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Sauna (The Finnish Sauna Society) Helsinki
6 Reviews We deliberately chose a hotel with a swimming pool in Helsinki and were shocked to find the pool only opened around 2 hours per day. This is because the pool is part of the sauna experience. Finnish...
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Musta Makkara Tampere
4 Reviews If you ask anyone in Tampere which one is the most typical local food, the answer would be mustamakkara. This sausage (similar to black pudding, but thinner) consists of pork, pig blood, crushed rye...
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No tipping in Finland (but you can leave small change) Helsinki
7 Reviews I don't actually agree with the no tipping custom. Finnish people might not tip very often, but when they do tip, they show that they liked the food, the place and the service - just like anywhere...
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Vappu (1st. of May) Helsinki
6 Reviews This is to tell you a little bit about a Finnish tradition called Vappu (the 1st of May). We have big Vappu celebrations over here with dancing in the streets, lots of balloons and funny masks etc....
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Washing carpets at the beach Helsinki
3 Reviews When you tell people that the Finns still wash their carpets by hand, many do not believe this to be true. However, the tradition continues and in several water front places around the city, the...
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When summer fades and darkness falls autumn takes over and musrooms raise their little hats from the soil...Now Finns like to go in the woods (k?yd? sieness?, sienest??) and pick all different sorts of those little one-footed.Have a try too, but please do check with a guide wheter a (still) living person or a book!For there are really poisenous and nasty little fungi out there.In the picture seen Boletus edulis in Latin and herkkutatti in Finnish.
When hiking, riding or driving in the countryside one may occasionally encounter a sign by the street called hannunvaakuna. This is an indicator that in the given direction there is a significantly interesting nature spot or culturally important location, building etc. The accompanying text is not always very clear, so you just have to go and see for yourself whether it is worth being "inspected" or not.The hannunvaakuna is an old fenno-ugric sign of protection. Finnish Kalevala koru (jewelry) has the hannunvaakuna in their assortment.
Statistically, Finns drinking more coffee per capita then any other nation in the world. The common coffee here is percolator coffee, everyone have the machine at home and that is the normal coffee you will get in coffee shops and bars.But these days you can get nice cappuccinos and cafe au lait as well.Pulla is cardamom type of pastry, it is not original for Finland but it is very common here.
Autumn is time of mushrooms. After some rainy days mushrooms grow in an impressive speed. You do not have to look for mushrooms - just go in the woods and within 20min you have two or three baskets full of the best pieces of "Birkenpilze, Rotkappen, Maronen und Steinpilze". Well, I just know the German names of the mushrooms, if you know the English terms please drop me a line.
Beer, as well as all other kinds of alcohol, is extremely expensive in Finland due to a high tax on alcohol. I had to pay almost five Euros (6 US$) for a bottle of this elixier :-DIt would be better to import some alcohol or just to do without it.
Camping in Lapland's wilderness is great! Along the strees are numerous parking lots. Here you can stop, built up your tent and make a campfire. Near Inari it stopped raining and we bought right away some meat to grill. The wood was too wet for a campfire so we had to rely on my grill.
(Papiamento) - Un Felis Pasco y un Prospero Anja Nobo(Peru) - Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso A?o Nuevo (Philippines) - Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon (Polish) - Wesolych Swiat Bozego NarodzeniaWesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i szczesliwego Nowego Roku. (Portuguese) - Boas Festas Boas Festas e Feliz Ano NovoFeliz Natal e propero Ano Novo. (RAPA-NUI -Easter Island) - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua. (Romanian) - Sarbatori FericiteSarbatori Fericite. La Multi Ani. (Romanian - in Moldova Republic) - La Anul si La Multi Ani. (Russian) - S prazdnikom Rozdestva Hristova i s Novim Godom (Samoan) - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou. (Serbian) - Hristos se rodi (Serb-Croatian) - Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina. (Singhalese - Ceylon/Sri Lanka) - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa. (Samoan - Merry Christmas) - Ia Manuia le Kerisimasi (Samoan - Happy New Year) -...
(Gaelic-Irish) - Nolag mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fe Mhaise(Gaelic-Scot) - Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur(German) - Frohe Weihnachten und ein gluckliches neues JahrFrohliche Weihnachten und ein gesegnetes neues JahrFrohe Festtage(Greek) - Kala Christougena Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Ethos(Hawaiian) - Mele KalikimakaMele Kalikimake me ka Hauloi Makahiki hou (Hebrew) - Mo'adim Lesimkha(Hindi - India's national language) - Shubh Christmas(Hungarian) - Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeketBoldog Karacsonyl es Ujevl Unnepeket Kellemes Karacsonyt Es Boldog Uj Evet(Icelandic) - Gledileg jol og farsaelt komandi arGledlig jol og Nyar (Indonesia) - Selamat Hari NatalSelamah Tahun Baru (Iraqi) - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah (Irish) - Nollaig Shona Duit (Irish) - Nodlaig mhaith chugnat (Iroquois) - Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.(Italian) - Buon...
(Afrikaans) - Geseende Kersfees (Afrikander) - Een Plesierige Kerfees (African - (Eritrean) Tigrinja) - REHUS-BEAL-LEDEATs (Albanian) - Gezur Krislinjden(Argentine) - Feliz Navidad Y Un Prospero Ano Nuevo (Armenian) - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand (Azeri-Azerbaijan) - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun (Basque) - Eguberri Zoriontsuak eta Urte Berri On (Bohemian) - Vesele Vanoce (Brazilian) - Feliz Natal e Prospero Ano Novo (Bulgarian) - Chestita Koleda Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo Tchestita Nova Godina(Catalan) - Bon Nadal i Feli? Any Nou (Czech Republic) - Vesele Vanoce (Chinese - Cantonese) - Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw SunSing Dan Fai Lok (Chinese - Mandarin) - Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen TanSheng Dan Kuai Le (Croatian) - Sretan BozicEestit Boiae i sretna Nova godina (Czech) - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok(Danish) - Glaedelig Jul (Dutch) - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een...
These are a kind of pancakes and they are one of my favourite finnish meal! Traditionally eaten with strawberry jam and whipped cream, they are also very good with chocolate, cinnamon and sugar and probably everything you like.
Hotel Kamp Helsinki
16 Reviews and 332 Opinions Located on Pohjoisesplanadi, in the heart of Helsinki, Hotel Kämp is one of the city's most...
Sokos Hotel Ilves Tampere
5 Reviews and 59 Opinions I stayed at Sokos Hotel Ilves for one night in July 2011 and had a very pleasant stay in this 4 star...
Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel Turku Turku
4 Reviews and 125 Opinions We had never stayed in Radison hotels before, because they are allways more expensive than any other...
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Q: Right - here's the brief. I've got a maximum of three days, and am going to pick up a car from either Helsinki or Tampere....
A: go to the koli national park. thats not too far so you can get to see something in 3 days, and its one of the most beautiful landscapes in finland.
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