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It's a sign of spring when fairgrounds start doing their things here in Finland. I visited two of the three major ones with my good friend. First up was the smaller one called Tivoli Seiterä, which was visiting my hometown Riihimäki in the beginning of April. As you will discover, fairground business here is tiny compared to ones abroad, but IMO they do the trick well. The second one was the largest fairground in Finland, Suomen Tivoli (which conveniently translates to Fairground of Finland) in the city of Järvenpää. Not very large either, but still has two rollercoasters and the best flat ride in southern Finland! Single rides cost 3 euros in both fairgrounds, but the latter one has a wristband at 28 euros, so it was a no-brainer to buy the wristband.

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Overview of Tivoli Seiterä

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Overview of Tivoli Seiterä part 2: the return of the son's revenge

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Underneath the skirt of Love Machine aka Super Waltzer

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Your everyday Scrambler and ejector-filled Grazy Dance in the background.

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No, that's not a credit. Therefore we didn't ride it. Crazy Palace -funhouse and Super Waltzer in the back.

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Something artsy or something fail-ish. You decide. This concludes Tivoli Seiterä, the start of my every season since 2000.

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We see you flashy bling-bling gate!

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Still outside the free-to-enter area, but not for long!

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A credit!

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First drop goodness! It actually felt like something in the back.

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Well I say, this one's a mess of steel!

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Lift hill enthusiasts galore!

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Final helix. Also delivered some fractions of G's :)

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Proof of quality right there.

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They ran it with two laps, which was nice.

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Park index love ;)

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Running out of clever captions already...

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Tissue, anyone? :p

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Another credit! But we weren't whore-ish enough to actually ride it, right?

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No. Us dirty dirty whores...

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But we had fun. It kinda shows in this photo, right?

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POV!

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There's only one thing to make bad things even worse and there it is. TRIM!

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Hope you aren't out of tissues yet.

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There was also a small funhouse. I liked it :)

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Sombrero. It was quite a good ride surprisingly.

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That's one huge kick-a$$ wheel!

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But we didn't ride it, so no overview photos this time :(

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This scrambler span like crazy! I think I still have bruises.

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More Index luv.

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No, that's not an optical illusion. The track does actually tilt. It gives a nice twist, altough other than that this ride was kinda meh.

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Something we didn't ride. Probably even had a weight limit of like 50 kilos :p

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This ride would have been cool, if the music played wasn't evergreens :?r

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Moar index luv means moar typos.

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Random shot. BUT the booth that says Lipunmyynti has lockers

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I was expecting much from this beauty. I wasn't disappointed ;)

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Very photogenic.

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See what I mean?

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Pure beauty. My current desktop image BTW.

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Random shot 2.

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Random shot 3.

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Okay, this is the last random one, I promise.

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This ride is the KING! It totally blew both of our minds!

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It was surreal with the loud music, lights, strobo-lights and everyone lying on the walls in a mess of feet and arms! Pure awesomeness! Totally made this trip worth it!

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Let's end this with a photo of us. That's me on the left.

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Nice photos! I've never been to a fair outside the U.S., so it's interesting to see a Eurofair! Half pipe looked like a neat ride and reminded me of the concept art for Vekomas Big Air, but on a smaller scale.

 

What does 'tivoli' mean? It's in a bunch of fairs' and parks' names, so I thought I would ask so not to make a fool of myself.

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All pictures looks really beautiful and thanks for sharing. It is really worthwhile place and every tour is pleasurable. You spent here really valuable time and there are really huge rides assortment. Every ride is really superb and my son really loves all of them.

 

Best Regards,

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What does 'tivoli' mean? It's in a bunch of fairs' and parks' names, so I thought I would ask so not to make a fool of myself.

Tivoli means 'fairground' or 'funfair' in Finnish.

 

Thanks for all the nice comments! I will also do a TR of Särkänniemi including the new MotoGee as soon as I get there, as it opens today.

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