The landscape of Puolanka is dominated by countless hills and ridges.
Reindeer herding takes place in the northern reach es of Puolanka and, in fact, Puolanka is one of the most southerly municipalities in which reindeer herding is practised.
Puolanka is a excellent place to be an entrepreneur.
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In Puolanka, right at the centre of Finland, you will meet the wild hill landscape and blue waters of the province of Kainuu.
Puolanka is also well known in Finland as the "film municipality" since many famous films have been filmed in the Puolakka landscape, such as Rukajärven tie, Rölli and Lotta.
The year-round tourist centre of Paljakka invites families to spend their free time in a rewarding manner amid natural surroundings.
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Genealogy-The Holappa family emigrates from Finland(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Anders Holappa family emigrated from Puolanka, Finland in 1882.
Elizabeth was born in Askel, Michigan on February 12, 1912.
Elizabeth's father, Andrew Moilanen, came to America from Puolanka, Finland in 1900 and her mother, Walpuri Waaraniemi, came to America from Finland in 1903.
The first objective of the 163rd (from now on the 163.D) division, commanded by Division Commander Selendsov, was to destroy the Finnish forces at the border and advance to the Suomussalmi village.
As the second objective, the division was to advance to Puolanka via Hyrynsalmi and Ylinäljänkä.
After reaching Puolanka, the 44th motorized division (hereafter 44.D) was to advance rapidly from Puolanka towards Oulu, the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia and the Swedish border (the division had received before the war strict orders not to cross the Finnish-Swedish border).
Kajaani 120 km, Puolanka 20 km, neighbour 2 km, ski centre Paljakka 55 km and Ukkohalla 65 km, Honkavaara 20 km.
Drive on this road for 5 km, the cabin of Saarijärvi on left hand side.
The keys will be given against the rental receipt from Grilli – Katiska in the centre of Puolanka, open Mon – Thu 9am – 9pm, Fri 9am – 3.30am, Sat 10am – 3.30am, Sun 11am – 9pm.
Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Puolanka(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Puolanka; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
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Bird was captured by writer and appeared to be the same as in Liminka fields spring 1998.
Therefore it is unclear if observations of white owl in Vesanto and Kajaani are from the same bird.
In 2000 the bird with the ring ML-756 was captured from the nest in Puolanka.
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The Ancestry of Jaakko Korpinen and Anna Liisa Juntunen Korpinen(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It was augmented by parish records received from a cousin who visited Finland during the 1980s, shortly before the first Juntunen family reunion in 1988.
Near the end of the 1990s I received two volumes in Finnish containing detailed information on the Juntunen and Moilanen families in the Puolanka area of northern Finland, drawn from the meticulously kept parish records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Her death was not recorded in the parish records at Puolanka (since she had moved to Paltamo), but another descendant (my first-cousin-twice-removed), Howard Johnson, wrote the following to me in a letter of 1988: "My G. grandmother Brita Oikarinen [sic] -- your G.G.G. grandmother lived to be 104 years old.
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It falls from Puolanka, the central point of continental Finland through Utajärvi, Ylikiiminki, Kiiminki and Haukipudas communes to the Gulf of Both
These two skiing centres Paljakka in Puolanka and Ukkohalla in Hyrynsalmi (distance between the centres 20 km) are together a many-sided skiing destination with lots of activities.
Kajaani 120 km, Puolanka 25 km, neighbour 2 km, Kontiomäki 100 km (railway station), ski centre Ukkohalla 65 km and Paljakka 55 km, Honkavaara ski centre 25 km.
Drive from Puolanka towards Vaala 15 km, a turnoff to the left to Saarijärvi.
Continue for 7 km, on the left hand side sign Metsola.
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Ari Jokelainen began his musical career studying the piano at Kainuu Music Institute in his home town of Puolanka in the north of Finland.
At the age of 15 after having been inspired and fascinated by the beautiful form and sound of the saxophone as played by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Big Band he added the saxophone to his range of instruments.
In 2005 he will study classical Indian Music at the Debashish Bhanacarya's School of Universal Music in Calcutta with Pandit Suresh Talwakar.
Tips and photos of unusual, out-of-the-way Puolanka attractions, posted by real travelers and locals.
Hepokongas - Finland's highest (24 m) naturall waterfall - is located in the central municipality in continental Finland - Puolanka (about 155 kilometres from the town Oulu to the east).
From the splash of the fall it is possible to canoe all the way to the Gulf of Bothnia, on which the river flows after about 170 kilometres.