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Country
  
Finland

Sub-region
  
Riihimäki sub-region

City rights
  
1960

Local time
  
Thursday 12:18 PM

Region
  
Tavastia Proper

Charter
  
1922

Area
  
125.6 km²

Team
  
Riihimäen Ilves

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Area rank
  
290th largest in Finland

Weather
  
2°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 36% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Suomen Lasimuseo, Kaupunginmuseo, Valtakunnallinen työväentalomuseo

Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill") is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about 69 kilometres (43 mi) north of Helsinki and 109 kilometres (68 miles) southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, railway tracks go to Helsinki, Tampere and Lahti from there. Würth Oy has its Finnish Headquarters and logistics center in Riihimäki. Valio has a major dairy in Herajoki part of Riihimäki. The famous Sako rifles are produced in Riihimäki.

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Map of Riihim%C3%A4ki, Finland

Finland's highest flagpole is located in Riihimäki.

The town is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The town has a population of 29,292 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 121.03 square kilometres (46.73 sq mi) of which 4.54 km2 (1.75 sq mi) is water. The population density is 242.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (626.9/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Riihimäki was established around the Riihimäki railway station by the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway, one of the original stations on the Finland's first railway between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna. It became the first railway junction in Finland when the Riihimäki – Saint Petersburg track's first section from Riihimäki to Lahti was opened in 1869. Gradually, the town grew around the station.

In 1922, Riihimäki separated from Hausjärvi and became an independent market-town. Riihimäki got its city rights in 1960. It was home to the reputed Riihimäki Glass company that remained in business from 1910 through 1990.

Sports

  • Peltosaaren Nikkarit & Kiekko-Nikkarit (Ice hockey)
  • Kolmoskori (Basketball)
  • Riihimäen Ilves, formerly RIPS (Soccer)
  • SC Top (Floorball)
  • Cocks (Handball)
  • Riihi-Pesis, formerly RPL (Pesäpallo)
  • Riihimäen Kisko (Athletics)
  • Riihimäen Uimaseura (Swimming)

    • Athletes

  • Aki Seitsonen, ice hockey player
  • Arri Munnukka, football player
  • Daniel O'Shaughnessy, football player
  • Janne Lahti, SM-Liiga ice hockey player
  • Jukka Jalonen, national ice hockey coach and ice hockey player
  • Jukka Vanninen, football player
  • Jussi Veikkanen, professional road racing cyclist
  • Kari Tiainen, motorcycle enduro world champion
  • Kasper Kenig, ice hockey player
  • Lauri Toivonen, basketball player
  • Max Kenig, ice hockey player
  • Olli Korkeavuori, ice hockey player
  • Patrick O'Shaughnessy, football player
  • Pekka Vasala, middle and long-distance runner; Olympic champion (1972) in the 1,500 metres
  • Sami Lähteenmäki, SM-Liiga ice hockey player
  • Tero Arkiomaa, ice hockey player
  • Tuomas Viertola, basketball player

    • Politicians

  • Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, Member of Parliament
  • Arto Lapiolahti, Member of Parliament
  • Efraim Kronqvist, politician and Riihimäki Red Guard leader in 1918
  • Helge Sirén, Member of Parliament
  • Iiro Viinanen, politician
  • Päivi Räsänen, politician

    • The Arts

  • Aku Hirviniemi, actor
  • Anita Hirvonen, pop singer
  • Erkki Junkkarinen, singer
  • Jann Wilde, musician and songwriter
  • Liisa Akimof, musician
  • Maija Isola, designer
  • Nest, musical group
  • Niina Lahtinen, actor
  • Pekka Autiovuori, actor
  • Renny Harlin, film director and film producer
  • Samuli Paronen, writer
  • Seppo Tamminen, artist
  • Sinikka Laine, writer
  • Skepticism, music group
  • Tommi Hakala, singer
  • Torsten Brander, music contributor
  • Veikko Sinisalo, actor

    • Other

  • Arvi Paloheimo, industrialist
  • Olli Paloheimo, forester, minister and Jäger
  • Ragnar Granit, physician who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
  • Veikko Löyttyniemi, journalist

    • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Riihimäki is twinned with:

  • Szolnok, Hungary
  • Skedsmo, Norway
  • Húsavik, Iceland
  • Gus-Khrustalny, Russia
  • Karlskoga, Sweden
  • Aalborg, Denmark
  • Bad Segeberg, Germany

    • References

    Riihimäki Wikipedia
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