A real summer day at the harbour! You can see the SkyWheel on the left. Also on the left the ferry to Tallinn, on the right the one to Stockholm. (Photo by Zachary)

Back to Helsinki. More FinnAir Fiascos but a fantastic city!

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July 5th 2015
Friday 3 July: A quiet day today. We played outside a bit, although the bugs are really out in force. Watched a couple of movies and generally did stuff all. We headed into town in the afternoon and updated emails, blogs etc before going to one of the two restaurants in town. TripAdvisor suggested the food at the pub was better but that the Tower Restaurant was better for children, ... 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