Meteoriihi, Ostrobothnia, Finland
4.5 (20 reviews) Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #5 in Vaasa Observatories & Planetariums • Educational sites
If you want to feel small
The area is used to show the real scale of our solar system, with the Sun at the center (a lamp post with 70cm diameter) and planets shown at real sizes (a pea-sized Earth is over 20m away). This, once comprehended, makes you feel how little we are even in context of our "little" planetar system. The old observatory was unfortunately closed but it didn't matter for me then.
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Loisketie Center of Meteorite Impact, Vaasa, Finland.
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http://www.meteoria.fi/en
Current local date and time now
Friday, May 10, 2024, 15:48
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4.5 based on (20 reviews)
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5Heikki Kaukoranta 5:00 PM Mar 19, 2019
Want to avoid a meteorite crash - come here!
500 Million years ago a giant meteorite hit the ground and formed an impact crater size 7 kms! Now the soil is even and there are fields covering the area but it is still different from its surroundings and can be easily recognized from a plane. It is a fantastic place to visit if You suffer from a cosmic angst - Standing there in the middle I quarantee You are safe. The metorite won´t hit the place again. I promise. There are too thoudands of birds moving from north to south in fall and resting there. have you ever seen toudand of cranes, gooses or swans flying? This is probably the best chance to spot them in August in the whole Scandinavia. Climb up to the tower, take your binoclars or camera and take a look!
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4James 5:00 PM Aug 9, 2020
Unique location of a meteorite impact
What a fascinating place. When you hear of a site of a meteorite impact you are thinking of a big crater, perhaps a sign of the tremendous power of a meteorite hitting the earth. Well at Meteoriihi there is the mildest of craters, if it was not for the small farming strips, assorted in a giant circle surrounded by trees, you would not know this was a crater. This is probably why it is so special, on discovering the history of the site it used to be full of water and then there was a giant land reclamation project which turned it into shared farmland. There is a tower to climb and get a good 360 view of the crater. The place has an information centre but it was closed during our evening visit. There are use useful information boards around giving details on the history of the site. I love these small semi-unknown tourist sites!
