Sunrise Avenue Paper Chase

Welcome to the Italian city *Verona*, the place where ROMEO and Juliette fell in love and fought for their love ´til the end.

(C)

FIGHT ´TIL DYING is also the motto of a song from the album *On The Way To Wonderland*
This song has a special meaning for the band. Have a look at the following video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3-EU_F-RXg&translated=1

Find out where this Ice Hockey game took place. Here´s a little hint. The date of the game was the 12th May 2007.

WELCOME TO MY LIFE

I am a simple girl, who grew up in the little village called *Hetzdorf* near Dresden.

*You see it is not easy
But I am doing all right*

Everyone has to fight against the issues of everyday life. And so I also try to manage it day after day. Just because of the music of Sunrise Avenue am I able to get along easier. This music makes my life complete.

*Welcome to my dream*

My dream is to meet Sunrise Avenue someday to thank them for the wonderful songs they have made and they will continue to make in the future.

*It´s the only one who needs me
And stays right by my side

welcome to my wonderland*


Solution sentence:

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(Watch the video for the right solution!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQg6F8RPb5A

Welcome to the amazing geyseres of *Haukadalur*. The Strokkur erupts regularly,approximately every 5 to 10 minutes. So it was easy to film the eruption of the geysere while the guys were performing NOT AGAIN for their video.

(IA)

Next stop:
Now you can prove your chemical knowledge. :) Carbon is a chemical element, of which several forms exis: graphite, amorphous carbon and a third one. It´s also a song title of Sunrise Avenue. You know the song?! Then go to the region where you can find this form of carbon. (The flag at the bottom will help you!)

Here, in the wonderful city of *Vienna*, is the Hofburg Imperial Palace located, the home of Sissi and her emperor Franz. Their story seems to be a fairytale.

(E)

*I know the way to something much higher
Keep it inside me
I know the way to touch the sky.*

. . . are the lyrics of the song IT AIN´T THE WAY
Go to the place where you can touch the sky!

Welcome to *South Africa*! With a little luck you can find DIAMONDS here.

(MA)

Our travel goes on . . .

At the bottom of the page you will find two pictures that reveal the next song title. Think about the lyrics. Which other animal appears in the lyrics and where does this animal live?

Welcome to *BADen Baden*.

(EA)

THE WHOLE STORY was the first released single from the new album. Where did Samu write this song?! He told it in the interview *Countdown of PopGasm*.

Welcome to the university town *Jena*, my current home and the place where my story of Sunrise Avenue began.
In 2007 I played *Sing Star* for the first time with my friends here. The first song I had to perform was FAIRYTALE GONE BAD. But this wasn´t the only time. At every *Sing- Star- Night* I had to sing that song, again and again. :) So I fell in love with the songs from Sunrise Avenue.

That´s the reason why Jena is the start of the hunt.


Think of the song which was released a few months ago. (A little audition see bottom of the page.) Do you know where the video for the song was shot?! Go to this city!

Now you are in *Siberia*, the homeland of Mommy Tiger and Daddy Tiger, the headliners of BIRDS AND BEES.

(D)

*We don´t know wonderland
We don´t know how to get there
We will keep on searching for the way
We dream all the way*

. . . is vocalised in WONDERLAND.
A little girl called Alice falls down a rabbit hole and reaches to this special place, wonderland. *Alice in Wonderland* is a novel written by the English author Lewis Carrol. Find out where he lived. This will be our next stop.

*Oxford* , the city of dreaming spires, is the home of Lewis Carrol, the author of *Alice in Wonderland*.

(DI)

One of his fellow countryman, an English poet and dramatist wrote very significant plays.
The audition will help you to find out which drama I mean. Which city is the setting of this story?

A sensational turn of events, when the Finnish National Ice Hockey Team won against the Russian Team at the 12th May 2007 in *Moscow* with the score 3:2. FIGHT TIL DYING. They made it come true.

(TE)

The guys started their concerts of the PopGasm-Tour with the song RISING SUN.
Go to the point, where you can have the first *look at the rising sun*, when a new day breaks.

Welcome to the Millenium Island at *Kiribati*. Kiribati is the easternmost country of the world and that is the reason why a lot of people came there during the turn of the millennium to witness the RISING SUN.

(D)

KISS´N`RUN tells us a story about a guy who isn´t *made for kiss and run*.
But Alfred Wolfram is made for kiss and run and so he set a world record. He was able to kiss 8001 women in 8 hours. :) Find out where it took place!

Welcome to the little town of *New Brighton* in Minnesota, where the KISS´N´RUN world record was set.

(T)

The second single Sunrise Avenue released in Germany was FOREVER YOURS. Watch the *Making of* of the video (You´ll find it on myvideo.de). Go to the wonderful place, where it was made.

The coast of southern Spain near *Màlaga* was the setting for FOREVER YOURS.

(O)

I think the band had a really SUNNY DAY there.
If you are thinking at any time:
*Hey, I really need a sunny day,
Hey, I need the heat to come my way*, then I can warmly recommend going on holidays at the next stop. It´s also called the island of the sun, because Zeus gave this island to Helios, the sun god.By the way: I think Samu was also advised to go there, because he spent his holidays there before the tour.

*Rhodes* the island of the sun and my second home. ;) You have to go there. I guarantee you that you will find more than a SUNNY DAY there.

(S)

But not all places in the world enjoy the excellent reputation of having summer weather most of the year.
Listen to the audition and go to the place of the missing title.

*Munkkiniemi* is a part of the wonderful city of Helsinki, the home of Sunrise Avenue. The translation of the Finnish name is MONK BAY.

(U)

*I was raised by this town* describes Samu fittingly. This sentence is part of the lyrics of a song that was used as the theme song for a German TV- Show. This show wasn´t originally produced in Germany but in . . . (Go there!)

*The Netherlands* - The land of tulips, cheese and Big Brother. CHOOSE TO BE ME was used by the producers for the 8th season of Big Brother in Germany.

(N)

The Netherlands are also a good football nation. Football - a good keyword.
In 6-0 a guy wants to win a battle for a woman against other guys reaching this score.
The score 6:0 is also the highest score of Finland women´s national football team they´ve ever made. The game against the national team of Philippines took place in 1989 in the stadion of . . . ?

*Xiamen* the city where the Finnish women´s national football team won against the Philippines 6-0

(RI)

You made it until here?! Wow!!! More than a half is done until you reach the destination.
Lets go on!


SAIL AWAY WITH ME is also a song from the new album. During the interview for the Countdown of PopGasm* (watch the video at youtube!) Samu tells us that it sounds a little bit like a song from another rock band. Find out where this band comes from?

*Hanna* is a town in Alberta, Canada, where the band Nickelback comes from. That´s the band that influenced the sound of SAIL AWAY WITH ME.

(S)

Listen to the next audition. What´s the title of this song? This word appears twice in a song title of Chisu (finnish singer) and this is also the name of a German city. Go there for the next step!

Welcome to *Gothenburg* , the birthplace of THE WHOLE STORY.

(V)

As everyone knows, Sweden is one of the few countries which is governed by a king and queen.
To be a princess and to find a lovely prince is a fairytale little girls want to come true, when they DREAM LIKE A CHILD.
Such a dream also came true for the girl Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, better known as *Sissi*. Where does she live with her husband Franz Joseph I.?

The *Himalayas* is the highest mountain range in the world. Nowhere else are you closer to heaven than here.

(NU)

Listen to the audition! Which song is it? Keep the title in mind.
Now take the name of the new Keyboarder. Mix these two words by keeping the number of letters (only one word) and changing only 2 letters. You will get the name of a city. Go there!

Welcome to *Oslo*, not only the capital of Norway,but also a city in Florida, USA and of course the solution of the word-mix Osmo and ONLY.

(E)

It´s nearly done. Go to the last missing location!

Wunderbare Karte, danke.