pictures of Finland: Helsinki, Ruka, Tampere, summer, winter, Baltic Sea..
Well... pictures from Finland - just like the title of this album might suggest
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most of the photos are from Helsinki and Tampere but also some pictures from Lapland
Ruka ('the so called gate to Lapland')...
new: desktop wallpaper pictures from Ruka
(free download)
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this year we won't be travelling to Finland for Christmas - but I'll take the opportunity to finally publish the first pictures of the Airport Helsinki Vantaa - and also pictures of the bus ride fr... |
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once a month it's cruising night in Helsinki (and probably
also in the rest of Finland): the cool cars, mostly big old
american cars... |
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Ruka is not in Lapland - but close - and it is often called
"Gate to Lapland"... |
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Up north we went - again - for christmas. This time, we
didn't take the car, but the train... |
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sweetest sweet Wooden House neighbourhood in Helsinki (as
seen in Jim Jarmusch's 'Night on Earth')... |
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The perfect place to spend a nice relaxing holiday... |
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Helsinki is located partly at the Baltic Sea, partly in
the Baltic Sea and partly around the Baltic Sea... |
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Summer by a lake - juhannus2001... The longest night of
the year - midsummer night - the night of the eclypse... |
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Tampere - the Venice of the North..? well.. it's just not
that easy. Maybe Tampere is ''the Manchester of the Venices''...
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in the winter time Finland can be very beautiful - when
'the white stuff' is just everywhere... |
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merry Chrismas and a happy new year... |
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on the 1st of may, one of the biggest, but not
necessarily greatest outdoor-parties of Finland takes place
in Helsinki... |
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a friend won some tickets for a mini-cruise
- so we went - over night - across the Baltic Sea to Stockholm... |
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a trip from Tampere back to Helsinki we almost
got lost in a heavy snow storm - a Pyryt... |
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hullut päivät means 'crazy days' - and
it's a hysteric shopping day at Helsinki's largest department
store 'Stockmann'... |
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more pictures taken on another walk'n'ride through
Helsinki... |
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first pictures taken on a first walk through Helsinki... |
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Rostock - Helsinki - with the ferry boat called FinnJet
to Finland - across the Baltic Sea
- my first mini-cruize... |
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