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5 unusual facts about Espoo


Bite It Like a Bulldog

The special edition version of the single was given away for free at a signing session which was held at Sello Shopping Centre in Espoo, Finland to celebrate the 550th anniversary of the City of Espoo.

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (informally called the Espoo Convention) is a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) convention signed in Espoo, Finland, in 1991 that entered into force in 1997.

Finnish Cricket Championships

The Finnish Cricket Championships hold their roots in the 1960s, when the "Palmerston community" played their first matches in Tapiola, Espoo.

Juha Vainio

Apart from his home town Kotka, he lived for several years in Helsinki and Espoo.

Suburban Virgin

The literal translation of the original title Espoon viimeinen neitsyt would be "the last virgin of Espoo".


2009 Finnish Athletics Championships

The 2009 Finnish Athletics Championships were held in the Leppävaaran stadion in Espoo from July 31 to August 2, 2009.

Border and Coast Guard Academy, Finland

The activities of the Border and Coast Guard Academy are divided between two education centres located in Otaniemi, Espoo and Imatra.

Efecte

The company says other customers are companies such as Konecranes, Patria, Tamro, Blue1, Wärtsilä, and Finnish cities Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, and Tampere.

FC Espoo

The first team of FC Espoo plays its home games at Leppävaaran stadion in the district Leppävaara in the Greater Helsinki region.

Helsinki University Central Hospital

It encompasses 17 hospitals in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa, and has all major medical specialties represented.

Länsiväylä

The road begins in Ruoholahti in western Helsinki and continues west through the island of Lauttasaari and then across the city border to Espoo.

Myyrmanni bombing

He was a 19-year-old chemical engineering student at EVTEK (Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology) and a hobbyist bomb-maker.

Siberian flying squirrel

It is the emblem of the Nuuksio National Park in Espoo municipality of Finland due to the density of the population in this region.

Tapani Koivuniemi

The company web site gives the appearance of a normal publishing company – though there is no postal address for any offices - and indeed, listed among their clients are British Airways, the Finnish taxation authority, the City of Espoo, and Kela (The Finnish social security authority).


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