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- Helsinki
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Helsinki Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Airport
... for breakfast. Taxis are no longer cheap in Tallinn. It cost about $14 to get to the airport. However, here in Helsinki where I'm wirting this from, the cost of a taxi from the Helsinki airport to downtown is $70. Global Warming is backing away ...
Helsinki Finland
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 physical location. The city is part of Europe yet sits only 80 km from St. ...
Helsinki
We had a brief visit to Helsinki and stayed overnight at the Hotel Kamp. Helsinki is, as ever, civilised. We ate at a very good restaurant called Chez Dominique - the meal was fantastic. Visited Arabia-land again before heading out to the airport for ...
Architecture In Helsinki
... the alarm to sound. When it eventually did at 06:15 we got out of bed and got ready to go on our day trip to Helsinki in Finland. We had not prebooked ferry tickets so we gave ourselves enough time to get to the port to do so before the 07:30 ...
Helsinki Hell
... chosen campsite 60k's from Turku at 8pm and discovering that they spoke no English and had no TV we drove another 2 hours straight to Helsinki. On arriving we found that the campsite was full due to a music festival but they did have a hostel room on site ...
Crazy Finland Prices!!
After a ferry ride from Tallinn that at one stage was rocking all over the place we pulled into the post of Helsinki, Finland. As usual we decided to walk to our hostel which was quite a distance so once we actually reached it we were completely out of ...
Jun 02, 2009
From sun and sand to snow
... . HELSINKI From sun and sand to snow We need new travel agents. No one in their right mind would choose to go from Petra to Helsinki. We are clearly insane. Today was a very long day. An exhausting day. We started off in the middle of a desert and ...
Vorbereitung fuer Russland /Preparation for Russia
... '457 Kaum ein paar Kilometer gefahren schon wieder Halt in City. Diesmal nach Fährüberfahrt heisst sie Helsinki. Vorerst letzte Gelegenheit sich mit westlichen Produkten einzudecken genutzt. Jedoch wird Finnland nur gestreift im Sueden. XXXXX ...
Helsinki
... around in circles looking for new things to see. I took a small ferry boat to the island fortress called Suomenlinna in Helsinki harbor. It was built at great expense over many years by the Finns but it seems to have been a complete waste of ...
Tästä se alkaa..
..tai alkoi jo ajatuksissa ajat sitten. Päätin lähteä matkalle jonka vaiheita tai lopputulosta en osaa ennalta arvioida. Millä ilmeellä tulen takaisin, se jää nähtäväksi. Tuhkapilven innoittamana aioin jonain kauniina päivänä hypätä ...
Hki-Vantaa taas
Huomenta. Huonosti nukutun yön jälkeen iloisena Mnasilta Maunulasta porvarillismiehenä taksilla kentälle. Nukuttu suurimpiirtein 2h ja sekin hyvin huonosti. Parhaimpana vielä isä-rakkaan aamuiset herätystekstarit että ethän myöhästy ...
Finnish Efficiency in Helsinki...
... circumstances go back to this bar, I made my way back to the hotel ready to crash once more, now after seeing most of Helsinki (and experiencing even more I didn't wish to encounter) I was eager to move on to St Petersburg... St Petersburg 'the Venice ...
Helsinki
... stadium and found the doors to the hostel. I paid my way, made some sandwiches, asked the reception what there is to do in Helsinki and trudged through the snow. I saw snow scrappers, people having snowball fights, and many cars stuck in the roads. I kept ...
Paluu ja loppusanat
... ja loppujen lopuksi alkoi pohtia koko matkustamisen perimmäistä ideaa. (Hannu Luntiala, "Hommes" 2006) "Laskeudumme hetken kuluttua Helsinki-Vantaan lentokentälle. Paikallinen aika on 8.50 ja sää lentokentällä on sateinen ja lämpötila +9 ...
Helsinki and Tallinn
... . I met a couchsurfing woman in town and we went to the National Museum to see some social history of Finland in the last couple centuries. Helsinki has quite a large harbor and a very good public transportation system. It is disconcerting not to be able ...
This is just Finntastic.
... the museums here, got us a bus tour, and a ferry to the island fortress that our friends told us was a must see. Helsinki Expert's bus tour was very well done, but the fact that we had eaten nothing but airline food for hours struck our stomachs ...
Welcome to Helsinki!
... Dusche und einem liebevoll zubereiteten Frühstück. Maili hat schon alles für uns vorbereitet indem sie uns eine "Helsinki Card" besorgt hat, also machen wir uns gemeinsam mit Bus und Metro auf den Weg ins Zentrum. Um einen Überblick ...
Like Home, Sweet Home
... ; at least that’s what we thought*. With our flights to Beijing finally sorted out, we made our way from Tallinn to Helsinki, Finland for a few days of Nordic life before returning to the hot and humid world well-below the 45th parallel. The ferry ...
Bruce's trip coming to an end
... Nordic countries is almost like Christmas, but the opposite, a celebration of the summer solstice. People will be fleeing Helsinki for the countryside this weekend. On the street near the waterfront a brass band plays. People ...
Crazy Canadians
... run around the track jumping over occasional hurdles, one of which is followed by a puddle.) Helsinki is a functionally beautiful city set on a peninsula. Finland's past rule by Sweden and then Russia has left its influence on Finland's capital. ...
Stockholm to Helsinki (via Viking Line booze cruis
... in Scandinavia and known as Baltic Sea Booze Cruise! Was a great night. When we woke up in the morning we were in Helsinki. And it was -9 degrees! Did a brief walking tour of the city and then took off to the Helsinki zoo where the world ice ...
Finland for a Day
... in Helsinki, as it's located on a peninsula reaching into the Baltic. It is all around you and pooring down on top. I'd say Helsinki is well worth a visit. And maybe I will return to see the sun next time. Photos can be found here: ...
Helsinki, Findland
... that sits beside the harbor and occupies a full block in width. There is a height restriction of seven stories in Helsinki so some of the buildings were built wider and deeper to accommodate the occupants that work and live in the buildings. ...
Leaving Estonia for Finland
... at the airport. All four of us checked in. We got on board our small prop ATR and took the 20 minute flight to Helsinki where I'm writing this while we wait for our flight to Kemi. This trip has been so helpful to consolidate a number of hanging ...
Back To Basics
3103-04042011 Helsinki. FInland Back in da motherland. Kahden ja puolen tunnin lento Wienistä Helsinki-Vantaalle sujui melko easyissä merkeissä ja Syksykin löysi kaverin itselleen etupenkillä istuneesta vähän isommasta vauvelista. Koneen ...
Helsinki: Lomalla lomalta
Joidenkin mielestä voi olla erikoista tulla käymään kotona kesken sapattivapaan ja suuren mahdollisuuden kiertää kaukomaita, joihin ei muuten tulisi lähdettyä. Minulle kuitenkin suurimpana motivaattorina oli ...
Holy Helsinki Batman!
... the city. There were some awesome markets going on down by the water front as well as the fantastically picturesque Helsinki Cathedral. We couldn't go in until later that evening due to a wedding being held inside. The interior was ...
Layer upon layer
... have spoken to has had perfect English. They even have some of the Finnish news in English, which I have found very convenient. Helsinki is a seaside city with five different harbours. There are lots of beaches (which I presume would get used about one ...