List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Map of Finland.

This is a list of places in Finland having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

Akaa

Asikkala

Ähtäri

Espoo

Eura

Prior to the 2009 consolidation, Kiukainen was twinned with:

Forssa

Hamina

Hanko

Harjavalta

Heinola

Helsinki

The city of Helsinki does not officially recognize sister cities, but lists a special partnership relation with:

Huittinen

Hyrynsalmi

Hyvinkää

Hämeenlinna

Imatra

Jakobstad

Joensuu

Jyväskylä

Järvenpää

Kaarina

Kajaani

Kalajoki

Kankaanpää

Karkkila

Kemi

Kemijärvi

Kempele

Kerava

Kiukainen

Prior to the 2009 consolidation with Eura, Kiukainen was twinned with:

Kokemäki

Kokkola

Kotka

Kouvola

Kuopio

Kyyjärvi

Lahti

  • Deyang, China (since 2000)
  • Most, Czech Republic
  • Randers, Denmark (since 1947)
  • Narva, Estonia (since 1994, partnership agreement)

Lappeenranta

Lohja

Mikkeli

Naantali

Nakkila

Nokia

Orimattila

Oulu

Oulu is twinned with:[15][16]

Oulunsalo

Pargas

Pori

Porvoo

Puolanka

Raahe

Rauma

Riihimäki

Ristijärvi

Rovaniemi

Salo

Sodankylä

  • Kuola, Russia

Sastamala

Suomussalmi

Suolahti

Prior to a 2007 consolidation with Sumiainen to make Äänekoski, Suolahti was twinned with:

Tampere

Tornio

Turku

Vaasa

Valkeakoski

Varkaus

Ylivieska

Ylöjärvi

Äänekoski

Prior to a 2007 consolidation with Sumiainen to make Äänekoski, Suolahti was twinned with:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Twin towns". Espoo. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Yan, Yangtze (2006-07-14). "Beijing, Helsinki forge sister city relationship". Chinese Government. Chinese Government Official Portal. Retrieved 2013-08-05. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ "Sister Cities". Beijing Municipal Government. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 "Partners and Networks". Hel.fi (international section). City of Helsinki. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Taipei, Helsinki Sign Friendship Pact".
  6. ↑ "Joensuu ja Vilna". Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  7. ↑ "Twin cities". International relations. Archived from the original on 15 January 2005. Retrieved 2006-08-02.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Douzelage.org: Member Towns". www.douzelage.org. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Twin-cities of Kotka". Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  10. ↑ "Twin-cities of Klaipėda". Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  11. 1 2 "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). Twins2010.com. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  12. ↑ "Opole Official Website – Twin Towns". Opole. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  13. ↑ "Kuopio and Shanghai Pudong have signed a sister city agreement". City of Kuopio. 2012-07-20. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  14. ↑ "International cooperation". Valka. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Partneri- ja kummikaupungit (Partnership and twinning cities)". Oulun kaupunki (City of Oulu) (in Finnish). Retrieved 2013-07-27.
  16. ↑ "Ystävyyskaupungit (Twin Cities)". Oulun kaupunki (City of Oulu) (in Finnish). Retrieved 2013-07-27.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Twin towns". www.ouka.fi. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
  18. ↑ Информация о городах-побратимах (in Russian). www.arhcity.ru. 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  19. ↑ Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Web Site; Sister Cities.
  20. ↑ "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Twin towns of Riihimäki". City of Riihimäki. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  22. ↑ "Twin Cities". The City of Łódź Office. (in English) © 2007 UMŁ. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
  23. ↑ "Sister Cities of Guangzhou". Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  24. ↑ Trondheims offisielle nettsted – Vennskapsbyer
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