Linnanmäk

A Family Trip to Helsinki

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June 26th 2013
After watching many reports of Finland on TV, I decided to make a weekend trip to Helsinki with my husband and my 7 year-old son. The popular believe that polar bears are walking all around the city and it is always cold, could not be more wrong! This idea certainly was born in the old times, when TV was not available for everybody. But of course, I wanted to visit Finland during early summer, ... 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