Yttilä
Appearance
Yttilä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈytːilæ]) is a village in the municipality of Säkylä, in the Satakunta region of Finland.[1][2]
Church
[edit]The village church stands to the north, with the churchyard containing a number of war graves dating back to the Second World War.[3]
Cultural references
[edit]The video game My Summer Car features a fictional village shop named Teimon Kauppa which bears a strong resemblance to former village store Sepon Kauppa (lit. Seppo's Shop; closed in 2014[4]) located in Yttilä. Developer Johannes Rojola confirmed the shop was used as inspiration in 2017.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Havaintoasemat - Ilmatieteen laitos". www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ "Yttilä, Finland - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ "Finnish War Graves Yttilä - Yttilä - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "Mitä muistat Yttilän kylänraitilla sijainneista kyläkaupoista?" (in Finnish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Twitter post". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ "My Summer Car -pelistä tuttu Teimon kauppa löytyy oikeasti Satakunnasta" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-06-23.
External links
[edit]Yttilä travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Yttilän kyläyhdistys ry (in Finnish)
- Yttilä's location at Fonecta
61°06′40″N 22°22′36″E / 61.11111°N 22.37667°E