 | 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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 | 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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 | 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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 | 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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 | 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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 | Finlandia ... sounds like an amusement park aye?
2004-09-21, Helsinki, Finland. By: dilleybug | | On Monday Stephen and I found an incredible deal to take us across the Baltic Sea to Finland. We sail at night, have the day in Helsinki, and then sail back. It was more of a cruise ship really, but w... |
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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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