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The moon rises over Uskela Church at Salo. The church was designed by the renowned architect C. L. Engel.
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Nokia, the telecommunications equipment manufacture, is a Finnish company, headquartered in Helsinki. This is Nokia cellular phone development center in Salo. This building is Nokia's primary development center for cellular phones in Europe. In Finland, another development center is at Oulu. |
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Part of Nokia's engineering enter in Salo. Nokia is the largest single employer in Salo. |
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The Nokia engineering center and factory in Salo. In Europe, Nokia also has cellular phone factories in Germany and Hungary. |
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The Nokia cellular phone development center in Salo. |
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The KKKK City Market supermarket in Salo. |
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The KKKK City Market supermarket in Salo, in the summer. The cover areas in the foreground are for shopping carts. |
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The Euro Market supermarket in Salo. Click here to see pictures of the interior of the Euro Market in Salo. |
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The government owned liquor store in Salo. |
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The Plaza shopping mall in Salo, at night in the winter. |
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Hesburger in the Plaza shopping mall. Hesburger is the Finnish answer to McDonalds hamburgers. |
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Decorations for Easter at the Plaza shopping center. |
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Bicycle parking at the Plaza shopping center. With the high price of cars and gasoline, bicycles are a popular means of transportation by everyone, including the elderly. |
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The covered parking area at the Plaza shopping center. |
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Autotarvike, an auto parts store in Salo. |
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Konitori Forum., and office supply and computer store |
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Neste gas station. Neste is a division of Fortum, a major supplier of energy in Finland and countries surrounding it. Neste operates over 1000 gas stations in Finland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. Fortum operates oil refineries, electric power plants using nuclear, coal and hydroelectric generation, and off shore drilling rigs. |
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The Posti
postal distribution center in Salo. |
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The Hotel
Rikkala in Salo, part of the Sokos hotel chain, the largest in Finland |
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The Hotel Rikkala in Salo, in the summer. |
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The Ruokavarasto
grocery store, a chain of small stores in Finland. |
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The Spar
grocery store, a chain of small stores in Finland. |
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The main street in Salo, on a summer day. |
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A Takatalo
gas service station, a chain of gas stations in Finland. |
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The train
station in Salo. Salo is along the high speed train system which
travels between Helsinki and Turku. |
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A residential
area in Salo. |
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Washing
rugs in early summer, near the main water processing plant in Salo. |
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A typical
single family home in Salo. |
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A home
in a new residential area in Salo. |
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Apartments
on the north side of Salo. |
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Apartments
in central Salo. |
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The main
street in Salo, in February. |
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The regional
public hospital in Salo. |
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A winter
view of the Uskelan River which runs through central Salo. |
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A summer
view of the Uskelan River which runs through central Salo. . |
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A summer
view of the Uskelan River which runs through central Salo. |
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A summer
view of the Uskelan River which runs through central Salo. |
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Summer
time in a park in central Salo, near the central market area. |
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The Salo
library in the summer. The facility is much used in the winter months. |
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The English
language book section in the Salo library. |
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A reading
area in the Salo library |
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The opera
house and theater in Salo. |
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One of
several Postipannki buildings in Salo. The Postipannki is a combination
post office and bank. On the left side is a Rosso restaurant, a
chain of restaurants in Finland. |
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The taxi dispatch office near the central market area in Salo. |
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Near the main street of in the central part of Salo, across the street from the Rikkila Hotel, in the summer. |