Church in Helsinki

Very much in the Russian style of architecture

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March 19th 2010
The next morning we were up early and in another (almost - slightly different to walking from Italy into Vatican City) new experience, we walked across the bridge which was also the border into Finland. Here I raised my bat to the adoring crowd as I celebrated another milestone - 50 countries! What we didn't realise was that when we crossed over the bridge, the time also went forward an hour! So w ... read more

Europe » Finland » Lapland » Rovaniemi

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

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