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Quite a dramatic setting for an opera festival - Savonlinna
Quite a dramatic setting for an opera festival
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See Savonlinna from Air!
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  • ZenLady34
  • By ZenLady34 on August 17, 2006
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  • up in the air we'll go! - Savonlinna
    up in the air we'll go!
    by ZenLady34
    This is an experience! See Savonlinna and near areas from air. See the lakes and tiny islands from air. I guess from the air one can realize how amasing the archipelago in the lake area really is!

    Vesiair Oy makes sightseeings by airplane for 1-6 persons. They will take you up in the air for app. 15minutes at a time. They dont have netpages but I saw their airplane standing quite close to city center and there is a mobilephone number (given below) where you can call if you are interested.

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  • Address: junction of Erik Laxmannin puistotie and Rantakatu
  • Phone: +358 (0)400 670 690
  • Directions: When walking along the beach from Central market place towards Olavinlinna Castle, you cant miss the little plane (unless its flying...)
  • Other Contact: fax:+358 (0)15 514 810
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    If you are hungry....
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  • Updated By Chatte40 on August 2, 2005
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  • Marketplace and hotel Seurahuone - Savonlinna
    Marketplace and hotel
    Seurahuone
    by Chatte40
    ...go to Seurahuone, a hotell by the marketplace, and there to the 6th floor. There`s a terrace called "Muikkubaari". You can have a delicious plate of local fish (muikku) with/without owenpotatoes..While eating you can enjoy beautiful landscapes over the Savonlinna.
    The plate costs about 10 EUR, and it`s quite big, for small-hungry enough for two persons...

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  • Directions: Just beside the marketplace Kauppatori.
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    If you wanna rest...
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  • By Chatte40 on August 2, 2005
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  • Cruising boat - Savonlinna
    Cruising boat
    by Chatte40
    ...take a boat for a cruise. By the marketplace there are cruisingboats around the Savonlinna town or a trip to Savonlinna archipelago. It takes time from 1 to 2,5 hours and costs 10-15 EUR. You can buy refreshements from the boat.

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  • Directions: By the marketplace.
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    Enjoy walking over the bridges...
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  • Walking-bridge - Savonlinna
    Walking-bridge
    by Chatte40
    There`s so many beautiful places for walking in Savonlinna. It`s small town, and everything is easy to reach by walk.
    This is a bridge for walkers from a park to a marketplace. There`s only one marketplace in this picturesque-town.

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    Olavinlinna castle
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  • By Sininen on August 6, 2005
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    And aftermeal...
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  • Olavinlinna-castle - Savonlinna
    Olavinlinna-castle
    by Chatte40
    ....you can walk towards the castle Olavinlinna. There`s quite many nice terraces for drinking cold beer, wine, cafe...

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  • Directions: Just walk towards signs Olavinlinna, by the walkingstreet above lake.
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    Wooden Church in Kerimäki
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  • Detail of Wooden Church - Savonlinna
    Detail of Wooden Church
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    15km East of Savonlinna, in Kerimäki, the world's largest wooden church can be visited. It was donated by a former citizen who emigrated to the USA and was errected in 1847. It is said that the construction plans where written in foot, but the workers thought it was meters - and that's why the church became that huge.

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  • Directions: Street No. 14 out of Savonlinna (North), then Street No. 71 with direction to "Antola"
  • Website: www.kerimaki.fi
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    Olavinlinna Castle
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  • Quite a dramatic setting for an opera festival - Savonlinna
    Quite a dramatic setting for
    an opera festival
    by brazwhazz
    Built in 1475 to protect the eastern border of the Swedish empire against the Russians, Olavinlinna was nevertheless conquered by those very same Russians in the 18th century. (In fact, they built a bright yellow building that looks terribly out of place inside the otherwise medieval fortress.)

    Nowadays, Olavinlinna is home to the Savonlinna Opera Festival, which takes place every July. You may visit the castle, but only as part of one of the guided tours. Fortunately, the guides are very good and are fluent in several languages. They come around every hour on the hour to greet the visitors and take them on a 45-minute tour. When we were there, we picked the French guide because this meant that we would have a guide all to ourselves, as the others all went with the English one! :)

    At the end of the tour, you can visit two small exhibits on your own, one being about the history of the castle and the other about the Orthodox religion.

    The castle is open every day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., except in the summer when it remains open until 5 p.m.

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  • Phone: +358 15 531 164
  • Website: http://www.nba.fi/en/olavinlinna_castle
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    The harbour
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  • Updated By Sininen on August 7, 2005
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    From the harbour you can take boat trips to Lake Saimaa, Finland's biggest lake. We really enjoyed the few hour cruise on a sunny day. The photo in the main page was taken from the boat.

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