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Kauppatori (Market Square & Market Hall)   Helsinki

Kauppatori (Market Square & Market Hall), Helsinki

 82 Reviews  There was a Market on, great, I couldn't wait to have a look! I liked lots here, plenty of different things for sale, so different to "home!' Lots of very warm looking Furs, beautiful Capes, lots of... 

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Pyynikki park & tower   Tampere

Pyynikki park & tower, Tampere

 21 Reviews  This is the older observation tower, definately the better one. The park around Pyynikki is a place of relaxation to all of us, you can walk and roam there around the year and there are skiing paths... 

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Tuomiokirkko (The Lutheran Cathedral)   Helsinki

Tuomiokirkko (The Lutheran Cathedral), Helsinki

 119 Reviews  Whilst walking around the city we came across the imposing white neo-classical style Cathedral in Senate Square. Work began on this Cathedral in 1818, by a person named "Engel," who died 12 years... 

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Näsinneula (Observation Tower)   Tampere

Näsinneula (Observation Tower), Tampere

 12 Reviews  You must see the tower when in Tamprere. So, take a trip to tower and you understand where Tampere is located and why we Finns love our lakes. I love lake Näsijärvi (someone loves lake Pyhäjärvi too,... 

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Suomenlinna Island & Fortress   Helsinki

Suomenlinna Island & Fortress, Helsinki

 104 Reviews  Suomenlinna is quite a big area to walk around and many of the surfaces are uneven. We walked and looked at Museums, as these were included in our Helsinki card. There were quite Museum's scattered... 

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Moominvalley   Tampere

Moominvalley, Tampere

 9 Reviews  Some say that this is Tampere’s most popular attraction. Indeed, Moominvally has attracted a wide range of visitors from families with kids, to Asian girls who come because of Moomin’s cutenes and of... 

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Temppeliaukio (Rock) Church   Helsinki

Temppeliaukio (Rock) Church, Helsinki

 62 Reviews  The Rock Church, is a Lutheran Church completed in 1969. It really is something different to see in Helsinki. The Finnish name is Temppeliaukio Church, named after Temppeliaukio Square, the location... 

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Särkänniemi Amusement Park   Tampere

Särkänniemi Amusement Park, Tampere

 15 Reviews  This place is right beside the TV Tower. The setting is cool, with an assortment of rides beside Lake Näsijärvi. You can get great views over the lake & the cityscape from the high rides, like the... 

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Uspenski Orthodox Church   Helsinki

Uspenski Orthodox Church, Helsinki

 87 Reviews  The Uspenski Cathedral is the largest orthodox church in Western Europe. In Helsinki, it really stands out, especially when you are coming into Helsinki harbour by boat. The Russian Orthodox... 

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Pispala   Tampere

Pispala, Tampere

 6 Reviews  Pispala is a special district of Tampere. It has an undeniable charm, with its colourful wooden cottages built by late 19th-century workers and narrow lanes. The cottages, now worth a small fortune,... 

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Esplanadi Boulevard   Helsinki

Esplanadi Boulevard, Helsinki

 33 Reviews  Esplanade Park was a really nice park, located between two main streets and surrounded by beautiful Neo-Renaissance buildings, which replaced the old wooden houses in the latter half of the 19th... 

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The Lenin Museum   Tampere

The Lenin Museum, Tampere

 10 Reviews  This museum has mixed reviews and I really can understand why. The collection of the museum mostly consists mainly of publications by Lenin made during his time in Finland. As these are in Finnish or... 

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Linnanmaki Amusement Park   Helsinki

Linnanmaki Amusement Park, Helsinki

 21 Reviews  Linnanmäki Amusement Park: fairground amusements, the big ferris wheel, the roller coaster, lots of other rides, the toy and play museum, restaurants, Peacock Variety Theatre etc. Special: The first... 

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Tuomiokirkko   Tampere

Tuomiokirkko, Tampere

 12 Reviews  Tampere Cathedral, one of the city's best-known sites, aroused vehement debates when it was built at the beginning of the twentieth century. The daring paintings by famous Finnish artist Hugo Simberg... 

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Korkeasaari (Helsinki Zoo)   Helsinki

Korkeasaari (Helsinki Zoo), Helsinki

 18 Reviews  Korkeasaari Zoo organizes every fall a so called "Night of the Cats" event. This year it will take place on the 2nd and 9th of September. During these nights the zoo will be open between 16:00-24:00.... 

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Vapriikki Museums   Tampere

Vapriikki Museums, Tampere

 6 Reviews  This place is probably considered as Tampere’s main museum, even if the Lenin Museum and the Moomin Valley are better known. Vapriikki is located on the former ground of the Tampella factory, once one... 

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Olympic stadium   Helsinki

Olympic stadium, Helsinki

 26 Reviews  In 1952 the Olympic Summer Games were held in Helsinki. The Stadium is still in great condition and is still used. Right next to the stadium is the Olympic Tower, from where you can see all of... 

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Arboretum   Tampere

Arboretum, Tampere

 7 Reviews  If you are tired of the hussle in the city you can visit Hatanpää Arboretum (abt 2 km from teh centre). In its beautiful parks and view towards to Lake Pyhäjärvi and Pyynikki your soul definitely... 

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National Museum   Helsinki

National Museum, Helsinki

 16 Reviews  The National Museum of Finland is a building with a with a tall spire which looks more like a church than a museum. It contains a permanent exhibition of Finnish life from prehistoric times to the... 

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Sauna in Tampere   Tampere

Sauna in Tampere, Tampere

 3 Reviews  One of most famous saunas in Finland. many celebritys have been here also, and it´s very popular for tourists. I don´t like public saunas, but I thought I MUST save this here, when no-one else has... 

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Ateneum Art Museum   Helsinki

Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki

 16 Reviews  Ateneum is Finland's National Gallery housing the oldest, most significant and extensive works of art and dates range from 1750-1960. There are approximately 17,500 works of art including some... 

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Tampere Orthodox Church   Tampere

Tampere Orthodox Church, Tampere

 4 Reviews  I am an orthodox, so this church is close to me. My roots are from very east, so I have lived in close relationship with Cristian doctrine and orthodoxy. There is an icon in the corner of my living... 

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Finlandia Talo (Finlandia Hall)   Helsinki

Finlandia Talo (Finlandia Hall), Helsinki

 10 Reviews  There are many other tips concerning this hall already. But did you know this? You can blame Mr. Alvar Aalto, the architect, for the deteriorating marble wall tiles. He absolutely insisted on having... 

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Tampere City Library   Tampere

Tampere City Library, Tampere

 3 Reviews  This is one of the best places of Tampere. The main library is called Metso. There is a free Internet for everyone to use and Tampere has even their own Netti-Nysse which is a mobile Internet bus. It... 

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Amuri museum of workers' housing   Tampere

Amuri museum of workers' housing, Tampere

 7 Reviews  Tampere was founded in 1779. Beginning in the mid 1800's heavy industrialisation brought many new inhabitants to the town. They needed somewhere to live and the burgesses had to give up their fields.... 

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Pommern Museum Ship, Mariehamn, Åland

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Pommern is a museum ship anchored at the harbour of Mariehamn in Åland not far from the city centre. It was constructed in the early 20th century. It is a four masted barque built in Glasgow in the United Kingdom. The ship is approximately 95 meters long and 15 meters wide and has a total weight of approximately 2,300 tons. Its main mast is approximately 50 meters high. The museum ship is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the town of Mariehamn. It is also one of the few museum ships in Northern Europe! The operating hours of the museum ship are between 9.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. daily during the summer months. Admission fees are 5.00 euros for adult and 3.00 euros for children. Make it a point to visit Pommern Museum Ship when you visit Åland on your vacation! We consider the museum ship one of the most beautiful we have ever seen in Europe!

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Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki

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Uspenski Cathedral is located near to the Viking Line terminal at the harbour in Helsinki. We have been to the outside of this cathedral twice from our several trips to Helsinki but each time we wanted to enter the cathedral, it closed - hard luck! The Uspenski Cathedral is undoubtedly one of the few prominent landmarks that dominate the skyline of Helsinki together with the Lutheran Cathedral nearby.

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Lutheran Cathedral, Helsinki

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Lutheran Cathedral is located at Senate Square just 300 meters from Saluhallen and the harbour of Helsinki. It is a lovely Russian Orthodox Cathedral, one of the few located in Northern Europe! We have been to the outside of Lutheran Cathedral at Senate Square on numerous occasions, probably five or six times, but we have never entered the Cathedral before! We will make it a point to enter the Cathedral at least once on our next trip to Helsinki. Nevertheless the Lutheran Cathedral is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city of Helsinki!

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Land of festivals

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Finland is full of festivals.There is more music-festivals you can count,and at every category from religious hymns to Finnish tango to pop and heavy metal.Finns love them.If you want to know where to find your interest,ask me.Here´s some examples:Heavy and hard rock:Sauna open air,Tuska open air and NummirockTango:Seinäjoen TangomarkkinatRock and Pop:Provinssirock,RuisrockFinnish rock:Tammerfest,Himos festival

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Lapland - my Paradise!

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Finland is the home country of Santa Claus. Santa lives on a fell called Korvatunturi (Ear Mountain) in the municipality of Savukoski. Santa can´t live on the North Pole because there isn´t anything to eat for his reindeer there. But in Finnish Lapland a reindeer is a very common animal and it has a lot of food there. There are about 200 000 reindeer in Finland. Eagles, foxes, swans and wood grouse are other common animals. The spruce is the most common tree in Lapland. Wild cloudberry and Arctic bramble are the two most highly valued berries of Lapland. Lapland is a paradise for all nature lovers!Lapland - Santa's home - is very beautiful: fells (i.e. arctic treeless mountains), the northern lights (Aurora borealis) during winter and the midnight sun (night-less days) during summer. During the summer the sun doesn´t set at all! The midnight sun is visible for 20 nights at the Arctic...

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Moomin (Mumin, Moumine, Moem, Muumi) World

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Finland is the home country of moomins because they were created by Finnish Tove Jansson (1914-2001). Moomin World named Muumimaailma lies in Naantali near Turku, Finland, and Moomin Valley (Moomin museum) in Tampere, Finland. A moomin gift shop called Moomin Shop in Helsinki (at Kämp Galleria, address Pohjoisesplanadi 33).

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Lean-To shelters for bbq during hiking

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A very nice service I found during my stay in Finland are the many Lean-To shelters around the towns and remote in the countryside like hiking areas and national parks. Most of them have free fire wood prepared for use and some even a dry toilett. Often in a nice place they invite for a rest during which you can prepare your bbq. As they are open for everyone you frequently will share it with others and by this meet different people.The definition for Finnish lean-to shelters (Laavu) at Wikipedia...I try to set up a list here with pages of lean-to shelters around Finland.Laavus listed under Services for destinations...Laavus around Rovaniemi...

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ACTIVITY VILLAGE

by alyf1961

We travelled with cosmos on an all inclusive day trip to Lapland. We were met at Manchester airport by cosmos staff dressed as husky’s and reindeers. The flight was fantastic as everybody [including the pilot] sang carols and Christmas songs. When we got to Lapland we were taken by coach [after changing into ski suits] to an activity centre.we went on sleigh rides pulled by reindeer and husky’s, we went a snow mobile and tobogganing. In between all the activities there were wooden huts with roaring fires and hot fruit drinks.After a lunch we were taken to Santa’s village where there was a shop, post office and of course Santa’s house. After sending post cards home and visiting Santa and getting a present, we were taken back to Kittila airport for the journey home.

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Oulanka national park

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Wilderness area with a rich variety of landforms and species. It was estabilished in 1956 and its area is 270 km2. In its heart lies the valley of Oulankajoki river. Originally it was populated by the Lapps.You may move about freely on foot, skis, by rowing boat and canoe. The northern part of the park is dominated by an extensive wilderness area with peatlands. The lower reaches of the river are slow, thus providing suitable conditions for canoeing.

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Patvinsuo national park

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This park was estabilished in 1982 and its area is 105 km2.There about 30 km of well marked trails. The most popular is the 15 km long Suomunkierto circle trail, which winds around the lake Suomunjärvi (this one we took).Hiking, skiing, row boating and canoeing are free except in restricted areas.There is no public transportation there, we went by car. A bus from Uimaharju goes to Kivilahti from where it is 20 km to the Park's boundary.

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