Hanko, Finland

Hanko, Finland

Hanko, Finland holds 41 connections with 9503 other places across 14 topics, spanning military history, natural geography, and emigration. The Battle of Gangut between Swedish and Russian navies was fought in 1714 in the archipelago north of the peninsula. Hanko granite went into the Helsinki Central Station and buildings in St. Petersburg, while the city served as the main Finnish port for emigrants bound for North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its strongest co-connected overlap falls with Helsinki, Finland, Russia, and Sweden.