King’s road in The Greater-Helsinki region, Finland (hundreds of years old post route from Bergen, Norway, to Sweden, Finland and Russia) [OC]

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1. Places:

   1: Jupperintie, Espoo

   2: Ainontie, Vantaa

   3: Ainontie, Vantaa

   4: Kuninkaantie, Espoo

   5: Lehtimäentie, Espoo

   6: Kuninkaantie, Espoo

   7: Ainontie, Vantaa

   8: Ylästöntie, Vantaa (on the left side) and Kuninkaantie, Vantaa (behind the houses)

2. Beautiful

3. Thank you for reminding me. I’ll ride through it next summer with my motorcycle.

4. Summer is so lovely

5. Gorgeous!

6. Any idea why the road is marked that way, with the thicker dashed white lines?

7. You didn’t hear this from me but those 2 roads seem like a good place to go mexico with my car.

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8. E P E K E P E

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9. Is there a map that would show the road all the way from Norway to Russia?

10. Did the road follow the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia?

11. You just reminded me summer exists thank you good sir/lady

12. I have this theory that and lord of the rings and GOT are actually a documentaries and take place in in the various Nordic countries (Mordor is like the step of Russia or something)

13. That 7th shot reminds me so much of the film ‘Call Me By Your Name’. These are all beautiful shots though, and so evocative of those lazy, humid summer evenings that smell of pollen and aloe. Thanks so much for sharing, these put a smile on my face.

14. [Ten years ago they found a signet ring from circa 1350 from a field near road.](https://yle.fi/a/3-6807927) Original owner was probably a senior official or someone close to the crown and he may have lost it when travelling on road.

15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Road_(Finland)

    Note, that historically Helsinki didn’t mean much for this road, since it wasn’t the capital when the road was built. It’s the postal route from Sweden (or Norway, if we go even further) through Turku to Vyborg (which was part of Sweden too long long time ago).

16. God I miss summer