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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 2d

Tähän mennessä maalipaikkoja on ilmoittautunut Kuopio, Oulu, Tampere ja Turku. #talvipäivänseisaus

Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 18d

#talvipäivänseisaus lähestyy. Tänä vuonna ajetaan 20.-21.12. -välisenä yönä. Maalipaikkoja on ilmoittautunut Kuopio ja Tampere. Lisää maalipaikkoja saa ilmoittaa marraskuun alkuun asti. Toivotut kriteerit maalissa: aamiainen, sauna ja julkiset yhteydet takaisin kotiin.

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 4d

Regarding quiz. You will have a over 180 degree view of hills in Norway, the mapping ended at the region and you can sit on the stone (rather than on a burning chair), but there are also other rocky seats nearby.

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 4d

To finish in Nuorgam participants will climb up Isonkivenvaara to Istumakivi (Sitting stone) that was historically used as a resting place. It also has a small memorial plate for being the last area of Finland to be mapped. fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isonkiv...

Isonkivenvaara – Wikipedia

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 4d

For quiz. This is the 2nd maze you visit. You will see Kinnarodden, which is the northmost point of continental Europe, rather than better known near by Nordkapp, that is an island. From the road ou will see 2 fjords without turning your head around. Which is very rare site.

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 4d

The 3rd control is another Jatulintarha/labyrinth in Gamvik.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=48gE...

Steinvåg

YouTube video by GamvikMuseum

www.youtube.com

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 4d

For quiz. Empedocles was credited for classical elements earth, air, water and fire. While on the viewing platform you are basically everywhere, but on fire. Cycling on the path in national park is not allowed. The paintings were "first" noticed by a couple skiing there in 1977.

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 4d

The 2nd control is Värikallio stone paintings at Hossa national park. One of the largest stone paintings found in Finland.
suomenmuinaistaideseura.fi/suomen-kalli...

Värikallio

Suomen muinaistaideseura ry (SuMu) on arkeologiasta, muinaisista kulttuureista ja erityisesti esihistoriallisista kalliomaalauksista ja -piirroksista kiinnostuneiden asiantuntijoiden ja harrastajien m...

suomenmuinaistaideseura.fi

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 4d

For quiz, you are a little late if you arrive to a Troy town by horse, there is a air defence shooting range nearby, you shouldn't plan a route through a historical monument or a maze, there is a lighthouse next to it and none knowns for sure why they were originally built.

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 4d

1st control is Ohtakarin jatulintarha (maze, labyrinth, Troy town) also known as Laiska-Jaakon rinki (lazy Jaakko's circle). One of many such stone rings around the coast. www.finna.fi/Record/museo...

Lohtaja Ohtakari, jatulintarha

fyysinen kuvaus: vaaka

www.finna.fi

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 4d

For quiz, it is nowadays in National museum of Finland in Helsinki, the road by the field is Hirvenpääntie (Elk's head road), was sold for 5 marks in Turku and it was found on a potato field, but potatoes only arrived in Finland 1730's while the artefact is about 8000 years old.

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 4d

Here is a short recap of #ruska2026quiz and introduction to the #ruska2026 control. Start is from a field at Palojoki where one of the Finland's most well known archeological findings, the Elk's head of Huittinen, was found in 1903. www.kansallismuseo.fi/en/digitaali...

Elk’s Head of Huittinen - Digital collection

The official website of the National Museum of Finland

www.kansallismuseo.fi

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 5d

#ruska2026quiz on ratkennut. #ruska2026 kontrollit löytyvät kartalta. www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...

Ruska 2026 - Points of interest - Google My Maps

Ruska 2026 - Points of interest

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 5d

#ruska2026quiz on ratkennut. #ruska2026 kontrollit löytyvät kartalta. www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...

Ruska 2026 - Points of interest - Google My Maps

Ruska 2026 - Points of interest

www.google.com

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 6d

From 2nd to 3rd control is a longer distance than between any previous control points in Ruska. #ruska2026quiz

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 6d

While hiding in plain sight, the 2nd control was only found about 50 years ago. #ruska2026quiz

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 7d

Kymmenen maaliinpääsyn.

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 7d

The 1st and 3rd control will remain a mystery. #ruska2026quiz

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 9d

The start was sold for five marks. #ruska2026quiz

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 9d

If you look around at the finish, most you see in the horizon is across the border of the country where you are standing. #ruska2026quiz

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 11d

Bonus hint: From start there are 4 alternatives to divert routes. Two are books, one is a bridge and the last one is a reference to a Mika Kaurismäki's movie that you'll probably agree with. It somehow also resembles the 2nd control. #ruska2026quiz

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 11d

As you approach the 3rd control you'll maybe remember Ruska 2025 and sigh that "those were the days". #ruska2026quiz

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 12d

The 2nd control is the eastmost of the points of interest and has a mandatory hike section. #ruska2026quiz

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 13d

The 1st control has the same name as two Ruska finishers, but how they are depicted is not so admiring. #ruska2026quiz

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 13d

The road at the start shares its name with why the start is from there. #ruska2026quiz

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Randonneurs Finland @randonneurs.fi · 14d

Tähänhän saa osallistua ja ajaa kenen kanssa tahansa matkan aikana. Tietysti saa myös sopia kaverin kanssa ajavansa yhdessä.

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