Kajaani
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Kajaani (also known as "Kajjjaani") is a town and municipality in Finland.
It is located in the province of Oulu and is the capital of the Kainuu region. It is located southeast of Oulujärvi (Lake Oulu), which drains to the Gulf of Bothnia along the Oulujoki (river Oulu). There are 38,070 (30 June 2009)[2] inhabitants and city surface area is 2,264.06 square kilometres (874.16 sq mi) of which 428.66 km2 (165.51 sq mi) is water. The population density is 20.74 inhabitants per square kilometre (53.7 /sq mi) . The town is unilingually Finnish.
Kajaani is in the center of the region of Kainuu. Folklorist Elias Lönnrot began his travels from here when collecting folklore in Karelia. Was also the place where I did my military service from 7.1.2008 through 2.1.2009. Chilly Bones!!
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It was almost always considerably cold there, the general atmosphere reminded me of Seinäjoki and Kajaani was one of those "last outposts of civilization" before the eastern border. I couldn't tell you guys that it sucked completely, and I'm kinda hoping that in a few years "time will make the memories better" than what they were.
