Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia · Europe
Vyborg sits on the route: 25 minutes from Vysotsk, 51km from Imatrankoski.
Vyborg is in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia, with about 79,000 people. The nearest town is Vysotsk, about 14 km away.
Vyborg (Russian: Выборг, IPA: [ˈvɨbərk]; Finnish: Viipuri, IPA: [ˈʋiːpuri]; Swedish: Viborg, IPA: [ˈvǐːbɔrj], Finland Swedish pronunciation: [ˈviːborj]) is a town and the administrative center of Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of Vyborg Bay, 130 km (81Read more
miles) northwest of St. Petersburg, 245 km (152 miles) east of the Finnish capital Helsinki, and 38 km (24 miles) south of Russia's border with Finland, where the Saimaa Canal enters the Gulf of Finland. The most recent census population of Vyborg is 72,530 (2021 census).
Vyborg was founded as a medieval fortress in Finland under Swedish rule during the Third Swedish Crusade. After numerous wars between the Russians and Swedes, the Treaty of Nöteborg in 1323 defined the border of eastern Finland, and would separate the two cultures. Vyborg remained under Swedish rule until it was captured by the Russians during the Great Northern War (1700–1721). Under Russian rule, Vyborg was the seat of Vyborg Governorate until it was incorporated into the newly established Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous part of the Russian Empire. Finland declared its independence from Russia in 1917, after which Vyborg became its second-most significant city after Helsinki, and represented internationally as its most multicultural city. During World War II, Vyborg's population was evacuated and the town was ceded to the Soviet Union. In 2010, Vyborg was conferred the status of "City of Military Glory" by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.
The city hosts the Russian end of the 1,222 km (759 mi) Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, laid in 2011 and operated by a consortium led by Russia's Gazprom state hydrocarbons enterprise to pump 55 billion cubic meters (1.9 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas a year under the Baltic Sea to Lubmin, Germany.
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Within an hour or so of Vyborg: Imatrankoski (51 km).
Vyborg is in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russia, about 14 km from Vysotsk.
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Once the Niagara of Finland and the country's first tourist attraction, the Vuoksi rapids now roar to life at scheduled dam releases on summer evenings, set to music below the castle-like 1903 Imatran Valtionhotelli.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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