Monday, April 28, 2008

51 - Xiinkaupunki (aka Kristiinankaupunki), Finland


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180mi NW of Helsinki, on the Gulf of Bothnia. There are not, as far as I can tell, any proper X-placenames in Scandinavia, so I had to make due with the Xmas-style abbreviation. (In Swedish, the town's name is the shorter Kristinestad).

The town shield is basically a map of the place, presumably up-close enough so the blue is the water of the fjord:

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