"The world congratulates the 100-year-old Finland by lighting up in blue and white

"The world congratulates the 100-year-old Finland by lighting up in blue and white

Finland’s 100 years of independence is celebrated this week with blue-and-white light shows across Finland and in almost 30 countries around the world. The excitement has been gathering pace up to the last minute, and 50 iconic venues and buildings across the globe will be illuminated with blue and white lights in honour of Finland’s centenary of independence."

Country, city, site to be illuminated

Argentina, Buenos Aires, The Usina del Arte cultural centre
Australia, Adelaide, Adelaide Town Hall
Australia, Brisbane, Story Bridge and Victoria Bridge
Australia, Canberra, Telstra Tower, the Old Parliament House, Malcolm Fraser Bridge, Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre(Parkes)
Australia, Hobart, Railway Roundabout Fountain, Elizabeth Street Mall and the Kennedy Lane Tourism Precinct
Australia, Perth, The Council House building and Trafalgar Bridge
Austria, Vienna, The Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, The Christ the Redeemer statue
Bulgaria, Sofia, The National Palace of Culture
Canada, Niagara Falls
Cyprus, Nicosia, The White Walls building
Czech Republic, Prague, The Dancing House designed by Frank Gehry
Estonia, Tallinn, Stenbock House (The seat of the Government)
Estonia, Tartu, The Vanemuine Theatre, Võidu sild Bridge, Kaarsild Bridge
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Lion of Judah monument in front of the Ethiopian National Theatre
Greece, Athens, The Arch of Hadrian
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Hungary, Budapest, Elizabeth Bridge
Iceland, Reykjavik, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre
Ireland, Dublin, Mansion House, the residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin
Italy, Rome, The Colosseum
Kazakhstan, Astana, The bridges across the Ishim River, St. Regis hotel
Latvia, Jelgava, Railway Bridge
Latvia, Riga, The Tower of the Town Hall in the Old Town, the Railway Bridge across the Daugava river
Mexico, Mexico City, The Angel of Independence monument (Ángel de la Independencia)
Mozambique, Maputo, Maputo Fortress
Netherlands, Alkmaar, Stadskantine Alkmaar
Norway, Oslo, Holmenkollen ski jumping hill
Poland, Warsaw, The Palace of Culture and Science
Portugal, Lisbon, Belém Tower (a UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Russia, Lumivaara, Lumivaara Church
Russia, Moscow, The Embassy of Finland
Russia, Petrozavodsk, The National Theatre
Russia, Saint Petersburg, The Museum of Ethnography
Serbia, Belgrade, Ada Bridge, Palace Albania
Sweden, Stockholm, Globen
Switzerland, Montreux, The Mannerheim memorial
Ukraine, Kiev, The Embassy of Finland
United Kingdom, Newcastle,The Gateshead Millennium Bridge

Truly our greatest allies, thank you guys :D

Seems like we're your best friends

except sydney apparently
what's their problem

>no Lithuania
Damn, sorry.

We're having our 100 years anniversary next year, so congratulations to you too!

Shit city full of douches

What's Belgiums problem?

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>Only Alkmaar
Funland, my christmas lights will be solely white and blue this year

>only asian countries are Kazakhstan and Russia

Wtf I'm white now

So no usa?

Happy Birthday Finland :DDDDD

Nice that people like us.
*bows*

>Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, The Christ the Redeemer statue
Happy Birthday, Independent Finland.

we are not wasting our precious electricity on such an irrelevant event

Good for you, in a year, on our 100th anniversary of independence, we'll get called nazis again.

Anyway, here in upper right corner you can see illuminating palace youtube.com/watch?v=g1dyA8Lfemc

Noice.
store.steampowered.com/sale/finland_sale/

>Barcelona is not in the list
I will light up my room

>Chile absolutely loves Finland, posts in every Finland thread to cheer up Finns
>now this
Chile, what happened?

yay

thank you Italy!

Australia 5
Russia 4

Happy 100 years Finland!

Thank you Mexico.

The real celebration will be tomorrow, but the we are getting ready.

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Kiitos somalia
youtube.com/watch?v=8OgruJYaQPo

>Straya with 10 different places.

> no Madrid
I'll make bad food tomorrow in order to remember Finland properly. Maybe I'll also talk to nobody.

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No one cares, laddie.

Just down a bottle of vodka and you're good

>nothing for USA

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You didn't send us hobbyhorses
finland.cl/public/default.aspx?contentid=369526&nodeid=37586&contentlan=9&culture=es-ES

You are welcome friend!

we should've done something with the Gateway Arch in St. Louis considering Eero Saarinen built it