Kaustinen, Finland

Finland

Kaustinen, Finland connects to 75 places across 2 topics through 9 Bunkabop connections, with music at the center of nearly all of them. Early in the 20th century, the Kaustinen region became a center of innovation for Pelimanni music, the Finnish form of Nordic folk dance music. The Kaustinen Folk Music Festival anchors the town's reach to Helsinki, Sweden, and places further afield. Finnish folk ensemble Värttinä made its first appearance at the festival in 1985, and in Finnish the Peanuts bird Woodstock is called Kaustinen in reference to the festival.