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Finland landmarks quiz: guess where 11 photos were taken
The 11 Finland locations from the game, laid out with their photos and facts. Play a round first, then read.
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Five Finland photos. For each one, tap the spot on the map and see how far off you were.
Tap the map where you think this is
Where they are
11 on the mapAll 11 places
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A white neoclassical cathedral above Senate Square.
Photo: Alvesgaspar / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The capital of Finnish Lapland, on the Arctic Circle, official home of Santa Claus.
Photo: kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
An 18th-century sea fortress spread over six islands off Helsinki.
Photo: Michal Pise, Michal.Pise / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Finland's largest lake, a labyrinth of 14,000 islands.
Photo: Adrián Pérez from Helsinki, Finland / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A perfectly preserved 19th-century groundwood mill village in Finland.
Photo: Mikkoau / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A Finnish lake city famous for its ski jumps and Sibelius concert hall.
Photo: kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Finland's oldest city and former capital, with a medieval castle and cathedral by the Aura River.
Photo: Ninara / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Finland's industrial heartland between two lakes, with red-brick factories on the rapids.
Photo: Tiia Monto / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A log church from 1764, a masterpiece of Nordic wooden architecture.
Photo: Tiia Monto / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Northern Finland's largest city, a technology hub on the Gulf of Bothnia.
Photo: Santeri Viinamäki / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The largest wooden old town in the Nordic countries, famous for lace-making.
Photo: pjt56 / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHow to place them
Start at Rovaniemi and head south; Suomenlinna is the last of Finland's 11 places, 710 km on. Three pins for the price of one in the south-east: Saimaa, Verla and Lahti.
Medium is the norm here, four of 11. Rovaniemi, Verla and Lahti are rated hard; Helsinki Cathedral and Saimaa are easy. Petäjävesi Old Church is a log church from 1764, a masterpiece of Nordic wooden architecture.
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How many Finland photos does the game have?
11. They run from Rovaniemi down to Suomenlinna, and a round takes five at random.
What is the hardest Finland round?
Start with Rovaniemi, Verla and Lahti; one more share the rating. Hard photos halve in value with each 451 km of miss.
Where is full marks easiest in Finland?
Saimaa: 60 km of leeway, the most generous circle on this page.