Southern Finland

This is just the map of places I lived and visited during my year in Finland with Rotary. As I am making this map in 2006, I can't be bothered to blog anything, but the map pins will at least show you where I managed to visit in and around Finland and ...

... , before heading to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. We'll leave New York the third week of December for Helsinki, Finland before we'll be back in Norway on the 20th of December - just in time for Christmas. Alright, off we go - ...

It was only a none day trip to the capital city of Finland. Regarding the prices there I can be happy that I had free accomodation...

... the growth. In the 1918 Finnish Civil War, most of Helsinki fell to the Red Guard along with the rest of southern Finland after brief fighting in January. The Senate was relocated to Vaasa, although some senators and officials remained in hiding in ...

... Park get my attention so I decided on my travel planner that I will visit that place for the beginning of my journey in Finland before I go to another place. . I woke up early in the morning and check my cameras film battery to take some ...

... Grand Duchy of Finland in 1812. Finland gained its independence from Russia in 1917 and Helsinki became the capital of independent Finland. During the Winter War (1939-40) and the Continuation War (1941-44) Helsinki suffered from Soviet bombs. Thanks ...