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Porvoo, Finland - 1st July 2010

By: Delenna

I went to the local sightseeing tower with my host. In the tower I got a relly good view over the city of Porvoo!

The story tells that the sightseeing tower was made by a giant: he heard that they were building a church in Porvoo and got angry (apparently giants don't like churches) and threw a stone all the way from Sipoo (where he lived, a place not too far from Porvoo). He didn't either aim it too well or his arm wasn't in good enough condition as he missed the church.

The stone has been a place to gather for festives a hundred years ago. Kids were told that babies were picked up from under the stone. Around 1880 they made the stairs and it became a sightseeing tower. Nowadays kids are told that a stork brings the babies - which is weird because you very rarely see storks in Finland...

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* Posted Jul 3, 2010, 6:42 am Last edited Jul 3, 2010, 6:44 am by Delenna [Quote] Go to the top of the page


 

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