2000)
Helsinki/Suomi (1999)
Huone (1999)
The Kind of Blue EP (1997)

Free downloads [link]

I saw a polysexual - by Vladislav Delay, from the 2007 album "Whistleblower" - Download here
The First Quarter - by Vladislav Delay, from the 2005 album "The Four Quarters" - Download here
Love You All - by Luomo, from the 2008 album "Convivial" - Download here
Really Don't Mind - by Luomo, from the 2006 album "Paper Tigers" - Download here
Luomo - Live at Ultrahang Festival 2003 - Download here
Palatable - by Vladislav Delay, from 2009 web release. - Download here

References [link]

^ ATP: All Tomorrow's Parties

External links [link]

www.vladislavdelay.com - Official Website for works as Vladislav Delay
www.luomomusic.org - Official Website for works as Luomo
Huume Recordings - Label by Sasu Ripatti
[1] - 2011 Interview with Vladislav Delay
Vladislav Delay on The Leaf Label
Reviews - Various press reviews on Vladidslav Delay
Reviews - Various press reviews on "Convivial" release by Luomo
Review - Single press review on "Paper Tigers" release by Luomo (Written by Thijsjan Meindertsma)
The Quietus Interview (2009)
Tokafi Interview (2009)
Blog Interview (2009)
Fact Magazine Interview (2008)
Resident Advisor Interview (2007)
Two and a Half Questions with Vladislav Delay by Headphone Commute (2009)
VLADISLAV DELAY :: Away from the unnecessary an interview with Sasu Ripatti by igloo magazine (2011)

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