Well I'm sure when it's on in Australia but in this season of 'The Amazing Race' they go not only to Finland but to my little town (it has about 50,000 people). The episode was just on TV in Finland last week. In the show they came to Helsinki and then had to drive to Lohja and find Tytyri mine to complete a challenge.
The Tytyri mine museum is situated in the original site of the mine which opened in 1956 and still in operation. At the moment about 20 men work, 350 metres down mining limestone.
We needed a group to go so i went with my parents, my brother Teemu and his girlfriend Jenni, Mamma (my grandmother) and her boyfriend Eikka. When we got there we donned hard hats and got into a van for an exciting (and slightly scary) drive down a steep and winding road to where the mine is, 110 metres below see level. In the museum there is a display of many mining vehicles and machines as well as a huge open cavern about 100 metres wide and deep.
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