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

Heinola Heinola () is a town and a municipality of inhabitants () located in the eastern part of the Päijänne Tavastia region, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to t ...

in the region

Päijät-Häme Päijät-Häme (; ) is a Regions of Finland, region in Southern Finland south of the lake Päijänne. It borders the regions of Uusimaa, Kanta-Häme, Pirkanmaa, Central Finland, Southern Savonia, South Savo and Kymenlaakso. The biggest city in t ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

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

Vuolenkoski Vuolenkoski () is a village located in the northern part of Iitti municipality in Päijänne Tavastia, Finland. Kymi River flows south of the village. Vuolenkoski has an elementary school, a sports field, a café and a volunteer fire department. ...

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 Nastola is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with the city of Lahti on 1 January 2016. In the province of Southern Finland, Nastola is part of the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality had a population of (30 June 2015) and cover ...

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 The 2001 European Curling Championships were held in Vierumäki, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, wi ...

took place in Vierumäki, both men's and women's events won by Sweden. *Vierumäki hosted the

2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held March 8–15, 2008 in Vierumäki, Finland at the Vierumäki Ice Rink. It was the first mixed doubles world championships organized by the World Curling Federation. Switzerland scored two ...

, 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 The 2008 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 9 to 15 at the Vierumäki Ice Rink in Vierumäki, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the nort ...

, 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 Cup The 4 Nations Cup is an annual women's ice hockey tournament, held between four major national teams in the sport; currently, these are Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland. Until 2000, when Sweden joined, the tournament was the 3 Natio ...

s 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 The 2013 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships was the sixth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship and was hosted in Finland. It began on 29 December 2012, with the gold medal game played on 5 January 2013. Top Division Preliminary round ''All ...

took place in Vierumäki from December 29, 2012 to January 5, 2013, won by

Other webpages

Vierumäki webpage

References

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