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by tpmx 975 days ago
As an example: 10k years ago during the last major ice age, Stockholm was 150 meters below the current sea level. The land is springy...

(https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landh%C3%B6jningen_i_Stockholm - use Google Translate.)

In 2009 a dock needed to lowered by 0.5 meters to keep up with the land rise.

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AFAIK there's not the same phenomena in Helsinki. Is it so much less springy across the gulf ?
Seems odd...