Finland

Pros: The white city of the North (Helsinki), ferry boats, Tampere, healthy food, honest people.
Cons: Finns are a little bit introverted and melancholic, vodka culture, lack of restaurant culture.

Growing up in Northern Sweden I have been to Finland many times. Most of the time I visited Vaasa, Kokkola, and Jakobstad, Finnish Lappland, however I have also toured Finland, and visited Helsinki, Tampere, and many other places. One of my most ...

Pros: No hustle. No hassle. A delightful interlude.
Cons: One day simply did not afford enough time to more fully enjoy the countryside.

Our odyssey continued as ms Noordam was moored in the port at Helsinki, Finland. [This is the twelfth in a series of postings on our Scandinavian holiday and sequentially follows my November 23rd posting, “Our 2001 Sea Odyssey – Day 10 – Helsinki,...

Pros: Beautiful summers, plenty Festivals, clean air, people!
Cons: 10 miserable months, boring tourist traps..

SO I AM A FINN Born and raised. Moved away. If I don't want to live there why should you visit the place? Maybe because if it was a summer all the time I might still be in Finland. If you ever plan a trip to go to Finland I'd succest you ...

Pros: Beautiful country, well behaved rocks.
Cons: Even Finnish rocks tend to be heavy.

I'm Awfully sorry about my very late submission to this write-off... someone sometime said that never make excuses for being late, so I won't. I hope someone knew what (s)he was talking about, and I won't get stoned to death or something.
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Pros: Quiet, serious people; isolation of culture; honest, healthy food; emptiness and solitude; natural beauty
Cons: High prices, especially gas; introversion can irk; few restaurants

FINLAND AN ANOMALOUS NATION - HARD TO LOVE AT FIRST

A quick trip to Finland may enchant but will never plunge you into the true depths of this tough, hearty, stubborn and well-educated people. For me, Finland was mainly about its people in...

Pros: Much cheaper than expected. No lift queues or crowded slopes. Northern lights.
Cons: Very cold if you are unprepared. Limited skiing. Yllas quiet at night.

We started looking at Finnish Lapland (Inghams were the only operator to offer it) in January, as it offered more in the way of activities than most of the other european resorts I have been to. However, the price at the time (£479) was a little more...

Pros: Natural beauty, Architecture, Friendly people, 24 Hours of Summer Sunlight
Cons: Expensive

If you have never thinkied about Helsinki for vacation, thinki again. We passed through this amazing city for only a few days as part of a longer trip but definitely would recommend it to any traveler. If you get there in the summer, the sun shines 24...

Pros: nature
Cons: nothing

When I think of Finland my first thought is SISU (Go) and sports.

There are many great sportsmen (and women) from Finland, that’s for sure, but there is so much more.

Kalevala – jewelry is great
Lappinkulta – the beer is...

Pros: Beautiful summers, English widely spoken, lots of relaxing activities
Cons: Very crowded in July, mosquitos run rampant in some areas, some hotels/cabins expensive

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions

If you've been to Finland before but haven't been outside of Helsinki or the larger towns, you should consider spending a week or so in the Lake District that surrounds Savonlinna. It is...

Pros: Friendly people, easy to travel without a car, beautiful summers
Cons: Cold and dark in the winter, food is expensive

Review Topic:  Overview

I have been to Finland at least 10 times as I have family there, and I've always loved traveling there. The people are very friendly just about everywhere, and it is a wonderful place to relax. Even with...

Pros: unique, charming
Cons: not the easiest trip of the world

The aim of this review is to give you some tips about a possible trip to Cape North (Nordkapp).

Cape North is placed in Norway, but two are the way of getting to it: through Norway and through Finland.
I recommend the latter.

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Pros: it is incredibly beautiful
Cons: it is expensive and far away

In the odyssey of my summer vacation, Helsinki was originally going to be a transit point. However, once we looked at the web sites for Helsinki and got a better idea of the city, we decided that we should spend at least a day there. It was an inspired...

Pros: clean, well-organised country, interesting architecture
Cons: dark in winter, lots of drunks in the street, horrible climate, expensive

After graduation in 1992 I had the possibility to spend one year of post-graduate studies in a foreign country. I chose Finland because I had some very useful contacts at the University of Helsinki and because coming from Southern Europe my head was full...

Pros: relatively unexplored destination
Cons: can be cold

This part of the world often unnoticed by tourists and preffered to much sunnier places like Italy or the south of France. It is quite cold in Finland, specially in winter, when the temperature gets to -20 degrees of celsius, so its better to come in...

Pros: Sights are close to each other
Cons: public transportation is bad

Imatra is a small town in Southern Karelia. It is located between
the Lake Saimaa and Russian border. Imatras center is only(!) 7
kilometres away from nearest Russian city Svetogorsk.

What to see in Imatra?
Must see sights are...