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Goodbye Norway, Hello Finland!

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September 3rd 2008
After a good night at the sled dog place, I woke up early to catch a bus to Finland. The guy from France that stayed in the same cabin as I did was on the same route, so we ended up travelling together for a couple days. We got on the bus in Karasjok, and within 20 minutes we were in Finland. Our destination was a town called Sodankyla which would break the long to journey to Rovaniemi. There was ... read more

Europe » Finland » Lapland » Rovaniemi

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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 f... ... read more