Temppeliaukio Church

layover in Helsinki

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July 21st 2009
I left on the 24th, trying to catch glimpses of the US-Spain confederations cup soccer game - I became a soccer fan in Burkina - not because the sport is inherently beautiful or divine or any other nonsense like that but simply because there was no other game in town - if I was going to talk about sports with my Burkina friends (and I was going to talk about sports - interminably or so Tyel ... read more

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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