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Kauppatori (Market Square & Market Hall)
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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103 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 a few Museum's...
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25 Reviews There are two bus connections between the main railway station and Helsinki-Vantaa airport. Finnair shuttle bus leaves from platform 30 in Elielin aukio which is - looking from the south - on the left...
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69 Reviews Rautatieasema is the centrally located rail and bus station. If you are arriving from the airport you can take either the Finnair Bus or the 615 and both will drop you off somewhere around the...
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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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29 Reviews Sweden gal KATARINA, who lives in Helsinki, offer to us visite that club. Enter of club was for free, but if u have a backpacket, u have to leave it into cloakroom and pay about 5 euro for safety!...
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32 Reviews Very special atmosphere with funny decorating. Very popular - mostly among tourists so you find crowds of them there. this also makes the prices a little bit higher. Sometimes crowded and hectic. But...
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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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10 Reviews This place is really crowded on Thursday nights. The age of the crowd is mostly 30+ and well dressed. The place has 2 levels and the bottom is more of a bar. You can easily make friends here but I...
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12 Reviews This monument was created to honour the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). The designer of the monument was Eila Hiltunen. This monument (called 'Passio Musicae') was one of the first...
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16 Reviews and 357 Opinions Located on Pohjoisesplanadi, in the heart of Helsinki, Hotel Kämp is one of the city's most...
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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5 Reviews and 73 Opinions I stayed at Sokos Hotel Ilves for one night in July 2011 and had a very pleasant stay in this 4 star...
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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Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel Turku
4 Reviews and 134 Opinions We had never stayed in Radison hotels before, because they are allways more expensive than any other...
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If you’ve ever wondered which places in the world have the best fish, then you may want to travel to Finland. Go to the fresh fish market in Helsinki and pick from a variety of sea creatures or just hop on a boat and cast your lure into the Baltic Sea. You can also spend an afternoon checking out the fortress on Suomenlinna Island, go dancing at Tangomarkkinar, discover the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, or experience the ballet and opera performances at the internationally renowned Finnish Opera House.

Ever wanted to ski in summer? It is possible on an indoor cross country ski trak even if outside temperature rises above 30 degrees celsius! The tunnel of...
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Q: Hi I hope to be driving from France to Eastern Finland about the first week in December 2012. Apart from winter tyres, what else...

A: it's not only winter tyres or the car itself.. have you ever driven on ice? if not you'd better practice [more than] a little bit.
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Finland - about stereotypes and uniqueness

It is summer time in Finland - how can you tell? Well, first of all Finnish air force is around, all the time (the mosquitos) and people (mostly men) would drink lots of bad beer AND they barbeque......
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Actually Finland has more than a thousand lakes - there are 187,888 of them all over the country. Finland is the perfect place for anyone fond of nature, especially forests and lakes. I have visited...
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It is never too hot in Finland

Finland, the country of almost 200,000 lakes, forest land of 60%, the country of Nokia and the flying Finns. Finland is a country of extreme weather and extreme people.
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Forests, lakes and sauna - these are the words that everybody uses while speaking of Finland. And of course they are right. About 70% of the country's area is covered by forests. There are almost 200...
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Finland is a Scandinavian or Nordic country located in Northern Europe. It is bordering Sweden to the west, Russia to the east and Norway to the north. South of Finland lies Estonia. The capital of...
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