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- From: stenberg@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Dag Stenberg)
- Subject: Re: Biking in the Kuusamo area, Finland
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.115731.16689@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:57:31 GMT
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- Mad Andy (savigni@ghost.dsi.unimi.it) wrote:
- > I'd like some information about biking in the Kuusamo area.
- .....
- >
- > Also, do you know how I can ship my bike up to there?
- > I think the nearest train station is in Rovaniemi, which
- > is about 200 km away from Kuusamo:
- Actually, Rovaniemi is further north, and along the western south-north
- railroad; Kuusamo is in the east, and Taivalkoski would seem nearer. Of
- course, you may want to bike from Rovaniemi via Kuusamo to Kajaani, how
- would I know. A train connection leaving Helsinki at 8 a.m. would reach
- Taivalkoski by 6 p.m. The distance from Helsinki to Ravaniemi is the
- same.
-
- > can I bring my bike
- > with me on the train from Helsinki, or should I ship it?
- My info tells me that bikes can be shipped from Helsinki (around 40 FIM)
- or you can take it to train with you (around 20 FIM), in either case it
- will be transported in the goods carriage. I hope this is still valid.
-
- > P.S.: I believe that area is flat: is it?
- Not for Finland, but compared to the Alps, yes.
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