Blogs from Naantali, Southwest Finland, Finland, Europe - page 8

Naantali is a small town north of Turku and is known as the summer hot spot of Finland. Yet we thought it was a good idea to visit it in the middle of winter. It was not a good idea. Despite Naantali being a peaceful and quaint town to spend a day, we spent only a few hours because the cold was unbearable. As if -19 degrees during the middle of a sunny day was bad enough, but the wind cut life a knife. A knife is understatement... more like an axe. Like Turku, Naantali is a coastal city. When I mean coastal, I mean the ocean is next to it, but there is an extensive (and apparently beautiful) archipelago which blocks most horizon views and most of the wind, but some of the wind still ... read more