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Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its freedom and resist invasions by the Soviet Union - albeit with some loss of territory. In the subsequent half century, the Finns made a remarkable transformation from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is now on par with Western Europe. As a member of the European Union, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999. To be updated

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By Holy Vagabond
September 15th 2009

Time to go Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki

Uhhh, i was planning to write about some health issues, that i faced about a month before my scheduled departure, but it got so god damn borging, so i'll save you from the stupid whining and fast forward... Okay, and here we go: last day at work. There's a small storm of emotions inside of me and it's hard to keep my head together. Other side of me is scared of letting go of the routines of working week, but other side has been gliding somewhere far far away for a good while already. Now it's time to prepare myself, for [View Full Entry]

By Mandaz
September 13th 2009

Here comes Santa Claus (a few days in Finland) Europe » Finland

WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER Very early start this morning with breakfast at 6am and departure at 6:30am. Meant that I was up at 5am to shower before the crowds. The wind at breakfast nearly blew the cook tent away. First stop was at 8:30am which was still in Norway to get rid of any coins that we wouldn’t be able to exchange. After that it was about half an hour until the ‘border’ crossing which we simply drove through - despite the fact that Norway isn’t in the EU and Finland is. But no passport check nonetheless. When we crossed into Finland [View Full Entry]

By mr mink
September 12th 2009

desperate last min airport update - Helsinki 12 Sept. Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki

Berlin - TXL Tegel airport

Helsinki - Vantaa airport 4pm Sat. 12 Sept. the man must be desperate to use a wee fee conn. wherever he can! - there is naturally a wee fee conn. at Vantaa - or a couple of them to choose from. So a quick wee update. I obviously got to Tegel OK - a bit late last night after doing me laundry first. I just had to check whether I had done the Vini e Libri culinary update - which I obviously did last night so no need to overdo it (like he has been the whole trip some people might [View Full Entry]

By carinzil
September 9th 2009

Helsinki Airport Europe » Finland

I'm sitting at Helsinki Airport now waiting for my connecting flight to KTT :-) I was sooo excited last night that I didn't sleep - not for one minute. I was feeling extremely sick this morning and thought I have to vomit ... I'm just hoping that it'll be as good as I think it'll be :-) My Mum drove me to Frankfurt, I checked in and we drank a coffee before we had to say goodbye. I really have the best mum in the world as she's not only a mum but a friend as well :-) I never ever [View Full Entry]

By Mandys
September 8th 2009

Finland Part 2 Europe » Finland

Rapu

Finland - the rest!! The days have passed too quickly! We’ve found out the history of Finland visiting various museums - it’s interesting to note that this might have been one of the Communist bloc if it hadn’t been for the “Whites” beating the “Reds” in 1918. We travelled 160 km north of Tampere to see the various animals that inhabit this land, such as elk, wolves and deer. We would like to say that we saw them in the wild, but we didn’t! A very large open zoo was an ideal location in the middle of nowhere. We experienced more [View Full Entry]

By carinzil
September 8th 2009

You're going to Finland as a WHAT?! Europe » Finland

You go to Finland as a WHAT?! The idea In January 2007 I went to Norway to a Sleddogcenter for one week of Sleddogriding. It was like heaven to me and I felt as happy as never before. They had one girl working as a doghandler there and I thought "That must be a great job - Outdoor, Dogs and a lot of 'Sport'" As most of you know I went on a trip for 21 month to New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and during this trip I was thinking what the future brings. For me it had to [View Full Entry]

By AshleyNathan
September 6th 2009

Helsinki, with pictures Europe » Finland

we lost in the final

DAY 1 HELSINKI What a day having to leave the nearest and dearest at the airport was pritty heart wrenching not to mention the fact my gut was being twisted every which way with nervs as it finally hit home i wouldnt see anyone again for almost a year and would be out in the world all alone, the people are very friendly on the most apart, well the ones outside the airport anyway and most speak very good english which is a huge help. the first day the homesickness and strain of being away seemed like it would take its [View Full Entry]

By Mandys
September 2nd 2009

Finland Here we come! Europe » Finland » Pirkanmaa » Tampere

Tampere Home

A summary: We had a good flight arriving on time in Helsinki. Unfortunately, our bags didn’t. One found almost immediately whilst the other took 2 days to get to Tampere, Max, his wife Paivi and daughter Taika have looked after us like royalty. Saturday 29th August. Perth to Hong Kong - 10 hours and delayed! Only 1 hr 20 mins for changeover shortened to about 40 minutes! Bounding across HK Airport to catch the flight from Hong Kong to Helsinki, somehow our luggage went astray. We arrived at Helsinki airport looking for our luggage and sorry, maybe you’ll get it tomorrow. [View Full Entry]

By kiertolaiset
August 28th 2009

Miljonäärit matkalla Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki

Helsinki, päivä ennen lähtöä. Luterilaiseen työetiikkaan ja kärsimykseen sopimattomalle matkalle lähteminen on herättänyt kanssaihmisissä monenlaisia kysymyksiä. Vastausten koostamiseksi aioin naputella perinteisen ”Useimmin Kysytyt Kysymykset” -patteriston. Yksi kummastus nousi kuitenkin yli muiden, joten alla pari vastausta siihen Useimmin Kysyttyyn Kysymykseen: Oletteko voittaneet lotossa? Vastaus 1: Elämä on valintoja. Otetaan lempiesimerkkini autoilu. Uusi japanilainen perheauto maksaa noin 30 000 euroa. Sillä rahalla matkustaa maailman ympäri monta kertaa. [View Full Entry]

By McGuyver
August 28th 2009

Bad Traditions And Birthday Party Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki

Slave Trale

It was a rainy afternoon and over the thumb 30 High School students, me included dressed up as a transvestite ran through the center of Helsinki, followed by the eyes of thousands of laughing finnish people. You ask yourself, why for gods sake they did these things, and I ll tell you: It is a tradition in Finland, that in the beginning of the first school term, each of the older high school students pig one of the younger ones. This poor first year student is now the slave of the second year student and he has to do everything for [View Full Entry]

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