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Helsinki Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki
... we reached the ferry for the return trip on time, so we got soaked! We got to the ferry in time, caught the ferry back to Helsinki then set about finding somewhere to grab dinner before we got the bus back to our camp site. Seo and I found a place called ...
Huh, lähtökaaos
Kaaos. Siivous. Pakkaus. Jännitys. Ilman Ellua ei taaskaan selvittäisi. Siis siivouksessa. Tämä on testi toimiiko tämä. Jos luet, toimii! Tulee ikävä ja toivomme hyviä tuulia meidän kaikkien matkalle kunnes taas kohtaamme. No, tänne tulee ...
Helsinki Airport
Just a quickie to say we've arrived safe and well in Helsinki airport. Flight was fine although they served us a veggie curry for breakfast!! Needless to say, it was taken away as it was served - warm and fragrant! Not much to do as the ...
Helsinki Arrival & Sightseeing
... to the stop, we saw the Tram coming, so everyone started running :-x Tram ride was real fun, Helsinki is filled with Tram Lines. Saw the Finland Architecture and the important buildings. 12pm. Returned to Olympia Terminali. Not sure of next venture, we ...
Hyvä karuselleja, kiitos!
... ; так и не обнаружила... ********** We went to Helsinki on the ferry, Sergey bought tickets as far back as in Moscow. Almost all the time we spent on the open ...
A Quiet End to a Loud Sixteen Months
... . That was to show its face later in the day when the dregs of a Friday night had been seen to by street cleaners. Helsinki is the quietest capital I have been to. Good public transport meant little traffic in the centre. The people were quiet, public ...
Ohh Finlandia!
Instead of just transfering at Finland. I decided to spend a couple of days in Helsinki just to say ive been there and also to visit a couple of Finish guys I met in bosnia/crotia/motenegro. I didnt realise when I arrived in Helsinki that I ...
Destination Lapland
... bus pulled up right outside the Ferry station, exactly where we wanted to be. So we hopped off and went inside to book a ferry to Helsinki. The next ferry was at 14:00, and we were brought back to the reality of expensive countries when the price of the ...
Cold Winds and Silent People.
... AAAaRRGHH!!!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 ...
Bad Weather and just tired out.
June 12, Helsinki, Finland Today we were in Helsinki and it was sort of anti-climatic after St. Petersburg. The weather was lousy, cold, foggy, raining, and extremely windy. However we pressed on into the heart of Helsinki bad weather, tired feet, ...
Korea, jövök újra! / On the way back to Korea
... . Onnan már csak egy nagy ugrás, azaz repülés a második otthonom! Juhúúúúú!!! ________________ Finn Air flight AY754 Budapest - Helsinki. From there it's only one more long jump (I mean flight) and I'll be at the my second home again!!! ...
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 ...
Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, and a Fire Station Visit
... at a souvenir store and grabbed a few bits and pieces before finally making my way to one of the two volunteer fire stations in Helsinki. When I arrived at the fire station I was given a tour by the First Vice Chief, Perttu. Perttu was a really nice ...
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 ...
Here We Go Again!
1 - 3.12.2012. Helsinki. Finland Maailmanloppu on tulossa. Mayat olivat oikeassa. Pitkäkalenteri tulee päätökseensä 21.12.2012. Sen jälkeen maailmamme lakkaa olemasta. Aika on käymässä vähiin ja nyt pitää ottaa lopuista päivistä kaikki ...
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 ...
Helsinki so me očarali
... , ki je rokav Baltika, leži glavno in največje mesto te države. Zaradi svoje lege, so se Helsinki v zgodovini precej povezovali z velikimi mesti kot so Stockholm, Talin in St.Petersburg. Helsinki imajo 600.000 prebivalcev in so ...
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 ...