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((short description|Fictional town in The Flintstones))
((DISPLAYTITLE:Bedrock (''The Flintstones'')))
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((Infobox fictional location
| name       = Bedrock
| image      = Bedrock_skyline_season1.jpg
| imagesize  = 250px
| caption    = Bedrock at night, as seen in the closing credits of the first two seasons of ''[[The Flintstones]].''
| first      = "The Flintstone Flyer" September 30, 1960
| source     = [[The Flintstones]]
| creator    = [[Hanna-Barbera]]
| genre      = [[Animated sitcom]]
| type       = City
| locations  = Slate Rock and Gravel<br />The Loyal Order of Water Buffalos
| people     = [[Fred Flintstone]]<br />[[Wilma Flintstone]]<br />[[Barney Rubble]]<br />[[Betty Rubble]]<br />[[Pebbles Flintstone]]<br />[[Bamm Bamm Rubble]]<br />[[Dino (The Flintstones)|Dino]]<br />[[Baby Puss]]<br />[[Hoppy (The Flintstones)|Hoppy]]
))
'''Bedrock''' is the [[fictional city|fictional town]], set in the [[prehistoric]] time-period, where the characters of the [[animation|animated]] television series '''''[[The Flintstones]]''' reside''.<ref>((cite news|title= The Flintstones' 50th anniversary: 15 things you don't know|work= Daily Telegraph |date=2010-09-30|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8034627/The-Flintstones-50th-anniversary-15-things-you-dont-know.html|accessdate=2010-10-01|location=London|first=Heidi|last=Blake| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101001144249/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8034627/The-Flintstones-50th-anniversary-15-things-you-dont-know.html| archivedate= 1 October 2010 | url-status= live))</ref>

==Size==
The first two seasons' opening credits of the original ''Flintstones'' series state that Bedrock's population is only 2,500 people (growing temporarily to 30,000 people in a dream sequence in an episode in the [[The Flintstones (season 6)|sixth-season]] entitled ''Rip Van Flintstone''). Bedrock is generally presented as a medium-sized [[United States|American]] city, but with a "prehistoric" twist. For instance, [[sauropod]] dinosaurs are seen being used as cranes at the town's most well-known employer, ''Slate Rock and Gravel'' (also known as ''Rockhead and Quarry Cave Construction Company'' in the series' earlier episodes).

==Features==
The climate of Bedrock can not be resolutely determined due to differing portrayals over the course of Flintstones' history. Palm trees and [[Cycads]] suggest a warm climate, yet episodes and movies set at [[Christmas]] time depicted plenty of [[snow]].<ref name="christmas">"[[Christmas Flintstone]]," ''The Flintstones'', season 5</ref> Sometimes the wilderness on Bedrock's outskirts is depicted to be [[desert]]-like, whereas at other times it is shown as a [[Tropics|tropical]]/[[Subtropics|subtropical]] jungle (as shown in the opening scenes of the theatrical animated movie ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'').

The people of Bedrock are shown as friendly yet quirky citizens. The denizens of Bedrock have a strong sense of civic spirit and are shown to participate in various charities, [[parade]]s, and so forth. The city is home to a number of [[service organization]]s, the best known of which is the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos, which counts among its membership [[Fred Flintstone]] and [[Barney Rubble]].<ref>"The Beauty Contest," ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref>

===Law and government===
A [[Police Department|police department]] is present in the city, with Fred and Barney members as part-time [[police officer]]s for some time.<ref name="comedyshow" />

Bedrock also has a volunteer [[fire department]] that is played for laughs due to the uselessness of such a service in a city of stone buildings. Instead, its members use it as an excuse to create a [[social club]].<ref>"Arthur Quarry's Dance Class," ''The Flintstones'', season 1</ref> The concreteness of its fire department wavers like other aspects of the town, with several episodes featuring a more traditional full-time firefighting service.

A military presence is also near the town, with Fred and [[Barney Rubble]] being stationed at Camp Millstone Army Base after mistakenly inducted into the [[United States Army|Army]].<ref>"The Astr'nuts," ''The Flintstones'', season 1</ref>

Bedrock's [[Local government|city government]] plays a role in ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'' episode ''Mayor May Not'', where [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]] becomes the city's temporary student [[mayor]] for a week.

Regarding [[Health system|health care]], Bedrock has the Bedrock Hospital, where Pebbles was born.<ref>"The Blessed Event" (also called "Dress Rehearsal"), ''The Flintstones'', season 3</ref><ref>"Her Name is Pebbles," ''TV Guide'', February 22, 1963 issue</ref>

===Media===
For a fictional town its size, Bedrock was shown to have sizeable concentration of media. Several [[Radio broadcasting|radio stations]] (one of which has the [[call letters]] ''BDRX''((Citation needed|date=January 2013))), [[television station]]s, and [[newspaper]]s were depicted. One of the TV stations is an [[Network affiliate|affiliate]] of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (the ''Abbadabba Broadcasting Company'').<ref name="shinrock">"Shinrock-A-Go-Go," ''The Flintstones'', season 6</ref> Later spinoffs show the people of Bedrock also enjoy [[cable television|cable]] and [[satellite television]] service.<ref name="familychristmas">''A Flintstone Family Christmas'', 1993, ABC</ref>

Television programs produced in Bedrock include the [[cooking program]] ''The Happy Housewife Show'' (which, for a time, starred [[Wilma Flintstone|Wilma]])<ref name="household">"The Happy Household," ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref> and the teen dance program [[Shindig!|''Shinrock'']].<ref name="shinrock" /> Other favorite programs of Bedrock citizens, though not produced there, include such fare as ''[[Candid Camera|Peek-a-Boo Camera]]''<ref>"Peek-a-Boo Camera," ''The Flintstones'', season 4</ref>', ''[[Mitch Miller|Hum-Along-With-Herman]]'' and [[variety program]] ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show|The Ed Sulleystone Show]]''.<ref>"Itty Bitty Freddy," ''The Flintstones'', season 5</ref>

One of Bedrock's newspapers is ''The Daily Granite'', edited by [[Lou Grant|Lou Granite]]. For a time, ''The Daily Granite'' employed [[Wilma Flintstone]] and [[Betty Rubble]] as [[reporters]].<ref name="comedyshow">''The Flintstone Comedy Show'', 1980–82, NBC</ref> Another newspaper is ''The Daily Slab'' (which usually ended up clobbering Fred after being "delivered" by Arnold the Newsboy).

There are also two recording companies located in Bedrock, the Keen Teen Record Company<ref name="girls">"The Girls' Night Out," ''The Flintstones'', season 1</ref> and the Flippo Record Company.<ref name="masquerade">"Masquerade Party," ''The Flintstones'', season 6</ref>

===Cultural and educational institutions===
In terms of educational features, Bedrock is only shown to have one [[Secondary school|high school]], Bedrock High School, [[alma mater]] of [[Fred Flintstone]], his wife Wilma,<ref>"High School Fred," ''The Flintstones'', season 3</ref> and later his daughter [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]].<ref name="gridiron">"Gridiron Girl Trouble," ''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'', CBS</ref>

Universities shown in or near Bedrock include [[Princeton University|Prinstone University]]. Prinstone's archrival school is [[Yale University|Shale University]]; both universities are members of the [[Ivy League|Poison Ivy League]].<ref>"Flintstone of Prinstone," ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref>

Bedrock is also not far from Oceanrock [[Aquarium]], home of Dripper the [[Pinniped|Sealasaurus]].<ref>"Dripper," ''The Flintstones'', season 6</ref>

===Businesses===
Businesses in Bedrock include [[bowling alley]]s, [[Billiard hall|pool halls]] (including Boulder Dan's, which Fred and Barney almost bought<ref>"At the Races," ''The Flintstones'', season 1</ref>), [[health club]]s, [[hotel]]s, [[supermarket]]s (including [[Safeway, Inc.|Safestone's]]<ref>"The Gravelberry Pie King," ''The Flintstones'', season 6</ref>), one [[Catering|catering service]]—Cobblestone Caterers (as the owner proclaimed, "we're the '''only''' caterer in town!"<ref>"Pebbles' Birthday Party," ''The Flintstones'', season 5</ref>), a [[costume]] store, and an [[amusement park]].<ref name="girls" />

Several [[department store]]s service Bedrock; among them include [[Macy's|Macyrock's]] (where Fred once worked as a department store [[Santa Claus]] during the Christmas season<ref name="christmas" />) and [[Gimbels]]tone's (where Pebbles briefly worked as a teenager).<ref>"No Cash and Carry," ''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show,'' CBS</ref>

Bedrock also features the Pyrite [[Advertising agency|Advertising Agency]], where Pebbles works as an adult.<ref name="yabba">''I Yabba Dabba Do'', 1993, ABC</ref>

In the [[The Flintstones (season 1)|first-season]] episode ''The Tycoon'' (in which Fred switches places with his double, J.P. Gotrocks), Bedrock is introduced by a narrator as having "a [[butcher]], a [[baker]] and a [[pizza]] pie maker."

In the episode, ''The Long, Long, Long Weekend'', which originally aired on January 21, 1966, Slate Rock and Gravel Company is shown as still being in business after two million years, with Mr. Slate being shown as the company's founder. In the future, the company is being run by his descendant George Slate the Eighty Thousandth. Though in Fred's dream sequence in ''Rip Van Flintstone'', it was mentioned as having been out of business for twenty years.

===Entertainment===
In terms of entertainment, Bedrock is depicted with a [[drive-in theater|drive-in movie theater]] where films such as ''The Monster'' (as seen on the marquee in the original series' opening and closing credits) and ''[[Star Wars|Tar Wars]]'' (produced by [[George Lucas|Gorge Lucas]], as seen in [[The Flintstones (film)|the 1994 live-action movie]]) would play. Other features include the [[amphitheater]], the Bedrock Bowl<ref>"Ann-Margrock Presents," ''The Flintstones'', season 4</ref> and several [[nightclub]]s, ranging from middle-class to high-end exclusive clubs for the city's wealthy residents. The 1994 live-action movie featured the exclusive nightclub [[Tavern on the Green|Cavern on the Green]], featuring its house band, [[The B52s|''The B.C. 52s'']]. At the other end of the scale, there was The Poiple Dinosaur, a [[Dive bar|dive]] located by the [[wharf]] that was known for attracting seedy, criminal types.<ref>"The Big Bank Robbery (originally aired on January 20, 1961)</ref>

===Dining===
Bedrock features plenty of dining options, including a [[Drive-in|drive-in restaurant]] serving [[brontosaurus]] ribs (as seen in the original series' closing credits), as well as several diners.<ref name="household" />

The two live-action films also showed Bedrock with fast-food outlets, including [[McDonald's|RocDonald's]]<ref>''The Flintstones'' (movie), 1994</ref> and [[Burger King|Bronto King]].<ref>''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'', 2000</ref>

Bedrock also has a number of upscale restaurants, including the Rockadero,<ref name="droop">''Droop Along Flintstone," ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref> Maison-LaRock and Le Chateau Rockinbleau.

===Sports===
The fourth-season episode ''Big League Freddie'' shows in or near Bedrock is a baseball team named the [[San Francisco Giants|Boulder City Giants]], whose home stadium is Candlestone Park. The 1981 primetime special ''[[The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma|Wind-Up Wilma]]'' also shows Bedrock has a baseball team named the Bedrock Dodgers.

Bedrock also features a professional [[American football|football]] team, the [[Denver Broncos|Bedrock Brontos]]. Their rival team is the [[Green Bay Packers|Rock Bay Pachyderms]].<ref name="yabba" />

[[Boxing]] matches are also popular in Bedrock; a third-season episode features Fred and Barney trying to see a match featuring boxer [[Floyd Patterson|Floyd Patterstone]].<ref>"Nuthin' But the Tooth," ''The Flintstones'', season 3</ref>

==="Stone Age" names===
The Stone Age setting allowed for gags and word plays involving rocks and minerals. For example, [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]] becomes "Sand-and-Stony-o"; the country to the south of Bedrock's land is called "Mexirock" ([[Mexico]]). Travel to "Hollyrock", a parody of [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], usually involves an "airplane" flight — the "plane", in this case, is often shown as a giant [[pterosaur]], with the fuselage strapped to its back. [[Sun Valley, Idaho|Sun Valley]] becomes "Stone Valley" and is run by "Conrad Hailstone" ([[Conrad Hilton]]). The last names "Flintstone" and "Rubble", as well as other common Bedrock surnames such as "Shale" and "Quartz", are in line with these puns, as are the names of Bedrock's celebrities: "Cary Granite" ([[Cary Grant]]), "Stony Curtis" ([[Tony Curtis]]), "Ed Sulleyrock/Sulleystone" ([[Ed Sullivan]]), "Rock Pile/Quarry/Hudstone" ([[Rock Hudson]]), "Ann-Margrock" ([[Ann-Margret]]), "Jimmy Darrock" ([[James Darren]]), "Alvin Brickrock" ([[Alfred Hitchcock]]), "Perry Masonary/Masonite" ([[Perry Mason]] as played by [[Raymond Burr]]), "Gina Loadabricks" ([[Gina Lollobrigida]]), "Mick Jadestone and The Rolling Boulders" ([[The Rolling Stones|Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones]], called "Mick Jagged and the Stones" in the live-action film ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]''), "Eppy Brianstone" ([[Brian Epstein]]) and "The Beau Brummelstones" ([[The Beau Brummels]]). Once, while visiting one of Bedrock's houses of "Haute Couture" with Wilma, Betty even commented on the new "Jackie Kennerock ([[Jackie Kennedy]]) look". In some cases, the celebrity featured also provided the voice: "Samantha" and "Darrin" from Bewitched were voiced by [[Elizabeth Montgomery]] and [[Dick York]]. Examples from the above list include Ann-Margret, Curtis, Darren, and the Beau Brummels. Other celebrities, such as "Ed Sulleystone" and "Alvin Brickrock", were rendered by impersonators. Some of Bedrock's sports heroes include: football player "Red Granite" ([[Red Grange]]), wrestler "Bronto Crushrock" ([[Bronko Nagurski]]), golfer "Arnold Palmrock" ([[Arnold Palmer]]), boxers "Floyd Patterstone" ([[Floyd Patterson]]) and "Sonny Listone" ([[Sonny Liston]]), and baseball players "Sandy Stoneaxe" ([[Sandy Koufax]]), "Lindy McShale" ([[Lindy McDaniel]]), "Roger Marble" ([[Roger Maris]]), and "Mickey Marble" or "Mickey Mantlepiece" ([[Mickey Mantle]]). Ace reporter "Daisy Kilgranite" ([[Dorothy Kilgallen]]) was a friend of Wilma. Monster names include "Count Rockula" ([[Count Dracula]]), "Rockzilla" ([[Godzilla]]), "''Rocky Races''(('))s Penelope Pitrock" (''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Wacky Races]]''(('))s [[Penelope Pitstop]]) and "The Frankenstone Monster" ([[Frankenstein's monster]]), and locations such as RocDonald's ([[McDonald's]]), Toy-S-aurus ([[Toys "R" Us]]), Bronto King ([[Burger King]]) and Bank of Ameroka ([[Bank of America]])

==Layout==
Not much is known of the layout of Bedrock. The street where the Flintstones and [[the Rubbles]] live has been given various names in the original series, including "Cobblestone Lane", "Cobblestone Road", "Stone Cave Road", "Greasepit Terrace",<ref name="masquerade" /> "Gravelpit Terrace", and "Rocky Way". The town is shown consistently to include areas of [[suburbs|suburban development]], as well as a well-developed downtown core, complete with multi-story skyscrapers. The city is also served by a freeway system that is shown in numerous episodes to be subject to [[gridlock]], despite Bedrock's modest stated population. In one episode in the original series, it is depicted as even having its own subway system.

Next door to the Flintstone residence was Tombstone Manor, home to [[The Gruesomes (fictional characters)|the Gruesomes]], who were parodies of [[the Addams Family]]: [[Gomez Adams|Weirdly]], [[Morticia Adams|Creepella]], and their son, [[Pugsley Adams|Goblin]] (a.k.a. Gobby), as well as a strange assortment of relatives and pets.<ref>"The Gruesomes," ''The Flintstones'', season 5</ref> Later spinoffs would introduce [[the Frankenstones]], similar monster-themed neighbors of the Flintstones.

==Location==
Bedrock is the county seat of fictional Cobblestone County, and stated in the first-season episode "The Tycoon" to be 200 feet below sea level; presumably, the nearby town of Red Rock was located in Cobblestone County as well.<ref>"The Missing Bus," ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref> However, no further information was ever given for any of these locations, besides being set in a prehistoric version of the United States. Near Bedrock lies Granitetown, given in one episode as the one-time childhood hometown of Barney Rubble and Fred's boss, Mr. Slate.<ref>"Fred's New Boss," ''The Flintstones'', season 3</ref>

Bedrock in one episode is shown as being a two-day drive from [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Rock Vegas]],<ref>"The Rock Vegas Caper," ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref> and in another episode, several hours' drive from [[Indianapolis|Indianrockolis]], which suggests that Bedrock might be located in what is today the [[Midwestern United States]].<ref>"Indianrockolis 500," ''The Flintstones'', season 5</ref>

Travel to [[Hollywood, California|Hollyrock]], the prehistoric entertainment capital of the country, usually involves an "airplane" flight – the "plane" in this case often shown as either a giant [[pterodactyl]] (with the passenger compartment being a hollowed-out log strapped to the pterodactyl's back)<ref>"Fred El Terrifico," ''The Flintstones'', season 4</ref> or a wooden plane with smaller pterodactyls on each wing as the "engines".<ref name="hollyrock">''Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'', 1993, ABC</ref>

The third-season episode "The Buffalo Convention" shows Fred and Barney going to a lodge convention in [[Atlantic City|Frantic City]].

The season two episode "The Rock Vegas Caper" shows the Flintstones and the Rubbles, while driving to Rock Vegas, passing the Grand Canyon; being in prehistoric times, however, the "canyon" is depicted as little more than a small stream. Fred, however, notes it "might be a big thing someday."

The season one episode "The Monster From The Tar Pit" shows Mr. Sandstone of the movie studio Miracle Pictures talking to one of his directors about staging his movie in a real town. When asked where, Sandstone walks to a [[flat earth]] globe, closes his eyes, points to an area of the map that appears to be in modern-day Northern Iowa or Southern Minnesota and chooses Bedrock.

It has also been suggested that Bedrock is fairly close to the ocean or to the [[Great Lakes]], as the city has a yacht club,<ref>"Fred's Island," ''The Flintstones'', season 6</ref> plus the Flintstones and Rubbles have taken several trips to the beach.<ref>"Divided We Sail," ''The Flintstones'', season 2</ref>

The episode, "Shinrock A Go-Go", which originally aired on December 3, 1965, featured (in a dream sequence of Fred) an animated caricature of President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] as well as the [[United States Capitol]] in a prehistoric version of Washington DC.

==Real life==
Several small tourist attractions and/or camper parks have been built in honor of Bedrock. The most famous and oldest is [[Bedrock City (South Dakota)|Bedrock City]] in [[Custer, South Dakota]] which opened in 1966 and closed in 2015. There is also a Bedrock City in [[Valle, Arizona]] which opened in 1972. Two Canadian Bedrock Cities, both in British Columbia, were closed and/or demolished in the late 1990s. One in [[Kelowna]], [[British Columbia]] was closed in 1998, demolished and changed into the [[Landmark Cinemas (Canada)|Landmark]] Grand 10 multiplex theatre and a strip mall. The second one located in [[Bridal Falls, British Columbia]] (near [[Chilliwack]]) was closed in 1994 and was changed into a dinosaur theme park called "[[Dinotown]]"<ref>((cite news |url=http://issuu.com/peacearchnews/docs/wed_august_25_2010_pan/search?q=dinotown |title=Surrey wants Dinotown |publisher=Peace Arch News |date=August 25, 2010 |accessdate=2011-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015060501/http://issuu.com/peacearchnews/docs/wed_august_25_2010_pan/search?q=dinotown |archivedate=October 15, 2012 ))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=http://issuu.com/surreyleader/docs/surreywed0825/search?q=Dinotown |title=Surrey wants Dinotown |publisher=The Surrey-North Delta Leader |date=August 25, 2010 |accessdate=2011-04-06))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=http://issuu.com/canwestcommunitypublishing/docs/lanfri20100903/search?q=Dinotown |title=No to Dinotown |publisher=Langley Advance |date=September 3, 2010 |accessdate=2011-04-06))</ref> which was in turn shut down on September 6, 2010;<ref>((cite web |author=Mike Lloyd/Vancouver Sun |url=http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/91113--dinotown-going-extinct |title=Dinotown going extinct |publisher=News1130 |date=2010-08-19 |accessdate=2011-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135307/http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/91113--dinotown-going-extinct |archivedate=2011-07-17 ))</ref><ref name="bclocalnews1">[http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/community/99848989.html] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809082512/http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/community/99848989.html|date=August 9, 2010))</ref> The owners are exploring options for moving the park.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.dinotown.com/default.aspx?PAGE_ID=88 |title=Location &#124; Dinotown, North America's Only Cartoon Dinosaur town! |publisher=Dinotown.com |accessdate=2011-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119013524/http://dinotown.com/default.aspx?PAGE_ID=88 |archivedate=2011-01-19 ))</ref> Another Flintstones themed park in Canada was [[Calaway Park]] near Calgary, Alberta. It is still in operation, although the Hanna-Barbera licensing was dropped several years ago.

The reason for the closure of the two Canadian theme parks was due to licensing. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the licensing for any intellectual properties of [[Hanna-Barbera]] changed hands numerous times before they ended up in the possession of Time Warner.<ref name="bclocalnews1"/><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/issues05/075205/features/075105fe1.html |title=Welcome to the Chilliwack Times – On Line – Features |publisher=Replay.waybackmachine.org |accessdate=2011-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312052253/http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/issues05/075205/features/075105fe1.html |archivedate=March 12, 2007 ))</ref>

In the late 1970s, plans were developed for a Flintstone Fun Park to be located in suburban [[Jackson, Mississippi]]<ref>((cite news|last=Nadel|first=Norman|title=Theme parks outdraw everything, and more are planned|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wgVZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HVADAAAAIBAJ&dq=flintstone-fun-park&pg=7025%2C5792343|accessdate=30 April 2011|newspaper=The Prescott Courier|date=11 November 1977|agency=NEA))</ref> but never got past the initial planning stage.

For the [[The Flintstones (film)|Flintstones feature film]] (1994) a street in Bedrock was built adjacent to [[Vasquez Rocks]] in California. It was open for a short time to visitors before being totally demolished.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3uw58w|title = Flintstones Town of Bedrock movie set (Old VHS footage) Vasquez Rocks Pt1 V13827 - video Dailymotion|date = 29 February 2016))</ref>

In 2018, the City of Helsinki proposed adding English as the 3rd official [[language]]<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000008626529.html |title=Englantia ehdotetaan Helsingin virallisten kielten joukkoon |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat |date=February 25, 2022 |accessdate=2022-02-25 ))</ref> after Finnish and Swedish. This led to the local area of [[Kallio]], which translates to bedrock in English to be colloquially known as the namesake of the fictional city in the Flintstones. This has been exacerbated by the cultural ambiance in the area that is home to non-conformist [[bohemianism|bohemian]] souls,<ref>((cite web |url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/finland/articles/the-top-10-things-to-do-and-see-in-kallio-helsinki-2/ |title=10 Great Sights And Activities In Kallio, Helsinki |publisher=Culture Trip |date=February 9, 2017 |accessdate=2022-02-25 ))</ref> including artists and hobos, some of which are living in conditions very similar to the ones depicted in the prehistoric animated series.

==See also==
"[[Bedrock Anthem]]", a song by parodist/song writer [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].

==References==
((Reflist|30em))

==External links==
* [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/18104 Information on the Bedrock Theme Parks]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060526044238/http://www.flintstonesbedrockcity.com/ Bedrock City, Custer, South Dakota]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717052040/http://www.topthat.net/webrock/index.htm Webrock – ''The Flintstones'' and Hanna Barbera Page]
* [http://www.dinotown.com/ Dinotown Chilliwack Official Site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100809082512/http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/community/99848989.html Dinotown's closure and history]

((The Flintstones))

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