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Thank you for sharing the link to the photos, Vesa. The video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... qE434_ksZZ. Enjoy!

Henk from the roadside assistance van is preparing a very nice video. Of course, the Finnish breaks are starring prominently in it. It even has your theme song: "Driving towards Helsinki, five thousand miles away / we are the cats, we're sharing the highway / no matter what they say." When it's ...

I am glad that all the Suomalainen CX breaks have made it safely home again!

Branko's CX has been freshly sprayed... and stickered! Just in time for the annual Citroën fair CitroMobile which will be held May 3rd and 4th in Vijfhuizen, close to Amsterdam. His CX will be exhibited there, such that it might convince potential participants and give some exposure to our sponsors ...

Hyvää ilta!
All participants have received a mail about the travel documents and the technical inspection of the CXs. It reads as follows.

Dear participants in the Raid Arctique 2014,

Saturday the 28th of June the Dutch CXs participating in the Raid Arctique 2014 will be subjected to a technical ...

The Nordic character of the Raid Arctique is being strengthened, which is very good for an event with this name. We have just welcomed a team from Norway. Also the Swedish Citroën Club has taken an interest. There might be a "meet and greet" along the route from Kiruna to Göteborg. You'll be kept ...

So far, 12 teams have registered: 7 from Holland, 3 from Finland (!), 1 from Russia and 1 from Luxembourg. All types of CX are represented: berline, Prestige, break, series 1 and series 2. It's going to be a very nice event!

Of course, for those who can only decide later, we will try to reserve ...

Hyvää ilta!
The story about the Raid Arctique 2014 has been picked up by the site "run when parked". They have applied a beautiful lay-out, so please have a look. The title is "Dutch Citroën club re-creating 1974 CX press drive".
Terveisin,
Rens

If I had used my eyes, I would have seen the "pm" button under the avatar. Sitruunapatonki.fi has made sending PMs very easy!

Nice!!! I would like to send you a personal message, but unfortunately I can't find my way around in the Finnish menu. You could send me a personal message with your e-mail address, such that I could e-mail the registration form. Alternatively, you could also ask Kimmo for that form. See you in ...

Hyvää ilta!

We have just posted a few pictures on Citroën-Forum.nl. Jaco Terpstra is a graphic designer, a CX fan and a participant in the Raid Arctique 2014. When he heard about our plans to copy the 1974 stickers, he started laughing, because graphically it was a mess. It took us a while to warm ...

As we are discussing spare parts and surprises that might happen, these gentlemen might come along with us:

http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-ZOY3TODR.jpg

Both are very experienced car mechanics. Yuri (on the left) used to work with the Dutch roadside assistance "Wegenwacht" and ...

Help is always welcome!
Joost and Branko (with whom I have come up with this crazy idea) both are Dutch, but they both have family in Sweden, so they know their way around. They will coordinate the accomodation over there, as well as the ferry from Göteborg to Kiel, for which we have been offered a ...

Now that I have started sharing pictures, please let me share one more:

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This one is showing co-organiser Branko in 2004. Back then, he did a "Raid Arctique" all by himself. This is proof that our plans are not ...

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Above is a picture of Mount Dundret close to Gällivare. Back in 1974 Citroën provided accomodation for the automotive journalists in cabins on this Mount Dundret. Therefore, we would like to start here as well. For Finnish ...

Hyvää päivää,
Please, do net yet bury your dreams. The Raid Arctique 2014 is going to happen! I have sent some documentation to Kimmo, who has promised to translate that into Suomalainen.
Kiitos,
Rens

Well, this is a Finnish forum, so please continue in suomalainen!

Another one, showing the original stickers even better:

A photo from 1974:

Hyvää päyväa,
I am RensKorevaar, one of the organisers of the Raid Arctique 2014. In 1989/1990, I worked for one year at the Suomen suurlähetystö Haagissa, but unfortunately I have forgotten most of the Finnish words I picked up back then. Therefore, please allow me to write in English. Below is an ...