In the nearly 90-year history of the Lahti Ski Games, the fireworks seen on Saturday night have become one of the highlights of the event.

The goal of establishing the games was to hold a Finland competition similar to the Holmenkollen Ski Festival.

From the large covered stands the attendees can see the skiers, first at the top of the hill on the opposite side, after a couple seconds with viewing blocked they then come out of a part of the surrounding woods, down a slope which ends in a dangerous left turn, and now the skiers are inside the stadium with the long U-turn to the finish just below the covered stand.

At maximum capacity, close to 100,000 people can watch the end of the races inside the stadium.

Within Nordic Skiing Lahti feels something like what old Wembley Stadium was during an FA Cup Final.

At the first Lahti Ski Games only Finnish competitors attended the event, but it was still a success.

It was time to develop marketing for the event and as a result additions to the program of the games were made in order create more entertainment value.

Nowadays the station is replaced merely by a halt, which no longer has regular train traffic.

The games have only been cancelled three times: first in 1930 because of the lack of snow and in 1940 due to the Winter War.

However, it wasn’t until 1971 that the live televising was extended to cover footage also straight from the skiing tracks.

Results of the 2013 games: Germany 4-0-0, Norway 1-6-4, Poland 1-0-1, Sweden and USA 1-0-0, Japan 0-1-2, Kazakhstan 0-1-0, Slovakia 0-0-1.

In the early years accommodation was hard to come by and as a result schools were turned into lodging, while the local students were given a holiday.

They ended in the 1980s, but restaurants and nightclubs still draw the public in for a nice nightlife experience after the games.