Published with permission of artist Marja-Liisa Pitkäranta
My home
in Sibbo
Sibbo Map
Artists in Sibbo
Lions
Club Sibbo-Sipoo
Monument of Friendship
symbolising the friendship and cooperation between
communes of
AURSKOG-HØLAND - Norway
KUMLA - Sweden
FREDERIKSSUND - Denmark
SIBBO - Finland
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Sibbo (fi.
Sipoo) is a medium sized community at the south coast of Finland close
to Helsinki
Despite the short distance to the capital the nature
is still rather unspoilt and there are vast areas of forests and small
lakes mixed with agricultural countryside.
Sibbo lies on the famous King’s
Road, one of the oldest trade routes in Europe running all the
way from Bergen in Norway, through Sweden and Finland to St Petersburg
in Russia
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Sibbo 650 years!
The exact age of Sibbo is unknown but already the Vikings
probably sailed up the Sibbo River on their voyages in the Gulf of Finland.
The first mediaeval documentary material where Sibbo is mentioned dates
from 22 September 1352. It is a letter from King Magnus Eriksson and the
original is saved in the Black Book of Turku Cathedral. |
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Some facts and figures:
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60°19´ E 25° 15´
Population: 17.482 inhabitants (31.12.200)
Total area: 618 km², of which 364km² is
land, 3km² lakes and 253km² sea.
Climate:
Summer: May-September, very pleasant, long days, short
nights, mostly only twilight. Temp. +15°C - +25°C.
Winter: November-February. Short days, long nights.
Mostly mild, temp. +1°C - -5°C. temporarily down to -25°C.
see
weather from our doorstep
Sibbo-Sipoo is a bilingual community with about 55/45
Finnish and Swedish speaking population. Both languages are understood
and spoken by the majority of the inhabitants.
My photos from 
and other interesting places East of Sibbo
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