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Month: February 2015

Discovering Salibandy* in Seinäjoki (*Floorball, Unihockey…)

28/02/2015 Mark Wiltshear

In this episode I get an introduction to the game of Salibandy (Floorball; Unihockey; Innebandy) from Tuukka Kiviranta, who plays for the high-flying SPV team from Seinäjoki. Tuukka explains the rules and tactics of the game, and tells me about the history, and recent success of SPV.

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Finland’s Olympic Training Centre in Kuortane

22/02/2015 Mark Wiltshear

It will take more than a 30 minute podcast to get me into peak fitness, but this week I get a guided tour of the Olympic Training Centre in Kuortane.

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The Finnish Liigacup is Underway

16/02/2015 Mark Wiltshear

Find my podcast on the history of SJK here The League Cup in Finland is a curious competition. Played as a competitive series of games, it

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Distilling Moonshine, Finland’s Prohibition Era and Koskenkorva Vodka

14/02/2015 Mark Wiltshear

Join me as I visit the Koskenkorva Museo and learn about the history of distilling in Koskenkorva, as well as the distinctive local clocks, Könnikello, and we take another, brief tour around the saunas at Koskenkorva Trahteeri, until we end up at the ‘vodka tap’! Intrigued?

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A Tour of the Alvar Aalto Centre in Seinäjoki – part 2

07/02/2015 Mark Wiltshear

Part 2 of 2 – I continue my guided tour of the Alvar Aalto centre in Seinäjoki, by visiting Aalto’s theatre (with it’s collection of glass and porcelain by Alvar & Aino Aalto) and the new Apila library next door to Aalto’s original.

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