Katajanokka Helsinki

... luggage. Everything was a tad overweight especially our carry-ons, but luckily they did not check those. In Finland we booked the Best Western Katajanokka hotel. This hotel is a converted prison, something different we thought. My o my what is this ...

... i required i got a bus from Tornio to Kemi for Eur5 and in Kemi i got the overnight train to Helsinki. Unfortunately my student card didn't work in Finland, only Finnish student cards will work, so i had to pay the full fare of Eur70. Still the trains ...

... special trucks wash the market square after it's been closed. My area is particularly quit, even though it's a port area called Katajanokka. There are some enormous ferries parked not far from the hostel, I'm going to ride one of them to Stockholm pretty ...

... !!!by7gcsuec/...;p[9!j,,!!8]#!! Once I had my bearings (and some sleep to recover), I wandered around the centre of Helsinki. Well, tachnically I walked straight across it, I had heard it was quite a small capital city but I covered a lot ...

... over a long weekend early June, they actually build little red and white houses from which to sell their goods. - Uspensky Cathedral at Katajanokka- They were replacing it's golden hats (13 cupolas) while I was there, now it's new and oh-so-shiny. ...

... še in to je zdaj kar sprememba. Prva katedrala, ki smo si jo ogledali stoji na hribčku polotoka Katajanokka. To je vzhodna ortodoksna  Katedrala Uspenski, cerkev Marijinega vnebovzetja. Je največja ortodoksna cerkev v zahodni Evropi. ...

... dinner in town. Details in a mo. So, the apartment. It's fab. It's small. And it's in a lovely location. We're on Katajanokka island which is just to east of the main city, about 15 mins walk away from the centre. It's a studio apartment, and has a ...

... odd hour flight was nice but the pointy end was full so I had to share a seat and then sleep in my bag. We arrived at Helsinki, it is cooler here and the new airport terminal (was not here in 2007) gave us the 15 minute walk we escaped in Shanghai. When ...

... there were lots of bears - it was a world peace display and the winner of the most inventive photo gets a plane ticket from Helsinki to Berlin - not much use for an Australian Puppy so the dads said I couldn't enter, so I posed with them instead ;) Who ...

... on the tins of moose, elk, and wild boar meat. Going to freshen up now and then hit the town for some dinner - our aim is to adjust ASAP to the time zone difference (7 hours behind). Helsinki is beautiful - loving it Photos to follow...   ...