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Stockholm, Sweden & A Passage through Finland +192

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September 12th 2006
I finally made it to a netcafe but its not cheap in Norway, nope, not at all but I need to get this journal done because time is unravelling so fast on this trip that there is almost no time to keep getting these journals done, I worked out there's 3 more after this one but maybe ill have to do 2 from home and that doesnt sound like a travel journal at all, just a regular journal. So I better get ... read more

Europe » Finland » Uusimaa » Helsinki

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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