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{{short description|District and a beach in Pori, Finland}}
[[File:YBF 2010 - Bikini Bar perjantaina.jpg|thumb|Yyteri Beach]]
'''Yyteri''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈyːˌteri|lang}}; {{langx|sv|Ytterö}})<ref>{{cite web| url= https://kaino.kotus.fi/svenskaortnamn/?a=abc&b=Y | title= Svenska ortnamn i Finland | publisher= Institutet för de inhemska språken | access-date= August 5, 2022 | language = sv}}</ref> is a district and a beach in the city of [[Pori]], Finland. It is located about {{convert|17|km|mi}} from the centre, bordering the [[Baltic Sea]]. The distance from [[Helsinki]] to Yyteri is about {{convert|260|km|mi}} and it takes more than three hours to get there by car mainly along [[Finnish national road 2|Highway 2]]. Yyteri is not an urban district, instead it is mostly like a [[holiday resort]].
==Yyteri Beach==
Yyteri is famous for its beach, which stretches for about six kilometres. It is very popular among both local people and people from elsewhere in Finland. The beach is one of the longest in Finland and all of Nordic countries, and has also many distinctive dunes. The dune area is unique in Europe because of its size.
There was a unisex [[nudism|nudist]] area in the centre of the beach, which was a few hundred metres wide, one of only two in the entire country in Finland; however, it was closed due to complaints from concerned parents in April 2021.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11870948 | title= Pori sulkee Yyterin nakurannan – lapsiperheet järkyttyneet "lieveilmiöistä" | work= [[Yle]] | date= April 6, 2021 | access-date= August 5, 2022 | language = fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000007902523.html | title= Pori lakkautti Yyterin nakurannan – surullinen naturisti-johtaja sanoo "lapsen menevän pesuveden mukana" | work= [[Ilta-Sanomat]] | date= April 6, 2021 | access-date= August 5, 2022 | language = fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11905694 | title= Naturistit saivat häädön Yyteristä, mutta etsinnässä on uusi paikka – Porin kaupunki miettii nyt, missä voisi loikoilla ja myös uida alasti | work= [[Yle]] | date= April 28, 2021 | access-date= August 5, 2022 | language = fi}}</ref> In 1965 [[Rolling Stones]] played their first ever Finnish concert in Yyteri.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.hs.fi/sunnuntai/art-2000002996596.html | title= Rollareiden vierailu huipensi Yyterin huimat twist-vuodet | work= [[Helsingin Sanomat]] | date= July 29, 1990 | access-date= August 5, 2022 | language = fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-8059317 | title= Rolling Stones säväytti Yyterissä 50 vuotta sitten – olitko paikalla? | work= [[Yle]] | date= June 9, 2015 | access-date= August 5, 2022 | language = fi}}</ref>
==Other interests==
As well as the beach, Yyteri also has a [[destination spa|spa]],<ref>{{cite web| url= https://virkistyshotelli.fi/en/home/ | title= Home - Virkistyshotelli | work= Yyteri Virkistyshotelli | access-date= August 5, 2022 | language = en}}</ref> hotels and a restaurant. An 18-hole golf course is located in the Yyteri area and there are also many other outdoor activities including surfing, beach volley, riding and over {{convert|30|km|mi}} of hiking routes.
Bus routes operate daily between Yyteri and the centre of Pori.
The well-being of Yyteri's local [[pine]]trees is threatened by ''Acantholyda posticalis'', the control of which is being tested with [[Nematode|roundworms]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-5331666 | title= Miljardit madot pelastamaan Yyterin metsiä | work= [[Yle]] | date= March 25, 2011 | access-date= August 5, 2022 | language = fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-5449566 | title= Matokuurista löytyi apu Yyterin metsätuhoihin | work= [[Yle]] | date= November 8, 2011 | access-date= August 5, 2022 | language = fi}}</ref>
[[File:Yyteri1.jpg|center|thumb|1200px|Panorama picture of Yyteri Beach]]
==See also==
* [[Kaanaa]]
* [[Mäntyluoto]]
* [[Kalajoki Beach]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Yyteri}}
*[http://www.yyteri.fi/ Official webpages of Yyteri]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTmmyvEhbPw The Rolling Stones in Yyteri at YouTube]
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[[Category:Pori]]
[[Category:Beaches of Finland]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Satakunta]]
[[Category:Landforms of Satakunta]]
[[Category:Nude beaches]]
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