Postinumero* Postitoimipaikka*????

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Postinumero* Postitoimipaikka*????

Post by scott_rules » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:16 am

Hi I need to fill an application and appears that I need to put the information of:
Postinumero* Postitoimipaikka*
I know that postinumero is the zip code, 5 digits, but what is the other?



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Re: Postinumero* Postitoimipaikka*????

Post by interleukin » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:20 am

Postal place, the town or city.
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Post by Kutittaa » Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:00 pm

http://translate.google.com/#fi|en|Post ... oimipaikka*
Last I checked google translate worked.

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Post by Upphew » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:17 pm

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Post by jahasjahas » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:34 pm

For some nice nitpicking, a postitoimipaikka isn't necessarily the name of the city/municipality. At least within the city of Kotka, the postitoimipaikka for the former kauppala (market town?) of Karhula was "Karhula". That was changed a few years back to "Kotka", but I have no idea whether some of these exceptions still exist.

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Post by Kutittaa » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:56 am

Literally translated it or more-or-less means 'place where post is to be sent'. Meaning suburb if there is one etc. So you wouldn't say 'Helsinki' if you lived in 'Espoo' or something. But I think the OP gets the point.
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Post by Pursuivant » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:24 pm

Its more "village name" in the rural areas, where they used to have a post office namely.
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Post by jahasjahas » Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:09 pm

Kutittaa wrote:So you wouldn't say 'Helsinki' if you lived in 'Espoo' or something.
You won't make many friends in Espoo by claiming that it's a suburb of Helsinki :wink:

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Post by Pursuivant » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:35 am

Espoo used to be a rural county, actually Kauniainen got incorporated a a "town" way before Espoo country hicks were considered an entity. That is of course suburbs of Helsinki such as Pasila, Töölö, and Herttoniemi were "villages".... you need to find yourself a map of Helsinki in 1932... theres a !"#¤% of railways, but the "built-up-area sort of... ends.
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Post by Pursuivant » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:45 am

Are you living in a built-up area or countryside?
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