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Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland; Seen from the Silja Symphony.
Helsinki, Finland
July 16th 2006 Scandinavia!
- I visited Helsinki for one day while traveling as part of a twenty-five day trip through Scandinavia and the Nordic countries. I was following the three-week train schedule from Rick Steves' Scandinavia 2006 guidebook. I didn't really know where I wanted to go, so I went to the bookstore and this book caught my eye. His guidebooks had been recommended to me by a friend I met
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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 COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
