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Helsinki (11-14 July 2017) to home

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July 14th 2017
We arrived yesterday from Stockholm, by a short forty-minute flight. It was an easy pick up of rental car and then a twenty minute drive to our apartment, rented through a Air BnB and situated 5km from the city centre in a district called Herttoniemi. Our hosts were a lovely couple, very helpful and friendly and, as expected, their English excellent. We only ventured as far as the local shops ... read more

Europe » Finland

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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