Photo of home town York appears on karaoke machine in Arctic Circle when friend sings Finnish song!
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My girlfriend & I are currently on holiday in Finland visiting her parents (my girlfriend is Finnish). Over the weekend we took a 1500KM round trip North to visit a friend in Rovaniemi (the "official home of Santa" & boarder of the Arctic Circle). Last night we went to a karaoke bar in the city. We could not believe what we saw when the lyrics to the Finnish song our friend sang appeared on a large screen with a background photo of my home town in England, York!
I guess these karaoke machines are fairly standardized and this photo (a popular tourist shot taken from the City walls looking towards York Minster) probably appears on many such machines but it was still very bizarre!
Date submitted:Sun, 02 Aug 2015 19:33:22 +0000Coincidence ID:8185
