... The tourist officer contacted the curator of the museum and arranged an appointment for us to visit the Front Museum later that day. She even checked the train times for us to make sure we could arrive for the time we had arranged. Now that's service!
The Museum is situated on Road 25 which ... Read review
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Advantages: Interesting, well researched, great for history buffs, different to other museums Disadvantages: Lack of captions in English; you may not be into military history
...take a chance. Strictly speaking the Front Musuem in Lappohja in Southern Finland should have been closed for the winter when we visited the area in September 2007; in fact mid-September onwards is very much seen as the "off season" for most attractions in Finland, other than those in the heart of the cities (and even some of these close down for several months too). However, our Lonely Planet had been wrong before so we enquired at the tourist information ... ...contacted the curator of the museum and arranged an appointment for us to visit the Front Museum later that day. She even checked the train times for us to make sure we could arrive for the time we had arranged. Now that's service!
The Museum is situated on Road 25 which runs between the towns of Karjaa (Swedish name - Karis ) and Hanko (Swedish name - Hango, the most southerly in Finland). There is some parking here and across the highway towards ...
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VATICAN INTRODUCTION
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Vatican Museums so called Musei Vaticani in Italian languague, famous for its art and sculptures. It dates back to 16th century.
MY TRIP TO VATICAN
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum was Yorkshire mother of two, Kate Atkinson's first novel and this wonderful book it is definitely one to be celebrated.
Kate Atkinson was born in York and she chose the old walled City as the location for the tale of... more