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Naruportintie 68, Espoo, 02860, Finland
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Beautiful peaceful landscape around it
Kivenlahti, Espoo, Finland
Not only the trees were preserved during the building of Tapiola, but also a lot of the animal world is still co-habiting in this man-created environment.
Be careful while walking on Tapiola's walking paths and try not to disturb squirrels too much (like I did while trying to photograph this one, that was scared to death thinking my camera is some very harmful weapon).
Vermo is the most famous horse racing track in Finland. All around the year, every wednesday from 18 to 22 there are horse races (check the websites front page - there is announcements for the next race). If you understand horses and are interested in betting - or even the other of the mentioned - this is the place to come.
Tickets 4 euros at the gate.
Sauna is necessary. The dream is to have a sauna by the lake. I have illustrated my tip with the picture of our sauna, it is right by the lake. Usually in a sauna there are two rooms,a dressing room and the hot room. You also wash yourself there - naked.
From childhood Finns learn to bathe separately: small boys go to sauna with their fathers and girls are with mothers. Please note: a sauna is every mother's dream as the children will collapse of exhaustion afterwards...
Sauna traditions start from there: family ties become strong, secrets made and unfolded. In the privacy of sauna., as you are naked, it means you cannot hide anything.
Next, you sit down on the benches. They're not very hot and feel nice to your skin.
You may splash some water on yourself to feel better. The water used in sauna comes straight from the lake, buckets and buckets of it. Some heated for washing, some ice cold. Bathing in sauna may take any hours.
You have a ladle to throw half a cupful of water on the hot, heated stones.
The best sauna is the one heated with wood; make sure the ventilation is OK. A crack going under the door is a sign you're in a good sauna. The electrically heated version of sauna makes the air too dry and hot. The soft, hot, humid sauna in the countryside is sheer pleasure!!
Why do we beat ourselves with the bunch of birch twigs, very gently?The wet twigs,and birch leaves, have some oil in them that helps you to have a better circulation in your body. And if you have the tiny mosquito bites in your feet, you don't feel the itch to scratch the itching ones after the beating.
Bathing in sauna means sweating. Drinking is essential afterwards ; a beer or two. Getting drunk isn't the real thing and cold water is a good option.
After sauna is the perfect time to have a cup of coffee and one sweet bun, pulla. You're so relaxed; no wonder if you fall asleep. One thing is certain: you have left all your troubles behind you. Sauna is the best thing Finland has to offer for the rest of the world.
Chico's All American Bistro is, as the name implies, an American styled restaurant chain that serves the basic stuff, such as pastas, tex mex, sandwiches and other meals usually found in the US (or at least in the stereotypical view of a restaurant in US). Sometimes, these portions are really tasty in the US -- unfortunately Chico's has lost most of the freshness and the innovativeness found in the States that is needed to set the meal apart from the rest.
Instead, Chico's is just fine place to get your stomach filled with a reasonable cost and effort. Don't expect anything too fancy and you won't get disappointed.
The restaurant in Tapiola is located in fact in Pohjois-Tapiola, one kilometer north from the main Tapiola shopping area. The stroll to the shopping center is pleasurable during summer time, as you can walk through vast parks that surround Tapiola. The pleasure on winter depends, of course, on your clothing.
April Jazz Espoo 25.04. - 01.05.2007
- It is organized already 20th time
- Five days of international and Finnish jazz bands in different locations in Tapiola (restaurants, cultural building's concert halls and in "jazz tent")
- Organizer: Espoo Big Band ry.
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