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What there is to see and do?
- Take a steam train to Jokioinen station and then a ride on a trailor of a historic tractor to Jokioinen market on Saturday or on a guided tour to Jokioinen estates on Sunday. Timetables...
- Take a steam train On Humppila–Minkiö–Jokioinen -line Timetables...
- Take a steam locomotive cab ride Between Minkiö and Salminen, non-stop departures at Minkiön Sa-Su from 11 o'clock until 17 o'clock.
- Take a look at old time steam engines and stationary petrol engines at the Minkiö station machine fields and watch work demonstrations. Engines are powering eg. circular saw and threshing machine. A steam roller is running around depot area. More about engines...
- Take a look at old automobiles at the festival grounds.
- For the smallest of the family there is a children's ground where you can see model railways and miniature steam engines.
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Eat snacks and have a coffee at the snack area and enjoy your own picknick at the picknick ground next to Minkiö station.
The program for 2011
Minkiö Steam Festival
The festival grounds are open on Saturday and Sunday on July 30 and 31 from 11.00 to 17.00.
Saturday 30.7.
11.00 The gates of festival ground open
11.15 Opening ceremony (The Minkiö Steam Festival 2011 will be declared open with a quire of steam wisthles)
Along the day: Differrent steam machines are running, the Vanha Savotta timber jack show, the oldest running steam locomotive in Finland -H.K. Porter is pulling a train and carring people around the festival ground, and small scale steam engines and trains on the children's area.
Train to a market: Take a steam train to Jokioinen station and then a tractor trailer ride to Jokioinen estates and the market over there with lot of differrent kind of program.
17.00 The festival closes for the night. The gates of festival ground are closed.
Sunday 31.7.
11.00 The gates of the festival ground open
Along the day: Differrent steam machines are running, the Vanha Savotta timber jack show, the oldest running steam locomotive in Finland -H.K. Porter is pulling a train and carring people around the festival ground, and small scale steam engines and trains on the children's area.
Train to Jokioinen estates: Take a steam train to Jokioinen station and then a guided tractor trailer ride to Jokioinen estates and surrounding parks.
17.00 The festival gates will close.
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