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Helsinki
May 25, 2008
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"I have a sleeper cabin so I'm out like Janet Jackson's nipple... yeah, I know that was bad! Anyways, I slept like a baby and woke up just a few kilometers out of Helsinki.&nb ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
madman96
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departure time
Dec 16, 2007
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"Decided to do an in depth blog of this holiday, hopefully people will read it, maybe it will help them some, maybe give others an idea of what to see and what to avoid, please sign ..."
A travel blog entry from Turenki by
jimandtarja
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Euroland. A fleeting glimpse
Mar 1, 2006
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" I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move - Robert Louis Stevenson · Helsinki, Finland. · Prague time +1hr · Days to get to P ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
byrnedm
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Turku
Aug 19, 1999
(3 photos)
"I managed to scrape together a few precious hours sleep on the ferry before making into Turku in Finland by 8am. Once there I caught the bus into the fresh looking local town squar ..."
A travel blog entry from Turku by
jag
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Fast Fun in Finland
Jul 18, 2007
"Okay, this was admittedly a quick visit. I took the fast ferry, just one and a half hours from Tallinn and spent two nights in Helsinki. The morning after I arrived into the u-shap ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
charmedlife
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If You cant Beat 'em, Join 'em
Jan 27, 2006
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"We had a moment of clarity this morning. When we arrived at our hostel we had a chuckle because it was right beneath a Stripper Club. Every morning we awoke to find a new girl work ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
eatdessertfirst
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Rovaniemi
Dec 24, 2000
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"Rovaniemi ..."
A travel blog entry from Rovaniemi by
jag
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Helsinki and Poorvoo
Aug 22, 2006
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"We took the ferry across from Tallinn to Helsinki where we met up with Nick´s friend Noel for a stroll around the beautiful harbour and later for dinner. The next day we couldn´t f ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
aussierach
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Barcelona to Helsinki overland
Aug 22, 2005
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"After departure from Barcelona, the train picked up speed and only slowed down at the French border for the wheel gauges to be changed. Because of Franco's separatist policies, Spa ..."
A travel blog entry from Barcelona to Helsinki by
marc-patty
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OOPS, I'M IN FINLAND
Jul 24, 2004
(3 photos)
"A curly-haired Australian guy stayed in my room at the hostel this week. He had been hitchhiking around Sweden like me, and he'd also been having a tough time of it. He'd accepted ..."
A travel blog entry from Kemi by
modernoddyseus
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Berry delicious Finland
Jul 24, 2005
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"Finland is famous for its lakes and Santa Claus. We chose to visit the lakes... We found a cheap hut in the small town of Oravi adjacent Linnasarri National Park, a network of over ..."
A travel blog entry from Oravi by
mightylongway
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Mush!
Dec 8, 2003
(12 photos)
"Lapland is amazing. That about sums it up. But much more can be said here, however I fear I will not do it justice. I hope that I can convey even a small sense of how much this pla ..."
A travel blog entry from Muonio by
shmikes
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Preparations once again
May 23, 2007
"At this point it's all about preparations. How do you apply for a Social Security card? Who files your tax report after you're done with the program? What are the best ways to lose ..."
A travel blog entry from Savonlinna by
myrri
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Valmistelut - preparations - Turku
Nov 19, 2007
"Vuosi sitten suunnilleen oli ensimmäinen suunnitteluilta. Silloin vielä koko reissu oli aikamoista hapuilua. Mutta nyt on asiat toisella mallilla - rahat alkavat olla koossa tai ai ..."
A travel blog entry from Turku by
aino.tanhua
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Worlds Biggest Sauna
Mar 8, 2008
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"I went to the world biggest sauna in Kuopio, which is a huge traditional smoke sauna with an amazing view over the vast lake (which was frozen) and I hole cut out in the ice to jum ..."
A travel blog entry from Kuopio by
markwilliams84
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Almost there...
May 13, 2005
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"Well, we're almost at our final destination and are starting to get a little bit tired of living out of backpacks... only two more nights in a hostel and then it's our own personal ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
jagrant
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Sail Away
Sep 21, 2006
"Today was my chance to get away from the rest of the crowd and head over to Helsinki on a day trip. The others decided that they wanted to stay over in Estonia and do a little more ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
simonlant
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Helsinki to Turku
May 9, 2007
"Helsinki 5/9 10 A.M. We drove off the Viking King and spent 30 minutes getting acquainted with the city. We finally found the train stati ..."
A travel blog entry from Turku by
hortonhearsawho
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Almost at the Finnish line
May 19, 2008
(11 photos)
"Well, we are now in continent,or sorry should I say ON continent number 6 (in true vidiprinter style S I X) of our escapade!!! It is strange being back in Europe again a lot of thi ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
bigusredus
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Helsinki, Finland
Aug 11, 2003
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"When we stopped in the port Jason and I took a walking tour of the city. Later we rented bikes to see more of the city. Upon exploring the city we also decided to stock ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
exploreamerica
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Helsinki Escale
May 25, 2008
(1 photo)
"25 mai : Seb me depose à l aeroport mais doit filer rapidement pour retourner sur Arlon.....Je me retrouve seul ....oups Grand moment de solitude Arrivé à Helsinki...super moment d ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
liviou
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Helsinki...the place to drink...
Jan 30, 2007
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"Hello! We arrived in Finland via a cruise ship! I was quite excited as it was my first night spent on a boat...however we were relegated to the furthest lowest cabin on the b ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
papayaprincess
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Helsinki Finland
Jun 24, 2007
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"We had a short visit to Helsinki, only 6 hours or so. It was an interesting place to see because the architecture, the food, and the churches in the city seemed to reflect its phys ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
ambough
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Relaxing in North Karelia after Russia
Jun 16, 2006
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"Basty came to Finland. Instead of flying to China as some of you might know. We took it easy. We spent three days at the summer house of my aunt in great peaceful environment by a ..."
A travel blog entry from Joensuu by
carita
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Getting Started
Jun 6, 2007
"Our flight left JFK around 6:45pm (New York time) on Tuesday, June 5th. We spent the first few hours watching the oh-so-painfully slow progress of the plane on the TV screens ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
tgreenspan
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Finland by boat!
May 16, 2005
"I took an overnight boat to Turku, Finland. It only cost me 10 bucks each way! It was a large ferry, more like a cruise ship. I will post some pictures as soon as I find a computer ..."
A travel blog entry from Turku by
darren
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Lapland - Arrival
Mar 15, 2008
"Lapland - an Arctic Adventure - Arrival Exploring the Arctic in winter had always been a dream of ours. Lapland offers just that. A mere 200,000 people live in finnish Lapland (the ..."
A travel blog entry from Akaslompolo by
reisender
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Helsinki
May 7, 2007
"Well, the remainder of our time in Estonia was fairly uneventful. We took a bike tour of the city, which was pretty nice. We were staying in the middle of the old town, which is on ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
barthdkk
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Helsinki
Jun 28, 2006
(4 photos)
"In Helsinki the sun shone and we took the cheap option of a day ticket on the tram to see the city. We visited the Olympic stadium, the Sibelius monument, an amazing rock church, a ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
grom
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hei suomi!
Sep 3, 2005
"zurueck in finnland!!!!!! terve kaikille! der westen hat mich wieder. nach meinem ausflug in die ermitage habe ich noch einen sightseeingtag mit oliver verbracht: mit der marschrut ..."
A travel blog entry from Lahti by
tina
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One week in Finland
Feb 14, 2006
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"I spent this first week in Finland with Steve and Judy again- just a relaxed week: Connie came, there was a baptism for Gerda, and we started getting ready for our train travels. ..."
A travel blog entry from Oulu by
mirranda
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Kaksi viikkoa jäljellä
Nov 16, 2007
"Pitkään tästä on haaveiltu ja pitkään suunniteltu. Nyt tuntuu hassulta, että kahden viikon päästä ollaan todella matkalla. Viime viikot ovatkin olleet aikamoista palapelin kokoamis ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
loskoivisto
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finland is...
Sep 29, 2006
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"it is so good to be back. although i can still understand basically nothing (but i can kind of count to 100 if i really try!) i felt a wave of happiness when i stepped on the finna ..."
A travel blog entry from Rovaniemi by
moonrise
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Land Legs
Jul 17, 2006
(22 photos)
"The first day we got off the boat was July 17 when we were in Helsinki, Finland. I lived in Finland for a few months as an exchange student when I was 16, but didn't spend much tim ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
scott_and_amy
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Helsinki
Jul 6, 2006
(3 photos)
"It was an early start as we had decided to catch the local bus to the airport, so we allowed plenty of time. It turned out that the local bus was pretty convenient and we made our ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
glenn_christie
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Joensuu
Aug 12, 2005
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"Enjoy the beautiful nature in Joensuu and in its surroundings! Joensuu was established in 1848 by the Czar Nikolai I of Russia. Today it is a university town and the biggest city i ..."
A travel blog entry from Joensuu by
carita
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Preparing for the journey
Sep 8, 2005
"Whatever makes you leave the comfort of your own home and head for other side of the globe I'll never know. A couple of years ago USA sounded like a good idea and off I went. A cou ..."
A travel blog entry from Savonranta by
myrri
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A few days in Helsinki
Jul 9, 2007
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"Of all of the cities that we are going to visit on this trip, Helsinki was one of the cities that I was not sure what to expect. The city seems fairly modern and most sights were w ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
klh1
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The World Loves Pamela
Sep 26, 2007
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"My flight to Helsinki was fairly uneventful; I only had two observations. One, our in-flight entertainment included a short-lived sit-com starring Pamela Anderson. I do ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
mkubik
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Helsinki!
Jun 20, 2007
(7 photos)
"When we got there after our 17hr trip we were knackered... We just went to our room and slept for a while, even though it was only 12pm. And we only left to find a supermarket for ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
lnlineurope
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Day 0 - preliminary schedule
Jul 9, 2007
"day 0 (09.7.): Train to Helsinki, Superfast departs from Helsinki at 22.00 EEST day 1 (10.7.): Superfast arrives in Rostock at 21.30 CEST, ride out of Rostock day 2 (11.7.): Ride t ..."
A travel blog entry from Turku by
dvlrnr
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Getting ready - thoughts
Jul 4, 2005
"Today is the first day of a summer holiday of my wife Vera. I am still sitting in an office at work writing this. In fact, I AM very busy with work before my summer holidays start. ..."
A travel blog entry from Tuusula by
tenetsi
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A long Ferry ride, long sleep and Finland
Jul 28, 2006
(2 photos)
"July 28 As we board the ferry, I looked at a plan and we moved to a room marked as cinema which revealed to be a sleep-in... great. That was what we needed. We took place there in ..."
A travel blog entry from Turku by
maplefanta
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Back in Finland
Nov 28, 2006
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"I came to Finland to finish my bachelor's thesis and to present it in public. It was hard work.. I had some time to meet my friends who have still stayed in Joensuu and famil ..."
A travel blog entry from Joensuu by
carita
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We have landed
Feb 3, 2008
(3 photos)
"Yup, we landed safely in Helsinki at around 16:00 local time. We got quickly out of the plane and suddenly had 3 hours to kill. So we decided to take a quick trip down town and see ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
sebzenorse
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snowy scenery
Feb 27, 2005
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"Here are a bunch of snowy scenery, i never get sick of all the snow, it's so pretty and novel!! I don't think the camera, or the camera woman really do the views justice, but i hop ..."
A travel blog entry from Konnevesi by
hannahrowland
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Visiting Finland
Jun 9, 2008
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"June 9, 2008 After our lovely trip to Stockholm, our group decided to take advantage of a 3 day weekend. It was pretty easy to agree that we should make a visit to Fin ..."
A travel blog entry from Oulu by
kyle-and-lisa
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Hop, skip, jump to Helsinki
Jun 19, 2007
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"While it was only a changeover on my route home, I really wanted to put a map pin on Helsinki. (and up my world percentage travelled a little more) Anyway, departed Amsterdam witho ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
cazali
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Helsinki
Jul 20, 2008
"Got up at 7:30 and headed to the port to catch the ferry to finland. Being a sunday the next one was at 10:30 so that was the one we got. Boat was a superseacat and took less than ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
gorbalsontour
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Stop over in Finland
Aug 25, 2006
"Not much to say. Finland looks pretty cool from the airport, wish we could stay for a few days but oh well. We're all bracing to deal with paying almost 3 or 4 times as much for st ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
jbaxter
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Early Flight to Helsinki
Sep 6, 2007
(3 photos)
"Good Morning Cologne The alarm clock rings 6:30. "Wanna get up?" - No response. "Wanna sleep some more?" - "Mhmmm..." - "Mhmmm" means "Yes!". So I put the alarm on ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
yellowdragon
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Helsinki
Oct 28, 2006
"What great place, arrived Saturday morning & Finnair bus takes you straight to town - central railway station - in less than 30mins for eur5.20 (they have Euro hurray). Was staying ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
danskgirl
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Globally warmed Helsinki
Dec 23, 2006
(1 photo)
"After an unspectacular flight via Copenhaven, I arrived in Helsinki last night. Needless to say that Mari and I were happy to be back together. After we had waited a couple of minu ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
yellowdragon
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Lähtötunnelmissa
Jan 12, 2007
"Noniin, lähtö lähenee pikkuhiljaa... Vihdoin ja viimein alkaa itselläkin olemaan mahassa tunne että taas sitä mennään. Tajusin vasta tänään että lähtö on lähellä kun pesi ..."
A travel blog entry from Turku by
tuomasw
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Destination Lapland
Nov 13, 2006
"We got up early to make it to the bus station by 8:30 in time to get our bus to the Estonian capital of Tallin. Megan was sad because none of the decent coffee shops were open, so ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
bigbenn
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Tick Tock Time Stop
Jun 29, 2006
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"Oh Scheisser. If you go to Amsterdam you really should book accommodation weeks in advance. We arrived there last Thursday and three hours after tag-teaming looking for a room we r ..."
A travel blog entry from Vantaa by
natandy
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How to spend money when you have none
Sep 12, 2006
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"This is really funny, believe me. I mean you really have to wonder what kind of a dumbass does something like this.. Wanted to fly to Helsinki from Paris yesterday. Stood patiently ..."
A travel blog entry from Joensuu by
carita
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Suomi-land!!!
Jul 5, 2006
"I arrived about a week ago, Friday. It was an amazing boat ride to travel across the Baltic Sea. It was extreamly flat and oddly warm. I tried to stay up and watch the sun set, it ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
rora_8
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St Petersburg 2
Jun 22, 2007
(17 photos)
"SreaT PETERSBURG 2 On Monday we did the equivelent of a grayline city tour. Actually we found the Radisson and they arranged a 2 and a half hour city tour for us. It was geat to he ..."
A travel blog entry from Luiisa by
jrgo
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Transit day
Aug 4, 2007
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"Heathrow was a mess and it took ovr an hour of queueing to get checked in. I was afraid we would miss our flight, but we barely made it-no time to shop though. Finnair ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
tikibird
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Eka merkintä ennen reissua
Mar 8, 2008
"Rokotteita otettu ja matkakuumetta. Jusan koneella Ivalossa. Piti lisäillä tämmönen reissu blogi ohjelam, vaan tuskin reissun aikana kauhiasti tulee kirjoiteltua, mutta ehkäpä... ..."
A travel blog entry from Ivalo by
piedrop
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Helsinki, Finland
Jun 3, 2008
"It was 20 hrs of flight time from Melbourne to Helsinki (our port of entry into Russia) via Hong Kong. I actually like flying on planes, but 20 hrs is becoming extreme and I admit ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
bonkuraazu
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Helsinki
Jul 18, 2008
"Flight to Helsinki went really smoothly. I slept most of the way... and it was a pretty long flight. It seemed shorter than Hobart to Sydney. Who needs first class? There they'd ju ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
budz888
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Helsinki
Jun 15, 2006
(3 photos)
"For just one day and one night I went to Helsinki. Regarding the prices there (oh my good, I have NEVER been in such an expensive city like Helsinki, one bread is 3,60 €) I wa ..."
A travel blog entry from Helsinki by
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