First thing’s first, you’ll want to decide how you plan on traveling for your day trip from Helsinki to Tallinn or vice versa. There are three main options for travel across the beauteous Baltic, the two popular choices being by ferry or inclusive tour, while your third option would be to catch a quick flight. The good news is, Tallinn …
Rovaniemi has been the official hometown of Father Christmas since 2010 and you can visit Santa in Lapland on every day of the year. His original home is in the so-called Korvatunturi (“Ear mountain”) in Finnish Lapland. But only a couple lucky people know the exact location, which made Santa decide to move to Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland. …
During your trip to Helsinki, the still young city will surprise you. The capital of Finland is dominated by modern architecture, but other styles are also present. The influence of the Russians is still clearly visible and there are still a lot of historical sights in Helsinki to spot. The climate, with cold winters and perfect summers, also provide …
From the city center of Rovaniemi it takes about ten minutes driving until you arrive at the grounds of the ice restaurant. This restaurant is part of the icy Arctic Snow Hotel. Unfortunately the huge hotel that is carved out of snow and ice not be visited at this time of the year yet. The ice restaurant was already very impressive, so …
Fortunately, there are plenty of activities you can undertake in this arctic place. One of them is to rent a snowmobile. With a drivers license you can drive this motorcycle-like vehicle for a few hours. On average you pay €150 to €200 for a tour of three hours, where in total you can speed for about three hours through the beautiful …
In Helsinki it was already -9°C (16°F), but at this place all the way up north, it gets even colder. Yesterday it was a freezing -17°C (1.4°F), but today I got welcome by tropical temperatures of -13°C (8.6°F). The coming days, it seemed, I would be in desperate need for some sunburn lotion! It was barely 2:30 pm in this arctic place when the …
In most countries saunas are seen as pure luxury, and only the happy few have one of them. In Finland it is almost considered a basic right, as almost every vacation cottage, each and every house and all apartment blocks have one or more. Public saunas are therefore not really present in large numbers. Fortunately there are some to choose from, especially …
My favorite in Helsinki. I admit, burgers and fries are not exactly healthy, but they are very tasty! The burgers who are served here are of high quality and you have a lot of choice. Every month there is also a burger of the month (during the Christmas period was for me a reindeer burger – BEST BURGER I EVER HAD!). You can …
Around 9:30 AM I arrived in the easternmost Scandinavian country, and after walking about fifteen minutes I could drop off my heavy backpack at the hostel. The difference in prices with Tallinn could not be greater. Easily doubled, but usually tripled or even more. Doing a culinary trip around the restaurants of Helsinki like I did in Tallinn won’t make it this time, I think… …
