Jump to content

Yttilä

Coordinates: 61°06′40″N 22°22′36″E / 61.11111°N 22.37667°E / 61.11111; 22.37667
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yttilä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈytːilæ]) is a village in the municipality of Säkylä, in the Satakunta region of Finland.[1][2]

Sepon Kauppa shop and service station in August 2011.

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]
  1. ^ "Havaintoasemat - Ilmatieteen laitos". www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  2. ^ "Yttilä, Finland - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  3. ^ "Finnish War Graves Yttilä - Yttilä - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  4. ^ "Mitä muistat Yttilän kylänraitilla sijainneista kyläkaupoista?" (in Finnish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Twitter post". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  6. ^ "My Summer Car -pelistä tuttu Teimon kauppa löytyy oikeasti Satakunnasta" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-06-23.
[edit]

Yttilä travel guide from Wikivoyage

61°06′40″N 22°22′36″E / 61.11111°N 22.37667°E / 61.11111; 22.37667