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Welcome to Helsinki

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April 14th 2015
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I know you've all been patiently waiting for yesterday's entry... When you only have a few days in one country, it's hard to wake up and spend halft an hour writing without doing something new! But I'm settled down for the night now, and here goes. So my first day in Finland started before Finland, and back in the Arlanda airport in Stockholm, because you first have to ... 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