Statues in Helsinki park

Helsinki, Finland - July 2010

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July 19th 2010
After a lovely night cruising we woke fresh and early to an awesome bright and cloudless day, the temperature was already approaching 25 degrees by 10am - we couldn’t wait to get into Helsinki and have a nosey at the great city founded by Czar Alexander I of Russia in 1809. (Although the actual plot of land was established as a trading town by Gustv of Sweden in 1550... but it never really took ... 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