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Ruka village, Finland 2
Ruka ski resort village in Kuusamo, Finland. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Ruka ski resort village in Kuusamo, Finland
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Ruka
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Ruka.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Rukatunturi (Finnish: Ruka) is a 492 metres (1,614 ft) high fell and a ski resort in Kuusamo, Finland.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
Other activities on offer are gravel biking, canoeing, white water rafting, fishing, birdwatching, bear watching.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Ruka
The current number of slopes is 41, operated with 21 ski lifts (three high-speed detachable chair with bubble and one gondola).
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Ruka ski jumping hill autumn 2009
Ruki ski jumping hill in Kuusamo, Finland. Lake Talvijärvi on the foreground. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Ruki ski jumping hill in Kuusamo, Finland. Lake Talvijärvi on the foreground
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
In the winter months Ruka is a ski resort and activity centre with 41 ski slopes, 36 flood lit slopes for night skiing, over 500 km of cross country ski tracks, a border cross park and street as well as other activities such as snowmobiling, snowshoeing, reindeer sleigh rides, husky sled rides, visits to Santa's home, ice carting, ice fishing, ice climbing and Finnish sauna.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Ruka is recorded at 66.165° N, 29.161° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 492 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.RUKA.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.RUKA.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.RUKA.V00
Ruka village, Finland 2
Ruka ski resort village in Kuusamo, Finland. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Ruka ski resort village in Kuusamo, Finland
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
TODAY
Ruka now
Ruka has one of the longest ski seasons in Europe, starting usually in October and ending in June.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Ruka village, Finland 2
AOD.EU.RUKA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ruka ski jumping hill autumn 2009
AOD.EU.RUKA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Rukatunturi overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.