Advantages: Small heart in big city Disadvantages: (road to Turku !)
...Awww.. Finally I will give my all to this. Really, this is my baby and I hope you will be gentle with it.
As some of you know I'm from Finland and from Tampere or Manse as we locals say. Funny I still see myself as local even I haven't live there for last… (God) nearly 10 years. As most of Finnish cities Tampere got its Swedish name as well, it Tammerfors.
But before I can start my review I have to say "Moro" (Tampere language and meaning "hi").
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Location:
City is situating between two lakes, Lake- Nasijarvi and Lake- Pyhajarvi in southern Finland. Tampere is the third largest city in Finland, and the largest city outside the Greater Helsinki area. Its part of Western Finland province, 173 km north from Helsinki and it have nearly 200 000...
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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 not come before November and is gone by April. In 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...
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Advantages: Road sign to Tampere!!! Disadvantages: Still part of Finland
...I remember when I was 12 and first time in Turku, it was school one day trip and we visit castle and church and Leif candy factory. (Yam!). I love that day, but then I start hear "true" about city of Turku.
Turku or Abo (like Swedish call it) founded in the 13th century, is the oldest and fifth largest city in Finland, with a population over 174 000. Today Turku is third largest city in Finland after Helsinki and TAMPERE.
Turku has one of the largest Finland-Swedish populations in the country and it was also the capital from 1809 to 1812.
History:
In school I learn that Turku was found by Swedish its name originated from an Old Russian word, tǔrgǔ, meaning "market place". Strange is it?? And the city became the most important location in medieval Finland after the Cathedral of Turku was consecrated in 1300...
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