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Webcam from Sonkajärvi, Finland - the hometown of World Championship Wifecarrying. By clicking link below you can found livestream webcam.

In the native language of the webcam owner
Webbikamera kuvaa Rutakon raittia pohjoiseen Rutakontien ja Kyröntien risteyksessä. Klikkaamalla linkkiä löytyy reaaliaikainen livestream lähetys.

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Further information about Sonkajärvi

Sonkajärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 4,951 (2005) and covers an area of 1,576.77 km² of which 104.11 km² is water. The population density is 3.4 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Wife Carrying (Finnish akankanto or eukonkanto) is a sport of carrying women. A team has one male and one female, the objective is for the male to carry the female team member through a special obstacle track. The sport was first introduced at Sonkajärvi.There is a stipulation that the woman must be 17 years of age and have a weight of at least 49 kilograms.The track in Sonkanjärvi used annually for the World Championship has a length of about 250 meters. Read more about Sonkajärvi on Wikipedia

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