 | Leaving Helsinki for Turku after Bus Accident!
2007-07-11, Turku, Finland. By: Aardvark | | This was a bad day. Only got four hours of sleep and had developed a cold, with a nasty, hacking cough. Got my stuff together and ate the hotel's big, free breakfast. It was wonderful again. It sprink... |
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 | Long walking tour of Helsinki
2007-07-10, Helsinki, Finland. By: Aardvark | | Free hotel breakfast was excellent and bountiful. It included cold fish, cereal, all kinds of bread, sausage, bacon, eggs, orange juice, fruit and more than I can remember. Got really filled up. Caugh... |
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 | Leaving Berlin for Helsinki
2007-07-09, Helsinki, Finland. By: Aardvark | | Flight to Helsinki was to take off at noon, but knew I shouldn’t cut things close-- too many things could go wrong. Had great free breakfast at the hostel again, as soon as it opened, this time at 7:0... |
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 | Turku
2007-10-06, Turku, Finland. By: finland | | 9 o'clock in the morning. My phone rings... I have to be at the train station in 30 minutes! Some of my friends rented a car and decided to go to Turku! Really eager to discover more, I said yes, and ... |
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 | Lahti
2007-09-08, Lahti, Finland. By: finland | | Lahti is at about 100 km away to the North from Helsinki, located at the edge of the Lake Vesijärvi. It is worth to say that the centre, although animated, is not really thrilling. You will only see m... |
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 | Disable people
2007-09-05, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | You are a disable person? Don't worry about your trip in Finland...
If you are blind : Most of the traffic lights produce a musicality to distinguish the red one and the green one.
You sit on a ... |
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| Modernity!
2007-09-05, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | Finnish people like to get the latest thing! Let's say that among the 90% Nokia owners, 50% have the latest one!
Modern design : you may like Ittala design... Oh, the swedish Ikea is a famous cotta... |
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| Climate of Trust
2007-09-05, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | I think that "trust" is the word that suits the most with finnish behaviour. To take the metro or the train, you don't have to go through some doors that doesn't open if you don't insert your ticket. ... |
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| Alcoholism!
2007-09-05, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | Aie Aie Aie! It is 8.00 pm... Were there a national day today...? Why all those people are so drunk....? Huh!!! But...! He is 13!! Oh it's normal...
Yes, in Finland alcohol is a big problem that in... |
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 | Lauttasaari
2007-09-23, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | My favourite island! The one on which I would love to live! It looks like a city itself, seperated from Helsinki by a long bridge. By the way, it's the second inhabited island of the whole country. It... |
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 | Suomenlinna
2007-09-09, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | To go to Suomenlinna (Finland's Fortress) you must take the ferry which is totally free!
Suomenlinna is worth to visit with its old fortress, its church, its inhabitants in scattered houses on small ... |
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 | Seurasaari
2007-09-05, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | Seurasaari, a lovely island where you will spend your time on feeding the friendly squirels! Becareful of the pigeons too...:)
It's kind of open-air museum so you won't find permanent residents excep... |
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 | Registration in Finland
2007-09-01, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | Living in Finland as a European student!
First you need a resident permit (oleskelulupa)if you stay more than 3 months which you will get at the local police (4O euros).
You don't need any resi... |
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 | My flatmates
2007-08-29, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | Yes! We live in a 95 squared-meters flat, we being 5 people from different countries. Ismail from Turkey, Stanislav from Tcheck Republic, Laszlo from Hungary and Juan from Spain. We're getting all alo... |
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| From the Airport to Home
2007-08-29, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | We're landing... A smile is stuck on my face, I can't even realize! It's really happening, I'm so glad! I have to hurry coz my luggage will arrive soon and overall, a finnish (Tuomas Koskenniemi) is w... |
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| From Paris To Helsinki
2007-08-29, Helsinki, Finland. By: finland | | At last! Oh my god,i'm shivering a bit... Excitement? Fright? I'm confused! What I have been wainting for 4 years comes all of a sudden on a Wednesday morning! Get ready, you wouldn't miss the plane..... |
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 | Santa Clause`s home town
2003-02-23, ROVANIEMI, Finland. By: almatorera | | Rovaniemi is known to be the edge of the artic circle and the starting point of LAPLAND; Famouse for its northern lights, winters without sun and endless summers full of light. Here you can better app... |
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 | a really small town
2003-03-23, Leppavirta, Finland. By: almatorera | | I had a wonderful time here, from here I went Ice fishing, its a great spot to go hiking or camping in the summer. Its a very small town but it offers a great place to practice outdoor sports.
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| KUOPIO
2002-10-17, KUOPIO, Finland. By: almatorera | | I went to Kuopio in march, and it was still sourrounded by snow. I went with the sole purpuse of visiting two of my very good friends, I spent there like 4 days and then moved to Leppavirta, a small t... |
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| Tampere
2002-10-17, Tampere, Finland. By: almatorera | | A student driven town in the center of Finland, surrounded by lakes and rivers, this city offers an insight to finnish people and culture like no other city. Very vibrante and dinamic city for the fin... |
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| Ruka, winter resort
2002-10-17, Kuusamo, Finland. By: almatorera | | I went here with my host parents, it is a very nice winter resort in Kuusamo, but eaven in October it has lots of things to offer. We stayed in the Rantasipi hotel just below the sky slopes.
It is... |
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| A mexican independence day in Finland
2002-09-16, helsinki, Finland. By: almatorera | | So, it was more than a month in my exchange year and all the mexican exchange students got invited to the celebration of our independence in the embassy in Helsinki. This was my fist oportunity to get... |
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| Turku, the old capital
2002-09-23, turku, Finland. By: almatorera | | So, Turku, how to explain it?.. it`s the oldest town in Finland, and was the capital of the country in some point because it was closer to Sweden. Its an important port of commerce and tourism, it has... |
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| EUROTRIP 2003
2003-06-01, turku, Finland. By: almatorera | | This is a traditional trip for all the exchange students in Finland. I will try and upload stories I remember from each country we visited. We first started our trip from Turku, one of the most beauti... |
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| FIRST DAYS IN FINLAND
2002-08-05, karkku, Finland. By: almatorera | | Before we got to go to our hometown, all of the exchange students who where stayng in Finland for that year spent a full week getting to know each other in a summer camp introduction to the country an... |
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| MY year in FINLAND
2007-09-20, lapua, Finland. By: almatorera | | I only found this website today so Im planning on making journals on trips that I have already made.. this one is when I was an exchange student 5 years ago in Lapua, Finalnd. I have to say, eaven if ... |
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 | Preparing!
2007-05-14, Pori, Finland. By: konsepti | | So, I’m still in Finland. The spring has started, and I can really feel it because of my allergies. For the past months, I've been preparing for my return to Australia.
Worked, saved money, gettin... |
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 | Back home!
2007-04-12, Hyvinkaa, Finland. By: Retski | | So it's been a week since I landed home. But it wasn't much of a landing though. The Finnair plane rocked very badly because of the stormy wind in Helsinki.
The whole 24 hrs of flying + some random 8... |
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 | The Wedding Day
2007-02-10, Jyvaskyla, Finland. By: bimmer19 | | In the morning Derek was quite relaxed considering the importance of this day. They got married in an old brick Church in Jyvaskyla. I was surprised when Derek said I would be standing next to Richard... |
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 | Jyvaskyla & hot tubs
2007-02-08, Jyvaskyla, Finland. By: bimmer19 | | It was -18 in Helsinki when I left and I’m now heading up north on a 4 hour train to Jyvaskyla. The train ride was relaxing, nice to see Finland’s countryside. It’s a nippy -26 when I arrive in Jyvask... |
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 | Back to Helsinki (Monday and Tuesday)
2007-02-06, Helsinki, Finland. By: bimmer19 | | So Monday was a write-off… I woke up early after having a few brews in Tallin and my TV was still on showing the super bowl so I got some water and started watching a bit of it. When I checked my watc... |
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 | First Impressions
2007-02-03, Helsinki, Finland. By: Bimmer19 | | I flew in with Panu and Mellisa and Panu's parents drove us into Helsinki. After dropping the bags off, we met up with Derek and Riikka along with some of their friends and family. At the end of the n... |
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 | Visa Run
2006-08-30, Helsinki, Finland. By: crgoss | | I'm in Helsinki again on a visa run. I'm also waiting to hear from the University of Michigan whether or not they would like me to join them this week. I'm also looking for a new apartment in Saint Pe... |
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 | Weeked in Helsinki
2006-04-14, Helsinki, Finland. By: crgoss | | I know I haven't posted in awhile, but an excursion outside the country deserves a spot of its' own. Because of visa registration regulations, I had to leave the country to obtain a new immigration ca... |
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 | Old Zetor's Acceleration Race
2005-06-18, Kurikka, Finland. By: jayventure | | As I collect old tractors myself, I was interested to go to see the unusual racing event; Old Zetor's Acceleration Race.
We went there with my then-girlfriend and we found the bridge which was nex... |
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 | fun weekend
2005-03-13, Helsinki, Finland. By: AnnieB | | Well, it’s about 9 pm here and I still have to write a paper before I go to bed and then I have class at 8:30 in the morning so I can’t write long but I wanted to tell everyone that I had a wonderful ... |
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 | The Mob
2003-11-23, Helsinki, Finland. By: celind73 | | The ferry ride between Stockholm and Helsinki is commonly known as a booze cruise. It is therefore no surprise that the gang in the pub is very happy. More surprising is that they are Italians, not ve... |
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| The Robbery
2003-08-23, Helsinki, Finland. By: celind73 | | Helsinki is nice. No more, no less. A city on the water in the land of the thousand lakes. No spectacular sites, but clean, safe, and organized. The senator's square I find the most impressing, with t... |
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 | mad dogs and englishmen, in finland
2002-07-20, kuukso, Finland. By: lomotravel | | the six week stretch between june and august was spent in the relatively out-of-the-way kuukso. i stayed there for about 4 weeks in all, the other two were sightseeing. I lived in the basement of what... |
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