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Ypsilon

Joined 19 August 2012
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We share with the beasts a craving for sameness and a gregariousness which makes us desire the company of people of our own age, sex, race, creed, political conviction, class and taste. But it is exclusively human to have a thirst for diversity, i.e., to be happy in the company of those who are different from us in every respect, as well as to travel, to enjoy other foods, hear other tunes, see other plants, beasts, and landscapes. — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

I'm quite busy for the time being, will still keep WV:Discover running, and updating Wikivoyage:Destination of the month candidates as needed, but probably won't have time for much else.

Miscellaneous info

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  • Wikivoyager from Vantaa, Finland since 2006 (back then on that other site of course).
  • So far I've visited 36 countries and territories on all six populated continents, including a quick circumnavigation of the globe in March-April 2013. However as a kid I've also been on countless almost month-long RV trips around Europe and set my foot in pretty much every European country except the Balkan countries and a couple others.
  • Long-term wishlist: Trans Siberian (sadly impossible in practice for the foreseeable future...), Machu Picchu, the remaining European countries, Hong Kong, island-hopping in the Caribbean, return to the land of Oz, plus a lot more.
  • I don't want to be an admin because I'm way too lazy. :P
  • In w:particle physics the capital Greek letter Υ denotes an Upsilon particle. Note that the symbol should always look like in order to avoid confusion with a Latin Y denoting the hypercharge. Wikipedia

Travels

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Both the design of the flag box and the basic idea of the extreme points are shamelessly pirated from Sertmann's user page.

Visited

Just seen from a distance/plane

Extreme locations

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Longest legs without flying

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ModeOperatorRouteDistance
TrainVR Helsinki- Kolari995 km
BusGold Line Ivalo- Rovaniemi288 km
FerryFinnlines Helsinki- Travemünde1132 km

Top 10 longest flights

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RankOperatorPlane typeRouteDistance
10Scandinavian737 AGP- ARN3018 km
9American757 JFK- LAS3618 km
8American777 LHR- JFK5554 km
7Qantas380 SIN- SYD6289 km
6American767 DFW- LHR7644 km
5British747 LAX- LHR8780 km
4Korean/Air France747/777 CDG- ICN/ ICN- CDG8950 km
3Finnair340 HEL- SIN9271 km
2Air France777 CDG- EZE/ EZE- CDG11075 km
1Qantas747 SYD- LAX12051 km
shortestLufthansa ? STR- FRA157 km

Projects, i.e. Ypspeditions

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Babel user information
sv-N Den här användaren har svenska som modersmål.
fi-4 Tämä käyttäjä osaa suomea melkein äidinkielen tavoin.
en-3 This user has advanced knowledge of English.
de-3 Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch auf hohem Niveau.
it-1 Quest'utente può contribuire con un livello elementare in italiano.
fr-1 Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances de base en français.
ru-1 Этот участник владеет русским языком на начальном уровне.
es-1 Esta persona tiene un conocimiento básico del español.
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City Guides

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From Wikivoyage_talk:Destination_of_the_month_candidates/Archive#A_guide_is_a_guide_is_a_guide


"Myself I'm very careful with upgrading articles to guide. These are my own guidelines, and they've worked well so far: For large cities the minimum requirements would be a decent description of the city's history, culture and climate, all "normal" ways for getting in and around, 20 See listings (or 30 See and Do combined) and 20 places in each of Eat, Drink and Sleep (eat and sleep pricified and something in each price class). Buy is for some reason always hard to find meaningful listings for, so a good explanation of where to find shops plus some interesting local things to buy (if there are any) is enough. Overall, all sections with listings should have a paragraph of descriptive text too, if possible. Towards the end precautions for staying safe and healthy, plus ideas where to Go next. There are four sections that are hard to fill; Learn, Work, Connect and Cope, and I don't think it's that bad to leave them empty. Finally, the article should have a banner, a dynamic map and POI coordinates. Smaller cities (articles using the small city template) have somewhat easier criteria. Most notably they don't need to have as many listings, and the Understand section doesn't need to be as extensive. --ϒpsilon (talk) 16:14, 30 March 2015 (UTC)"

Uploads

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Photos taken and uploaded by me are "licensed" under Public Domain. You're welcome to use them for any purpose, be it commercial or non-commercial. No attribution or anything else needed. The same goes for maps and banners insofar it's possible; when making banners I always favor Public Domain photos. Really, the only case when something I upload isn't PD is when I've made a change to someone else's static map.

For inspiration and information

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  • Special:Random - click to draw a random WV page
  • Flightradar24 - The planes above you right now, who knows if some Voyager is on board? Includes cockpit view in four directions and all sorts on interesting real time data. Also real time departures and arrivals for airports. Warning: addicting!
  • Marinetraffic - If you live near the sea; the ships that are nearby right now. Again, who knows if some Voyager is on board one of them?
  • Google Earth - The world in 3D. But they don't have any WV icons...
  • NASA World Wind - The little known competitor of Google Earth.
  • Great Circle Mapper - Flight distances etc.
  • Time and date - and weather and sunset/rise and much more interesting from different places in the world.
  • Climate data - average temperature and precipitation, in the case we haven't added it to the article you're reading.
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