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- Helsinki
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Helsinki Slideshow
Helsinki
Travel Blogs from Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki - back in Finland!
Pictures from the market place in an early (hmm.. for me early!) morning. With lots of ...
2 days in Helsinki
... for cooking us a great meal, the evening tour and for introducing us to "megapussi" and “fanny custard”!!! Haha!! Helsinki hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics and the various stadia are still in use throughout the city. We took a morning ...
Snow Storm in Helsinki
... one day everything has been covered by thick layer of snow. Snowing has been so intense that, for example, all the flights to Helsinki airport have been canceled or delayed. We were lucky to choose the train. :) Or maybe I shouldn't be too sure about ...
Helsinki Tourist
... 's Summer Festival - The first signs of summer, drunken dancing and over 50 000 people just enjoying themselves in the park. - Helsinki Pro Skate Semi-Finals- It was in Helsinki Ice skating Rink. A lot of fun, everyone was enjoying themselves from ...
Finding the boat to Tallinn
... been quite warm and rough. I returned to the hostel all in sweat. Oh well. What a finnish experience. At least I noticed that Helsinki has a very beautiful beach. It must be even more beautiful in summer, when the weather isn't so grey. We're off to ...
Where East meets West
... , I was pleased to see the Finish border guards enter the train and the remaining part of the journey was a lot smoother. I arrived in Helsinki tired and pissed off with my journey, should of got a bus. I put on the backpack read the English news at a ...
Exploring Helsinki, rock & history combi
... thesis! Hectic times as I so clearly remember from my own studying times, long ago ;-)) I find out Helsinki (as most parts of township Finland) is secondhand stuff paradise!!! Flea markets and secondhand shops everywhere! Of course I have to explore ...
Helsinki's Hello
... I (Kt) had a piece of locally made passion fruit cheesecake. Mmmmm :) ! From there we went to the Helsinki Cathedral (Tuomiokirkko), the Russian built church (Uspenskin Katedraali) and the Temppeliaukio Kirkko church (which is built into the rockface). ...
arriving at my Ferry destination
... HP book and cannot seem to stop reading! It's good! Met some other bikers on the ferry. I might meet 2 finnish lady-bikers later this month in Helsinki, when I make my way across into Estonia. We like to meet up for a tea and a ride. See how it ...
Back to my roots
... discovered many things that my mom does are not as odd as I once thought they were. Some of the things are very common in Finland, by the general population. Oddly I feel I really fit in here (minus the language barrier). Not only in the way I was ...
The Irish take over Helsinki, plus me
... was a bad influence and Mark ended up skipping his school. (It was only one 2 hour class...) We wandered the streets of Helsinki. There is a beautiful Lutheran Cathedral. We came upon it as a wedding party was assembling for photos in the square in front ...
The Irish take over Helsinki, plus me
... was a bad influence and Mark ended up skipping his school. (It was only one 2 hour class...) We wandered the streets of Helsinki. There is a beautiful Lutheran Cathedral. We came upon it as a wedding party was assembling for photos in the square in front ...
Helsinki- More sightseeing and cruise home
... here we walked the rest of the way to the Sibelius monument, taking a little trip through some less touristy areas of Helsinki. We walked through some residential areas, down a path by some water and we eventually caught up with the many ...
Kohta se alkaa...
Heissan taas uskolliset vanhat lukijat ja tervetuloa kaikki uudet! Taas on kausi edessä Alpeilla ja onneksi yhdessä onnellisesti. Sooloilut on nyt sooloiltu ja loppu hyvin kaikki hyvin. Valtteri on ollut Gravessa jo 4.tammikuuta saakka ja itse ...
Back into Europe
... 've come up again. No problems crossing the borders, though we think every Russian had the suitcases searched as they crossed into Finland. Helsinki was our only stop in the country, but it was quite lovely, and very relaxing. It was much smaller than the ...
A gentle stroll
... Eurosport 1). Kick off is at 5.30pm Finnish time. We're walking up to meet the rest of the gang at the hotel near Helsinki's Olympic stadium (Mike, Pete, Emma, Richard, the Carney's, Bernie and Gavin are all staying there) and then up to the Holiday Inn ...
Wet and rainy Helsinki
... the Natural History Museum, which was really interesting. There is an ENORMOUS owl that is native to Finland! 4th June was the start of Helsinki Week festival, so in Senate Square there was the Provincial Festival, which this year featured ...
Two Weeks in Helsinki
The Daughter of the Baltic. Two weeks in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The city where saliva coats the pavements, a third of the inhabitants wear studded collars, long black jackets and scowls, while the other two thirds, during the first signs ...
Helsinki Escale
... 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 de solitude je me rend compte que le "World speaks ....I K E A" ...
Suomenlinna
Took a ferry to Suomenlinna, the sea fortress near Helsinki. It was built by Sweden (and named Sveaborg) to defend Baltic from Russia, then Russia took over the fortress, expanded it and used it to protect Baltic from Sweden and its allies, and finally ...
Departure
With less than 12 hours until my flight, I'm worried that as tired as I am, this will be a restless night with little or no sleep. We'll see how this blogging thing goes on the road. As of right now though, I'm too exhausted to think of anything clever ...
Getting Started
... Painted Veil and whatever garbage followed it. A mere eight hours after taking off, our plane touched down in Helsinki. Coming down, we had a beautiful view of the fjords, which were ever bit as majestic as the f-j combination ...
Food in Finland?
As soon as I boarded the train from St Petersburg to Helsinki I thought to myself, "ah - this must be a Finnish train". So sleek and quiet and punctual. Not that I'd had any particularly bad experiences with Russian trains but as I was on my way to ...
Helsinki
Arrived at Helsinki Airport at 3:50 p. m. (+ 1 h)after a real comfortable and pleasant flight – I even dared to close my eyes for half an hour – without any pills(!) ;-). I got my luggage without damages (I wondered already in Munich, if I ...
Helsinki- Cathedrals and meeting the Weasley twins
... out to go see some tourist attractions. First we decided to walk to the Senate Square to take a look at Helsinki Cathedreal, completed in 1842. It is an absoloutley gigantic building, bright while with pale green domes. It dominates the ...
