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- Helsinki
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- 5,175,783
- Population
- FI
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Helsinki Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki, Finland
... the U.S. Jason and I also found an internet cafe and caught up on our emails. On the way back to the ship we walked through a market with food and crafts for sale. Of course we also walked by and admired the Helsinki Cathedral. ...
Back to rainy Helsinki
... the Arctic Ocean is not so far away: it took about 24 hours to drive back from Pykeijä to Rovaniemi and take a night train to Helsinki. However, I have to admit that I was a little tired at work this morning. The snow storm is over in here and it's just ...
O-land Finnland with a swedish accent
I spent the weekend biking around a sun kissed Island of total bliss.... we started off in Turku a city just south and west of Helsinki we visited a castel there and then went to a few bars durring the night. One was a school house converted into a bar, ...
Oct 03, 2010
Up Early and Lots of Singing
... a cab ride into the city. We made an appearance at one of the local Swedish TV stations. Yep, Swedish TV in Finland. There is a significant population of Swedes in Finland, as they were once part of Sweden. The local morning news was ...
Viimenen aamu Helsingissä
Tänään on se päivä! Kuukausien odotus palkitaan vihdoin Adam Strangen soidessa taustalla kohottamassa fiilistä. Lauri tuli eilen Helsinkiin ja haettiin vielä viimeset lääkkeet apteekista mukaan. Käytiin myös tsekkaamassa mistä bussit lähtee ...
Helsinki and a visit with friends
... then explored the area, walking along the water front and back to the market area. From here we headed up to the Helsinki Cathedral, which is a Lutheran Church. From there we walked down to the main street area with it's large garden type ...
All Booked Out (Fail #3)
... getting there in time for our flight home. Andrew made a mad dash to the Tallink office in Tampere and bought two tickets from Helsinki to Rostock. The tickets cost us 255€ for the two of us. Quite expensive really.. and that was with 30% discount ...
A lazy day & a dull match
... followed by a lazy morning in the apartment. After lunch we finally went out with the plan of walking through the parks to the Helsinki stadium to watch the France Norway game. Well, as ever, our plans didn't quite work out, so we got ourselves a ...
Helsinki
I visited the capital city on Saturday; I got up at 5.20am to get the 6.25am pendolino train direct to Helsinki. The city is quite nice, i'll leave the pictures to show you the highlights. I visited the natural history museum, which was pretty much lots ...
Sunday bloody Sunday
... the top to give views of, you guessed it, more lakes and forests. Our final European stop before we head into Russia was Helsinki for a couple of days of camping and strolling round the city in the sunshine. We can’t believe the first 2 ...
First stop
My first stop, after leaving Oulu at midnight the night before, was Helsinki. I arrived at the train station at around 8:40am and took a bus to the airport where I met Connie to begin our flight to ...
Stop over in Finland
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 stuff as we did in China - what a rort. Just the internet here is costing me ...
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve in Helsinki - we were almost the only ones walking around the city centre and taking photos - there were some Chinese tourists as ...
Aug 18, 2009
Departure & Arrival
Hi I have just arrived in Helsinki Airport and the internet is very slooo...ow. I hope it's not a taste of how life is in Thailand. We're all a bit freaking out. It's like one of my companions (aka Tine) said: 'I'm going to die if I have to wait this long ...
Miniloma Helsingissä
Kävin keskiviikkona vapaapäivän vietossa Helsingissä. Ehdittiin paikallisoppaaksi lähteneen Helkan kanssa päivän aikana syödä, nähdä Designmuseon Marimekkoelämää - 60 vuotta väriä, raitaa ja muotoja - näyttely, syödä, suuttua ...
Újra hazafelé / Flying home again
... 'g utoljára egy közös reggelit... Köszönöm, fiúk! Nagyon fogtok otthon hiányozni!! ㅠ.ㅠ Szöul és Helsinki között ismét sok könnyel telt a 8 óra... Búcsúzóul küldöm 박효신 ...
From Tallin to Helsinki by boat
... for one or two days and chill. The hostel was like a home :-). From Tallin on to Helsinki on a Finnish ferry boat. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- NEED HIGH QUALITY PHOTOS OF HELSINKI? ...
Sail Away
... for a scandalous 20 quid, and hopped onboard. There are a number of methods of crossing the Baltic between Tallinn and Helsinki ranging from Helicopters to large over night ferries to long slow ferries (3.5 hours) to catamarans (1.5 hours) the quicker ...
Your Sweet 666
Moi moi from Helsinki, Finland. Host Olympic city from ’52 and the World Design Capital for 2012. What exactly does that mean, well I’m glad you asked. The guide defines design as everything from beautiful or controversial arcitecture to ...
Heaven-sinki
... cidade e do porto, ainda permitia pegar sol de frente por mais tempo do que no chão. Destaque, também, para a Esplanada de Helsinki. Esplanada sem aspas mesmo. Assim como Brasília, eles também têm uma, onde ficam alguns prédios governamentais. Só ...
Crossing the Road, Finnish Style
Helsinki reflects the character of its residents: it is clean, modest, subtle, unassuming, stylish and organised. Litter and graffiti are rare, the main cathedral is tasteful and simple compared with the gaudy overkill of ...
Hitching from Helsinki
... about how we would travel, hitchhiking four hundred kilometers it was going to be. We took a bus and tram to the outskirts of Helsinki and set ourselves up on the number four road north. Four hours later we were in the same spot! Any suggestion about ...
Culture Shock! "Don't Smile Back - Be Russian"
... we got talking. As I got off the tram, he called out, "Welcome! I hope you feel at home in Finland!" Helsinki looks like a decent city, with some of the architecture resembling that in St. Petersburg. The waterfront is quite nice and ...
Taking it easy...
... amore e gia' mi manca un sacco e assieme a me c'erano anche altri due CS tedeschi...una bella compagnia ;) e anche qui ho prolungato il mio soggiorno di un giorno! Avevo anche voglia di vedere un amico che tornava ad Helsinki solo il sabato ...
Richard Crazy Estonian and arrival in Helsinki
... ticket for one-way trip to Tallinn = 250eek,aus$25,13€ the bikes were an additional 80eek. The trip took 3.5 hours. Helsinki...and Jonna, her sister Katija and their father were there with a van to pick us. Some big hellos were exchanged with hugs ...
Almost at the Finnish line
... of our escapade!!! It is strange being back in Europe again a lot of things are recognisiable, including the prices ;-( First impressions of Helsinki as we flew into Finn air, are that it is really clean, even the forests have been spruced up. Arrived at ...