Riku Rantala (born 20 July 1974) is a
Finnish journalist
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Roles
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, best known from traveling series
Madventures. He has also co-written a book, ''Isänmaan asialla - matkaopas syrjäytettyjen Suomeen'' (
Johnny Kniga, 2004), with
Ari Lahdenmäki. In 2007, Rantala,
Lahdenmäki and
Tuomas "Tunna" Milonoff, the 2nd of Madventures' presenters, published ''Madventures: Kansainvälisen seikkailijan opas'' (
Johnny Kniga, 2007). The book is a guidebook for new travelers and gives advice and insight into the world of
backpacking.
Rantala has studied
journalism
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in the
University of Tampere
The University of Tampere (UTA) (, ) was a public university in Tampere, Finland that was merged with Tampere University of Technology to create the new Tampere University on 1 January 2019.
The university offered undergraduate, postgraduate an ...
.
Awards
In 2010, Riku Rantala was selected as the best male TV-person in the Kultainen TV (literally Golden TV) awards. In the same event, Madventures won the award for best television program.
Both awards were decided in a vote by television viewers.
In 2012 the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland awarded Rantala and Milonoff for advancing the geographical and global knowledge especially among the young people.
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External links
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1974 births
People from Hamina
Finnish journalists
University of Tampere alumni
Living people