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Edit About.com 11 Feb 2016
Unique Vacation Rentals. Vacationing doesn’t need to mean roughing it in a tiny tent or going to the same theme park every year. One of the best things you can do is to research all of your options ... 1. Malibu Airstream Trailer ... 2 ... 3 ... Featuring stunning views of the surrounding stars and the aurora borealis, the Hotel Kakslauttanen has structures with geometric glass roofs in the heart of Urho Kekkonen National Park in Finland ... 4 ... ....

History of the Independence Day reception at the Presidential Palace (Office of the President of ...

Edit Public Technologies 27 Nov 2015
(Source. Office of the President of the Republic of Finland) ... Photo ... The guests shake hands with President Urho Kekkonen and Mrs Sylvi Kekkonen. Photo ... In 1974 it was cancelled on account of the death of the President's wife, Mrs Sylvi Kekkonen, on 2 December 1974. In 1981 it was held at Finlandia Hall after the Independence Day concert, with Deputy Prime Minister Eino Uusitalo as host, because President Urho Kekkonen was in poor health....

This Day in History - September 3

Edit Jamaica Observer 03 Sep 2015
Ferdinand Porsche, German designer of Volkswagen car (1875-1951); Urho Kekkonen, president of Finland (1900-1986); Sir McFarlane Burnet, Australian Nobel-prize winning physician (1899-1985); "Beetle Bailey" cartoonist Mort Walker (1923- ); Actress Eileen Brennan (1923-2013); Country singer Tompall Glaser (1933-2013); Actor Charlie Sheen (1965- ); ......

The World's 5 Best Extreme Hotels

Edit Huffington Post 24 Jul 2015
If your idea of an unforgettable vacation includes igloos, yak hair tents or underground cave dwellings, you may want to consider reserving a room at one of these extreme hotels from around the world ... Norden Camp. Labrang, Tibet ... Read a complete review of Norden Camp ... Next to Urho Kekkonen National Park in Lapland, 155 miles north of the Arctic Circle, this resort features a variety of lodgings -- including gorgeous glass igloos ... ....

From the past pages of dawn : 1965 : Fifty years ago : World Peace Congress

Edit Dawn 13 Jul 2015
There was no issue of the paper on July 13, 1965 due to a public holiday ... HELSINKI ... More than 1,500 delegates from 92 countries gave a standing ovation to Finnish President Urho Kekkonen when he arrived to attend the ceremony opening the six-day conference ... Apple Store ... ....

Speech by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna (Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jul 2015
(Source. Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany). 02.07.2015. Chairman,. Secretary General,. Excellencies, ... Ladies and gentlemen,. Today Europe is navigating extremely turbulent waters. We must weather storms that come from both the inside and the outside ... *** ... Exactly forty years ago, the Helsinki Final Act was signed and the Finnish President Urho Kekkonen articulated his hopes for the future ... *** ... The solution must be political....

03-04-15, Nordic Film Series presents Kekkonen tulee (Finlandia University)

Edit noodls 04 Mar 2015
It's quite likely many Copper Country residents remember that big day in August 1976; that day when Finland's president, Urho Kekkonen, visited Hancock and community members lined the highway from the airport to the city limits just to watch his motorcade pass, and waited in throngs on the Suomi College (now Finlandia University) campus just for an opportunity to shake his hand....

Thermal Glass Igloos Offer Views of the Northern Lights at Finland's Hotel Kakslauttanen

Edit Inhabitat 30 Jan 2015
 .  . A romantic night under the stars is one thing, but a crystal clear view of the Northern Lights from your own private igloo is definitely another treat entirely ...  . Nestled in the wilderness near Finland’s Urho Kekkonen National Park, Hotel Kakslauttanen has one of the Arctic Circle’s best views of the Aurora Borealis ... + Hotel Kakslauttanen. Via gizmag. Images by Hotel Kakslauttanen. 8 ... ....

Great treks around the world: readers’ travel tips

Edit The Guardian 08 Jan 2015
There’s no better way to get to know a landscape than by hiking through it for days. From the Scottish Highlands to the Peruvian Andes, readers share their best trekking experiences. The Pirin mountains, Bulgaria. Photograph. Evgeny Kuklev/Getty Images/Vetta. Guardian readers ... andreakkk Urho Kekkonen national park, Finland. The Nuortti hiking trail is a circular 40km trek near the Finnish/Russian border in the Urho Kekkonen national park ... ....

History of the Independence Day reception at the Presidential Palace (Office of the President of the Republic of Finland)

Edit noodls 28 Nov 2014
The guests shake hands with President Urho Kekkonen and Mrs Sylvi Kekkonen ... In 1981 it was held at Finlandia Hall after the Independence Day concert, with Deputy Prime Minister Eino Uusitalo as host, because President Urho Kekkonen was in poor health. In 2013, President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö acted as host to an Independence Day Concert and Reception at Tampere Hall during the renovation of the Presidential Palace....

13 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Finnish Saunas

Edit Huffington Post 13 Nov 2014
Turns out, nearly everyone in Finland speaks English ... 1 ... During the Cold War, Finnish President Urho Kekkonen, who was born in a sauna, held political negotiations in his sauna at Tamminiemi. In fact, soon after Khrushchev attended Kekkonen's 60th birthday party, where he sat for many hours in Kekkonen's private wooden sauna, the Soviet government issued a communiqu� expressing support for Finland's intention to cooperate with the West....

Mining threatens to eat up northern Europe’s last wilderness

Edit The Guardian 03 Sep 2014
Vast network of rivers, lakes and mountains in Finland, Sweden and Norway at risk from being exploited for rare earth and other minerals. The Syd Varanger iron ore mine near the Arctic city of Kirkenes, northern Norway ... Norwegian fertiliser company Yara International plans a massive 40-60 sq km open-cast phosphorus mine near Sokli in eastern Lapland between the Urho Kekkonen national park and the Värriö nature park ... ....

Celebrating St Urho: American Finns take on St Patrick

Edit BBC News 16 Mar 2014
Across the US, small groups of Finnish Americans are celebrating St Urho's Day, which falls 16 March ... Then in stepped St Urho. "He's got a big mouth, he yelled really loud and they ran away," says Honor Schauland, who coordinates the St Urho's Day parade and celebration in the town ... It turns out the bar isn't named after the American made-up saint, but former Finnish President Urho Kekkonen....
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