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Hiittinen in the region of Province of Western Finland is a town in Finland - some 86 mi or ( 138 km ) West of Helsinki , the country's capital city .
Current time in Hiittinen is now 05:39 PM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Helsinki " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Riga, Tallinn, Haapsalu, Šiauliai, and Vanoxa. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Riga . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Hiittinen ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Interesting facts about this location
Kasnäs
Kasnäs is a village in the municipality of Kimitoön, Finland. It belongs to the archipelago of Hitis. Blåmusslan, one of the two information centers of the Archipelago National Park is situated here. The ferries to the archipelago of Hitis, including Vänö and Tunnhamn, leave from here. There is also a guest harbour and a spa hotel in Kasnäs. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:59|55|N|22|25|E|region:FI_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|| |primary |name= }}
Located at 59.92 22.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Högsåra
Högsåra (Finnish Haukisaari and Haukkasaari) is a village in the municipality of Dragsfjärd in the archipelago of Hiittinen, Finland. The village was known as a station of pilots before. The village has a population of about 50. Högsåra has three wind power producers. They were opened on 15 June 2008. Nicholas II, Grand Duke of Finland, spent his summers in Högsåra with his family.
Located at 59.95 22.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Bengtskär lighthouse
Bengtskär lighthouse is located in the Archipelago Sea about 25 kilometers south west of Hanko, Finland. The lighthouse was built in 1906 on the Bengtskär skerry where it rises 52 meters on sea level and is the highest one in the Nordic countries. Soviet landing troops tried to explode the lighthouse during the Battle of Bengtskär during the Continuation War in 1941. Bengtskär lighthouse is nowadays a popular tourist destination and is visited roughly 13 000 to 15 000 tourists every year.
Located at 59.72 22.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Västanfjärd
Västanfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Kimito to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 812 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 96.62 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.69 km² is inland water. The population density was 8.46 inhabitants per km².
Located at 60.05 22.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Bengtskär
Bengtskär is a skerry 25 kilometres southwest of Hanko, and part of the municipality of Dragsfjärd. This rocky skerry is the southernmost inhabited place in Finland, and is reached by ferry from the village of Kasnäs. The lighthouse on the skerry is the highest one in the Nordic countries, with a tower height of . It was built in 1906, and after falling into disrepair in the 1980s, it was reopened in 1995 as Finland's first lighthouse museum.
Located at 59.70 22.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
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