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Pikku-Pietari Torikuja Market
Hanna Partanen’s Bakery
Musta Lammas
Puijo Tower Revolving Restaurant
Ravintola Albatrossi
Wanha Satama
Koivumaki Manor
Muikkuravintola Sampo
Tirol Tahko
- Kuopio began with a church and a parish in the 1550s and was officially established in 1775.
- From 1809 to 1917, it fell under Russian rule, which opened up the waterways and rail links south to the Baltic Sea.
- Today, the city is 4500 square kilometers, half of which is forest and a sixth, water.
- It is built on islands, surrounded by Lake Kallovesi, and is the cultural center of east Finland.
- Every second street is set aside for pedestrians and cyclists.
- It has a subarctic climate, with short and mild summers.
- The lake freezes over in winter, and maximum temperatures remain below freezing from November to March.
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