Ok, the first Nordic Geo Oddity I will present is actually partly in Russia! The tripoint between Norway, Finland and Russia. Now what's so special about this place? It's not only the most northern point where three countries meet, but also the only place in the world (except for the North Pole and South Pole) where three time zones meet. This would make a tricky quiz question... Anyway, the oddity occurs mostly because Norway uses one time for the whole country even though the northern parts extend to the same longitude as Istanbul! Finland in the south is one hour ahead of Norway, while Russia (at the tripoint) is even one hour ahead of Finland. Because is so far to the north, it doesn't take that much to cross the time zones.


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