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 Rovaniemi - Jätkänkynttila
Bridge by SanguiniA
The city in itself is not particularly interesting, though hanging around by the river or in the terraces on a sunny summer day (sipping some Lonkero) is quite easy-going and relaxing. Distinctive features are the elegant Jätkänkynttila bridge and the modern Artikum Museum.
Of course the real attraction is the great outdoors in the nature surrounding Rovaniemi, with plenty of opportunities for hiking and cycling in summer, and husky safaris and skiing in winter. Various tour operator shops can be seen around the city to help you make arrangements.
2006 Eurovision winners Lordi's frontman hails from Rovaniemi, and the city was so proud of their achievement that it has changed the name of its main square to Lordi square ... Finland must have wanted to win the Eurovision pretty bad :-) Leave a Comment
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 View from my window when
living in Sirkka, Kittilä by Janni67
Lapland has many faces. The south and the west are maritime, they have rivers and rich flora. Central and eastern Lapland are known for their tree-covered fells. Northern Lapland is more barren. Only the most stubborn trees and bushes grow above the tree limit and the tops of the fells are bare.
Rovaniemi is the heart of Lapland. There's alot to see and do; how about a trekking trip in Ounasvaara, a riverboat cruise, visit to a reindeer farm or a toboggan run... Or take a safari, go fishing for salmon, or take a day trip to the Ranua Wildlife Park with its over 50 species of Arctic animals. At the Arctic Circle, the Santa Claus Village & SantaPark are places you will want to see; especially good not for children only but for all childrenminded as well ;)
In my teens I lived for a year and a half in Kittilä, some 150 km north of Rovaniemi, in the part of Lapland which is called the Fell Lapland. In Kittilä there's Levi ski resort which is one of the best in Lapland, several art museums and galleries and also two national parks are partly in Kittilä: Pallas-Ounas and the famous Lemmenjoki. Kittilä has even an international airport and it's easy to reach by train as well. Leave a Comment
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 ferry; Hailuoto, Finland by sinoda
Some 25 kilometers from Oulu (by road).
The island has nice sandy beaches, a lot of forest, mainly pine trees and a lively community. There are some camping grounds as well as some restaurants.
The island is reachable by a ferry - normally frequenting every 30 minutes. Leave a Comment
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 Jan Sibelius by olja1234
Born 8.12.1865, died 20.9.1957
One of the major composer wrote exiting highly individual music with great format logic and power. Most famous works are: En Saga, Pohiola's Daughter, his Violin Concerto, String Quartet and Finlandia Hymn
Very interesting modern style of monument dedicated to his memory. Leave a Comment
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 Olypic Stadium by olja1234
Atletic have held quite a particular importance in Finland and in the mind of Finns.
Excellent results of Finns' in the Olympic games fostered the dream that one day it would be possible to hold the games in Helsinki.
Stadium was built on June 1938 and modernizated on 1990 - 1994.
Most important events were XVth Olympic Games - 19.July - 3.August 1952 Leave a Comment
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 On the road by olja1234Leave a Comment
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 The cathedral on May Day Eve. by Janni67
We call our country "Suomi-neito", neito meaning a maid, mostly because of the shape of this country. In this case Helsinki is located on her feet, right foot to be precise ;)
To anyone coming from the "big world", Helsinki is a small city to be a capital. It just reached a figure of half a million residents. Together with the neighbouring cities the Greater Helsinki area populates around a million.
In a European perspective Helsinki is a relatively young city --450 years old. It isn't the oldest city, nor the first capital, but sixth oldest. The Swedes, who extended their empire to Finland in 1155, founded the city of ‘Helsingfors’ (which still today is the city's name in Swedish) in 1550, when King Gustav Vasa needed a site for a strategic and competitively situated trading port.
Since 1809 Finland was under the Russian Empire, with an authonomic status, until we got independence in 1917. Helsinki stepped on to the world stage when the Olympic Stadium was completed in 1938, although the games were postponed due to the war and were finally held there in 1952. It still holds the record as the smallest city in the world to host the Olympic Games.
Some of the main attractions in Helsinki are The Cathedral (pictured here), Senate Square, Market Square, Temppeliaukio Church, Sibelius Monument, Finlandia Hall and the National Museum of Finland. Leave a Comment
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