Helsinki Travel Blogs

It's an incredible feeling when you know that you have been to this place hundred of times already and you still find new things to see and do. I love the city for its air, its mood and things i can find interesting while noone else sees them.

On our last full day in Helsinki, we did what most tourists do on their first day in Helsinki:  we finally went to see the Lutheran Cathedral!  This most notable landmark of Helsinki sits on the northern end of Senaatintori (Senate Square), and was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel.The sun wa…

During our morning bus city tour, we visited several different areas of Helsinki, stopped at the Senate Square with the green domed Helsinki Cathedral atop the steps from the square. I remembered a picture of this cathedral and steps on an album cover of the Leningrad Cowboys. The Olympic…

I will start with a little bit of yesterday, Inges backpack got delivered to the hotel in the evening :) In the morning we had a breakfast buffet that was very good, a lot of different things so it was hard to choose ;) Then we left to take the train to Helsinki. We bought a three day regional tou…

It's time to go home. I woke up on time, had breakfast, packed all my stuff and went to the station - well i was a bit late but - nang tumakbo - i managed it and got in th efirst train to Helsinki. I was at the airport 2 hrs earlier - as they always recommend to ppl, i stayd at the end of the qeeue…

People i met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Brian and Cheanng (America), Steve (Ireland)The ferry ride from Tallinn to Helsinki was mildly amusing, as it was filled with 2 hours of terrible Finnish karaoke! So on arriving in Helsinki at the ferry terminal i stupidly decided i'd walk…

This is my northern most trip till now - regarding metro travels and all other travels as well. Helsinki's metro is very little - only 1 line (but 2 branches) and rather a bit borring, only some of the stations are interesting - especially these similar to those of Stockholm (made in a rocks and de…

Just a week end to see some of the beauties of Sweden and Helsinki ;)

Well this time it was off to Helsinki to play Australian football for Finland against England. Unfortunately, the Aussie Footy league here in Europe isn’t always well organized and at the last minute the English decided they couldn’t come. Nevertheless, I still went and had planned a w…

Just returned from my first trip to Finland. It really reminded me of Minnesota with all the forests and lakes. It was such an easy place to travel in. The people were so helpful and there is lots of info in English. Spent 4 nights in Helsinki. Loved all the nice design shops and outstanding cafes.…

Although only a few hour stop over on our way to China, we went into Helsinki for the time we had. A man sitting next to us on the airport shuttle informed my father and I that we had come on the wrong day to visit Helsinki. It was Johanus day and all the residents were out in the country celebr…

it was amazing unexpected travel!!! after that I can say, that I'm in love... with Stokholm))) very beautiful city!!! with small streets) especialy Gamla Stan!!! That's incomparable!!!!

What exactly is Finland famous for? Well for one thing, it’s the home of Santa Claus, who tends his reindeers in the cold northern part of the country. And then there’s the Formula One drivers Mikka Hakkinen and Kimi Raikkonen, both of them world champions. Nokia is a world famous Finnish compa…

This is a summary of my experiences in the following countries: Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Finland. Although the countries are still subject to change.

Exciting day! Today we had to visit the entire city in a few hours so we left the hotel around 8.30am after having breakfast in our hotel. We are located in Kanavakatu, next to Viking Line, so we started visiting the Uspenski Cathedral. In the morning is not the best time to take photos of it, …