A look at Minigolf Taivallahti in Helsinki, Finland.
Many thanks to my friend, minigolf rival and team-mate Kevin Moseley for sending over some snaps of these two miniature golf courses he spotted on his recent trip to Helsinki, Finland.
Minigolf Taivallahti in Helsinki, Finland
Minigolf Taivallahti in Helsinki, Finland
The two courses can be found at Minigolf Taivallahti.
Did you know there's a minigolf obstacle called Käse? It can be found on Eternit Miniature Golf courses.
The Käse obstacle on the Kelsey Park Mini Golf course in Beckenham
The official name of the obstacle / lane is "Schrager kreis mit hindernis" (Oblique circle with obstacle). Sometimes the obstacle is "schrager kreis mit niere" (oblique circle with kidney).
Miniaturegolf / Miniaturgolf courses (also known as Eternit / Eternite) are a type of course made using a thin concrete material. Courses consist of 18 holes made from a selection of 28 standardised designs.
Checking in the Overview for Beginners to Miniaturgolf booklet, the Käse obstacle is "erstaunlicherweise eher im norden verbreitet" (surprisingly more common in the north of Germany).
We don't have too many Eternit Miniature Golf courses here in the UK and some of those that do exist have been modified over the years.
Miniature Golf course at Cae Glas Park in Oswestry
We have played two Schrager kreis mit hindernis holes where the obstacle was Käse. One was at Cae Glas Park in Oswestry, Shropshire, the other was in Kelsey Park in Beckenham, Greater London.
We've been to 956 miniature golf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006. 917 of those have been in the British Isles, while 39 have been in eleven overseas countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and the USA.
A revisit to the Cae Glas Park Crazy Golf course in Oswestry, Shropshire.
There aren't too many 'Eternit' Miniature Golf courses here in the UK and some of those that do exist have been modified over the years.
One of the best examples is at Cae Glas Park in Oswestry.
We first played the course in 2009 and returned to compete on it during the Oswestry Games in 2012. It was the 149th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
It was nice to have a game on it again earlier this week. Even if it started tipping it down as soon as we teed-off.
The 18-hole layout is still in great condition and there are some nice ace opportunities.
The course only costs £1.30 for adults / 50p for children to play! Unbelievable value.
Cae Glas Park is a superb setting and right in the town centre.
We're looking forward to playing it more in the future.
Night minigolf at the Play4Score miniature golf course in Riga, Latvia.
Check out this video of the recent night minigolf event at the Play4Score miniature golf course in Riga, Latvia.
It's certainly a unique location and I love the look of the light up golf balls used. I've played a number of indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf courses, but haven't played night minigolf yet.
A look at the Miniature Golf course at Cae Glas Park in Oswestry.
On this day in 2012 we were in Oswestry, Shropshire for The Oswestry Games multi-sports festival.
We first visited the Cae Glas Park Miniature Golf course at the end of our road-trip around Wales in 2009. It was the last course we played on the trip and the first one after crossing the border back into England.
It's one of the few Eternit type of miniature golf courses in the UK.
We had a brilliant time in the Oswestry as part of the Oslympics. We met some great people, put on some fun coaching sessions and played in two excellent competitions.
The Oswestry Games minigolf team - from l-r Emily Gottfried, Ruth Burke, Steve Sturdy, Richard Gottfried, Marc Chapman, John Moore
We were also bronze medalists in the Oswestry Games pub quiz at the Cricket Club.
We're looking forward to revisiting Oswestry and playing the course again in the future.
A look back at our visit to the Kelsey Park minigolf course in Beckenham, Kent.
We visited the Championship Miniature Golf course at Kelsey Park in Beckenham back in March 2013.
The 18-hole layout is one of the few Eternit-type Miniature Golf courses more commonly found in Continental Europe.
The course has had a number of modifications made to it. For a start it's not normally covered in felt. And the pyramid obstacles usually appear on hole (lane) 1
A look at the Eternit Miniature Golf course at Cae Glas Park in Oswestry.
There aren't too many Eternit Miniature Golf courses here in the UK and some of those that do exist have been modified over the years.
One of the best examples is at Cae Glas Park in Oswestry, Shropshire.
We first visited the course at the end of our road-trip around Wales in 2009. It was the last course we played on the trip and the first one after crossing the border back into England.
We returned in 2012 to run the minigolf events at the Oswestry Games, aka the Oslympics.
We had a marvellous time in the town as part of the sports festival. We met some great people, delivered some fun coaching sessions and competed in two superb tournaments. We were also bronze medalists in the Oswestry Games pub quiz at the Cricket Club.
When it's safe to do so we'll head over to Oswestry to see what the course is like now.
Photos of the 18-hole Miniature Golf course (2012).