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Seaside Hanko
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Offering some of Finland's finest beaches, genteel Hanko (
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), the coun-
try's southernmost town, has a history intimately connected with Russia. The St
Petersburg gentry for whom it was a favoured summering place have left a noble
legacy of achingly lovely wooden villas, while the area saw heavy fighting in WWII
when it was occupied by Russia and locals forced to evacuate. Today the long
sandy peninsula is all about yachts and sandcastles rather than gunboats and
trenches and makes a great place to relax.
