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- Helsinki
- Capital
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- 5,175,783
- Population
- FI
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Travel Blogs from Finland
The best word to describe the match? Terrifying!
... to a guy named Bob, who had seen us at the Italy game (making his question very silly, as opposed to fairly silly), he was in Finland for the group stages as well. He had tickets for the Turku game, but had discovered that the only way they (he had a ...
Helsinki...the place to drink...
... nearing our end in Scandinavia and hopefully with our exit of these countries, we may be able to eat a decent meal without going broke! Finland is also a very picturesque city, as there is a nice mixture of the old and the new here. Again, because it is ...
szóval vannak dlgok amik kimaradtak.
szóval most elhuzott a gép mellöl az élet és a fünyirás igy nemtudtam befejezni amit bekell. kihagytam pár emlékezetes dolgot talán. például hogy utaztan megint hippibuszban. németekkel.punkhippikvoltak.joszörösek.és nök meg két gyerek. ...
Kohta mennään!
Lentokenttäsämpylät syöty, evästä ostettu ja kohta lähtee lento kohti Manchesteria! Here I go again! ;) ...
The Night Train
The journey became fairly tedious under nightfall, the train was fairly empty and the few that were in our carriage were nodding off to sleep. I'm not too sure that our carriage companions really appreciated when we decided to play a few rounds of cards, ...
Snowmobiles, Cross-Country Skiing and more Lights!
Fueled up from a scrumptious breakfast, our next days adventure in this snowy playground was a snowmobile safari! After learning the controls we were off and away driving in pairs to discover more of this beautiful area. We skimmed across frozen marsh, ...
Back to Finland
This morning we were up early and took the taxi at 6:30 to The Ferry terminal in Tallinn. We were greeted with another beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky. We boarded the catamaran-style passenger ferry operated by the "Linda Line". ...
Biegiem
Mamy 40 minut na przesiadkę do samolotu do Hong Kongu. Jest szansa, że nie zdążymy... a nasze bagaże prawie na pewno nie zdążą, dlatego mamy wszystko co najważniejsze w bagażu podręcznym. W ...
Rovaniemi - Capital of Lappland as departure
August 7 Leaving from Kuusamo driving with Laura and her father to Rovaniemi where I will start my HH journey to the north. I woke up pretty well in the morning in Kuusamo and prepared do some more stuff on the net and then with Laura I went to the ...
Hot like Hel :)
Made it to Helsinki without a problem! Send grandma to transfer area, found the bus to the city, rode it to train station, took tram #4, found the hostel and here I am :) Hey, the have free morning sauna here, even though it's fairly hot outside :) Time ...
Day 0 - preliminary schedule
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 to Dannenberg (Elbe) / Dömitz / Vietze day 3 (12.7.): Ride ...
Finland by boat!
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 with a usb port. It was a little rainy in Turku, but none the less ...
Kuvia kesäretkeltä Porvooseen 18.-20.8.2011
Käytiin tosiaan elokuussa parin päivän kesäretkellä Porvoon suunnalla. Paljon hienoja paikkoja, kauemminkin niitä olis voinut tutkia. ...
Saturday at Vassa
After the Cantatrix and the Chinese Broadcasting Children’s Choir show we headed over to City Hall for another show/dance. This show featured a full dance band and select small ensemble performances, sort of a dance floor show. Our 2 ...
Helsinki
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 up on some beverages to bring back on board the ship. It was ...
Kiipula College
A janitor took Sari and me to the college (with a car from HAMK). We had a very interesting time there: After one hour of historical and organizational introduction I had the chance to visit a class in business administration for students with special ...
Kiipula --> Visamäki campus
The ancient house of the family who founded the Kiipula-center was really nice! After a short shopping in college's own shop (handmade products) we went back to Hämeenlinna – Visamäki campus – and met Emmi (ICT assistant). She informed us ...
Hämeenlinna surroundings
When I arrived in the Hotel again, I got a call from Mr. Vesa Parkkonen – the Senior Lecturer I'll be with tomorrow. We went for a coffee and he informed me about what he is doing and what I’am suspected to do with his students. Sightseeing ...
Helsinki
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, and I sat on one of the many brass turtles on the ...
hei suomi!
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 marschrutka ging es raus aus piter nach kronstadt. das ist eine insel, die ...
Husky ride
Back in Finland
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 ...
Matkakuumetta
Kirjaimellisesti. Eipäilen, että tiistaina ottamani jäykkäkouristusrokotus aiheutti vastareaktion, ja eilein nousi melkein 39 asteen kuume. Tänään olo on kyllä ollut jonkin verran parempi. Toivotaan että menee ohi yhtä nopeasti kuin ...
Birthday gift = Helsinki trip
What a great town! Cold but friendly. I got the trip as a birthday gift, one of the best - we got to know the town, went to a fortress island (watched there old ladies pick chives), lost a wallet and found it again, bought cool designy hats. ...