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Olympic Host Cities & Me

Humans arrive in Fennoscandia (Nordic cities and Me supplement two)

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Who were the first humans to populate Fennoscandia and northwest Europe and where did they come from? Believe it or not, until quite recently these questions have been a hotly debated issue among archaeologists that seems to be reaching some …

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Fennoscandia in the time before humans (Nordic cities and Me supplement one)

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Fenno-where-ia? If your memory is acute and you were paying very close attention while reading the post Moscow in the time before humans, you might recognize Fennoscandia as one of the three crustal segments comprising the East European Craton also …

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Some notable happenings of the XV Olympiad Helsinki – 1952 (Nordic cities and Me addendum four)

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Reykjavik, Iceland is the only national capital city farther north than Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki is the northernmost city to host any Olympic Games. Thus, it would be reasonable to ask why Helsinki would host the Summer Games when the Winter …

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Some notable happenings of the V Olympiad – Stockholm 1912 (Nordic cities and Me addendum three)

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I first learned about the 1912 Olympics when I was probably as young as five or six years old. Among my older brother Steve’s favorite movies was a hagiographic biopic starring Burt Lancaster in the title role. That movie was …

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Lillehammer tales chapter five: Remember Sarajevo (Nordic cities and Me)

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From Opening…. For all its success in design and execution, for all the glory of the athletic competition, for all the kindheartedness and generosity of spirit displayed by the Norwegian people, one troubling scene staged a backdrop to these most …

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