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Stockmann Helsinki
39 Reviews The Stockmann department store is a culturally significant business building and department store located in the centre of Helsinki. The Stockmann logo represents a set of escalators, because the...
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Koskikeskus Tampere
3 Reviews Here you'll find over a hundred stores and boutiques. Some of them offer trendy and expensive clothing, but most of them sell products at reasonable prices. Here you can find toys, sporting and...
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Forum Helsinki
2 Reviews This is a great shopping centre with close to 100 shops, restaurants, cafes, under same roof. Dont miss my tip of the APOLLO bar/café in the Forum shopping centre. For a list of all the shopps...
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Kuninkaankatu,Pedestrian street Tampere
7 Reviews These are lttle different lingerie than most of other,and sold only at their own shops.You might say they are little more luxorius. Happy fot tourists,I noticed that pages are in English.That might...
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Kamppi Helsinki
3 Reviews Ruohonjuuri is a lovely shop selling organic fruits and veggies, as well perfumes, candles, juices and so on... If you are traveling with ababy and want to cook him food (like I did) this shop is...
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Stockman Tampere
3 Reviews Stockmann is Finland’s largest department store chain and their Tampere store is among the biggest. If you want to stroll around and see where Finns buy almost everything, this is the right place....
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Hämeenkatu,mainstreet of Tampere Tampere
3 Reviews They are big(est?) Finnish bookstore-cahian.You´ll find books in English also.If you want a book about Finland or just something to read at your travel,or books of other countries,go here.Ask the...
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City Sokos Tampere
2 Reviews If Stockmann is most expensive(allthough I don´t think it´s SO exepensive than many people think),this is little cheper.It is also at good location,when people cahnge busses when going to work and...
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Kauppahalli Tampere
2 Reviews This is the biggest markethall in whole Scandinavia.They have so many delious there to sell,that if you go in the hugnry,it´s hard to go out without buing anything.Mostly there is food,but also...
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This is a traditional coffee mug made of one piece of birthroot. It has been traditionally made in Lapland for centuries. But you must be careful, there are now some massive productions such items and they are not the real ones. Best would be to buy it in Lapland. Aout 35 euro in the south, a bit cheaper in Lapland.
Delicious chocolates The truffles. They're the best. Oh, and so are the toffees. And the mints. But don't eat the liqourice. No. That's bad. Should really put liqourice in the dangers section. Nothing. They have free samples : )
Most of the Kalevala jewelry models date back to the Viking Era more than a thousand years ago, but the vast collection of jewelry also includes models that are almost twice that age. Of course they are replicas, but it is the design that counts.This shop is a factory outlet, so it is convenient to buy the jewelry here and not at shops in the center.Open Mon - Fri 9 - 17, Sat 10 - 14
The only place where you can buy alcohol stronger than beer are the state owned Alko shops. You find them in every town and prices are quite high because of the taxes.Finland has quite an alcohol problem, you can experience that especially on weekends when you can see even 12 year old kids drunk on the streets. Probably that's just a consequence of the high prices which makes it a "special" product. Great choice of wine.
Strawberries or "Mansikka" in finnish are really special there. The many hours of light and sunshine during the finnish nordic summer make them the most sweet and flavoured strawberries I've ever tried! about 3 Euros for a Liter
No, not the vodka, the music!I think Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia" is a wonderful souvenir to take home, especially after visiting the Sibelius monument in the Sibelius Park on Mechelininkatu.The music of the most famous Finnish composer will certainly remind you of the time you have spent in the country.-But maybe you want to take a bottle of liquid Finlandia as well... ;-))
Finland is considered to be quite an expensive country. Nowadays many European countries are probably as expensive as (or even more expensive than) Finland, but prices might "shock" you in some occasions. Prices can vary quite a lot between different shops, attractions etc. (as you may know), but here are some examples anyway (prices are somewhere around these figures, I think. Correct me if I'm wrong):- Cup of coffee in a cafeteria: 1.80 €- Pizza in a pizzeria: 6-8 €- Chinese fast food (takeaway): 4-8 €- Meal in a restaurant: 9-15 €- Half a litre beer in a restaurant: 4-5 €- 0.3 litre bottle of beer from market: 1 €- One litre milk: 0.90 €- 0,75 litre bottle of wine from the liquor store (ALKO): 5-20 €- Half a litre Kossu: 14 €- One litre petrol: 1.10 €- One way bus or train ticket from Helsinki to Tampere (180 km): 20 €- One months rent in 30 sq.meter flat in Helsinki: 400-550 €- One...
If you happened to travel by flight, you can leave some of your shopping for the airport. Some items will be cheaper there, especially if you fly out of the EU, as you will be entitle to pay tax free for items. Alcohol for example will be half price. Cosmetics items will be cheaper as well.Penna Design and Kalevala products are available here as well.
The Esplanad park is a rectangular green area in the prime spot of Helsinki. North and south of it there are two rather luxurious shopping streets, the Northern and the Southern Esplanad. Here you find special design shops and merchandise at a special price ; ) Anything! From well-known Alvar Aalto furniture to famous Marimekko clothes. In Decembre there is a Christmas market in the park, always good for some snappies. Prices are rather high in this area.
There are numerous shopping centres in and around Helsinki. Surely best known are Stockmann, Sokos and Forum in the absolute focus of the city of Helsinki. Around Helsinki you find some malls like Itäkeskus (easyly accesible by metro), and Jumbo (by bus), Iso Omena (by bus) and others. More over, big foreign companies have errected huge, massive shopping areas here and there for instance IKEA, Gigantti and ON/OFF (electronics), Stadium (sports gear) and Bauhaus (building tools) Virtually anything. The range is large! From dumping to exclusive prices.
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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