Vierumäki Ratapiha. Vierumäki is a village located in the Finnish municipality

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in the region

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. There are about 900–1,000 inhabitants. Neighbouring villages are Vuolenkoski in

Iitti Iitti (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density ...

, Myllyoja in

, Mäkelä in Nastola and Urajärvi in

Asikkala Asikkala () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Vääksy, at the shores of the Lake Päijänne. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia regi ...

. Vierumäki is known for hosting international ice hall sports events.

Sports

Curling

*The 2001 European Curling Championships took place in Vierumäki, both men's and women's events won by Sweden. *Vierumäki hosted the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, from March 8 to March 16, 2008, won by Switzerland."Switzerland wins inaugural World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship"
– ''Suomen Curlingliitto (Finnish curling association)'' (Retrieved on March 21, 2008)"World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships 2008 – 8.-16.3.2008 Vierumäki Finland"
(Retrieved on March 22, 2008) *The 2008 World Senior Curling Championships, won by Canada.

Ice hockey

*The

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

and 2016 4 Nations Cups all took place in Vierumäki, the first won by

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and the other two won by the

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*The 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, Division II took place in Vierumäki from March 25 to March 30, 2008, won by

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. *The 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship took place in Vierumäki from December 29, 2012 to January 5, 2013, won by

Other webpages

Vierumäki webpage

References

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