Porvoo old city

July 2nd 2016
This time,while in Finland, I spent a lovely day in this charming town called Porvoo. Porvoo is located 50 km east of helsinki from the city center. Finland has been for centuries under the Swedish Empire, roughly 700 years, until the 18th century and after came the influence of the Russian ,for about a century, until Finland got the indepence in the 1918. My favourite s ... 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

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Marco

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I was born on September 12 1983 in an Italian town called Rimini, located in the Emilia-Romagna province along the northern east coast of the Adriatic sea. I lived there for a few years up to the age of 7 and I then moved with my family to my mother native town Brescia, where I grew up and spent my adolescence. This idea about travelling around the world came up in 2006, a bit for the curiosity to see places that I watched on TV, when I was a child, and also with the goal to change lifestyle, to face new challenges, meeting and communicate with people of different cultures and learning t... full info

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4th December 2016

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Porvoo
What an enchanting place Marcos. Could not imagine how mind numbingly cold it could get in Winter. Yet to the Finns maybe it'd be nice at that time of year!

6th December 2016

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Marco

Porvoo
Yes Dave!!winter is the best season in Finland,it is Christmas Father land.

6th December 2016

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Marco

Porvoo
Yes Dave!!winter is the best season in Finland,it is Christmas Father land.

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