Island fortress

Lits, Lats and the Lapland of Luxury

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March 30th 2007
Finland was to be the light at the end of our long and gloomy soviet tunnel but with only hours before we arrived there we had no bed, and the prospect of a subzero Scandinavian night under the stars threatened to put out that shimmering light. With every bed in Helsinki booked up and desperate to change our luck, we turned to Couch Surfing with immediate success thanks to our Helsitian saviour, E ... read more

Europe » Finland

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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