I was born in Finland 20 years ago and I have lived here all my life. I'm bilingual and my mum comes from Lithuania. I thought I don't like Finland till last summer, I did have a month long vacation then. Now I like it, it's a clean country with some fresh air to breath. I live literally in ... Read review
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Advantages: peaceful, lots of new things to do, big cities like Helsinki, fresh air... Disadvantages: a bit far away from Central Europe, tends to get cold in the winter, lots of snow...
I was born in Finland 20 years ago and I have lived here all my life. I'm bilingual and my mum comes from Lithuania. I thought I don't like Finland till last summer, I did have a month long vacation then. Now I like it, it's a clean country with some fresh air to breath. I live literally in forest here and my foreign friends find that very exiting!! I think it's a nice place to have a vacation. It's the land of thousand lakes, forests...it has it's ... more
I was born in Finland 20 years ago and I have lived here all my life. I'm bilingual and my mum comes from Lithuania. I thought I don't like Finland till last summer, I did have a month long vacation then. Now I like it, it's a clean country with some fresh air to breath. I live literally in forest here and my foreign friends find that very exiting!! I think it's a nice place to have a vacation. It's the land of thousand lakes, forests...it has it's beauty and I have finally understood it! I think I'll always love it no matter my homecountry changes, it's my home and I think almost all tourist who come here feel it's their home too!
Advantages: Wounderful, nordic country Disadvantages: there are none
Have you ever been to Finland? No? Oh, dear, you don´t know whar you miss! Well, here are some news from Father Chrismas-Land. Finland is not an arctic region, quite the oposite! More than half of Finland lies south of the Arctic Circle. Finland has got more reindeer than people, that´s true. But all of the 5 million Finns are very nice and nearly everybody speaks perfectly English.
In Finland it is cold in winter, but in the south the snow does ... ...the three summer months June, July and August the average temperature in daytime is more than 5 degrees Celsius higher than in the UK.
Finland has mor than 50.000 big lakes and an uncountable number of smaller ones and around nearly every one you can find a summercottage. There is nothing you can compare with swimming in the warm water (up to 23 degrees Celsius), or fishing whatever fish you like. There are a lot of mosquitos in Finland, but you ...
minae 27.08.2000
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Advantages: Great public transport, clean, relative low crime, safe for single females. Disadvantages: People push alot and dont say sorry, spitting, dark winters.
I am a foreigner living in helsinki, I came to finland as a student and then found work here. I have very mixed views about the country and its people. I have had some very positive experiences here and made many good friends. The public transport in Helsinki is fantastic and cheap, the city is only small in comparison to most european capital cities and is clean. Finnish is a very dificult language since it is unrelated to other languages (except ... ...(which i have great respect for) however many are reluctant to speak english. I have often hit major language barriers in my daily life but as a tourist you can do fine with no finnish skills. Finnish people tend not to speak unless spoken to and i find them often arrogant and selfish, also spitting in the street is a very common habit here for both males and females of all ages. But i do find that finland is much more friendly in the summer, when ...
virhea 26.07.2001
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Advantages: have some good players Disadvantages: not enough f them
Finland come to Anfield today with one win, one defeat and one draw, they lie second in group nine with four points but having played one more game than England. They have danger men and have the potential to cause an upset. Even though I think it is not very likely. Jri Litmanen and Sami Hyypia play for Liverpool and overall only one Finnish players plays football in their own country. Stockport’s Wiss is also playing.
The point I am making ...
sam123 24.03.2001
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Advantages: cheaper, more flexible Disadvantages: None
I took my daughter to what I can only describe as the most magical and fun holiday of a lifetime, Lapland, in December 2001. After looking at the few tour operators (canterbury being one of them) that do this holiday and thinking we would never afford it because of their over inflated prices (they wanted at least £1600 for 4 days for 2 people), I decided to arrange everything myself. I booked a 4* hotel direct and booked flights with the finish guild ... ...only costs £18 per year and you can save up to 50% on flight prices - I then booked my excursions once I arrived there - one nights snowmobiling where we went up to the mountins and cooked sausages over a camp fire and drank coffee whilst sitting cosily on a reindeer skin watching the stars, one days snowmobiling to santa village where my daughter met the 'real' santa claus and elves - this tour included lunch, and half a day skiing tution which ...
geomel 21.08.2002 (12.07.2003)
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Advantages: relatively low prices, a lot to see Disadvantages: cold on winter
This part of the world is usually ignored by tourists and preffered to much sunnier places like spain or france. It is quite cold in Finland, specially in winter, when the temperature gets to -20 degrees centegrade, so its better to come in summer. The main place to visit is Helsinki of course, the capital of Finland. It has beautiful architecture which was built during 18th century by russans when finland was part of russia. In helsinki there a ...
zedix 12.07.2000
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Advantages: Friendly. Disadvantages: Just a little too far from the centre.
wouldn't be a problem; but without it a family would soon see the increase in their frustrations and spending money if they were to stay here for a couple of weeks. Consequently, my major gripes would be the lack of tea & coffee making facilities as standard in all rooms and the absence of a courtesy coach.
Price
Room: 3 nights for 2 people: £225.00
2 meals in hotel r'trant £100.00
Taxi (airport) £30.00
General Pricing
The hotel and Helsinki in general is comparable to central London prices!
Further Information:
www.radisson.com (home page, piccy of hotel)
www.lonelyplanet.com (general information on Finland)
www.finland-tourism.com (Tourist information of Helsinki / Finland) ...
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