Winter Walk in Porvoo, February 2022, Finland [4K]

Winter Walk in Porvoo, February 2022, Finland.

Porvoo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈporʋoː]; Swedish: Borgå [ˈborːɡo]) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of the city border of Helsinki and about 50 kilometres (30 mi) from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval towns of Finland, along with Turku, Ulvila, Rauma, Naantali and Vyborg. It is first mentioned as a city in texts from the 14th century. The town is famed for its "Old Town" (Vanhakaupunki in Finnish, Gamla Stan in Swedish), a dense medieval street pattern with predominantly wooden houses from the 17th and 18th centuries.

00:00 Intro
0:16 Walk begins near the bridge leading to Old Town of Porvoo
1:00 Over the river Porvoonjoki on 'Vanha silta' bridge
2:40 Jokikatu street
4:07 Kankurinkuja alley
6:48 Kirkkotori street
8:31 Porvoo Cathedral, dating back to the turn of the 14th century
11:00 Bakc in Kirkkotori street
12:10 Kirkkokatu street
16:17 Rihkamakatu street
16:50 Vuorikatu street
20:42 Flensborgintörmä alley
21:45 Välikatu street
22:20 Old market square 'Vanha Raatihuoneentori' and red Porvoo Town Hall completed in 1764
23:16 Continuing Välikatu street
24:22 Turning back
25:00 'Gabriel Hagertin kuja' alleyway
25:53 Jokikatu street with many shops, cafees and restaurants
29:21 Under the bridge via the Porvoonjoki river
32:31 On pedestrian bridge
33:06 Ski center on the distance
34:14 Snowmobile riding on Porvoonjoki river

The approximate route:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/60.39...

Shot with GoPro in 4K.

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