Category: Finland Tourism

last update:Aug142019February 4, 2014August 14, 2019Go tocommentsby Santiago H

Northern Lights forecast and predictions

Posted in Events in Finland, Finland Tourism

A trip to the far North doesn’t guarantee that you will see an Aurora Borealis – even though some places are better than others in Finland, and at certain times you can see them better than at others (late winter and early autumn are especially good). Is there a way to get a Northern Lights forecast or predictions? In the following image we can see…

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last update:Aug012019November 27, 2013August 1, 201910Commentsby Santiago H

The “Lapland Express”: a Helsinki-Rovaniemi High Speed Train

Posted in Finland Tourism, Helsinki, Lapland

Traveling by train has its charm. In the era between traveling by horse and by plane, trains dominated the transport of people and goods (they still do, of course, but mainly for short routes). There are some trains that stick in the collective imagination. For instance the Orient Express, that makes the link between Paris and Istanbul; The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, whose fictionalized version is…

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last update:Aug142019November 13, 2013August 14, 2019Go tocommentsby Santiago H

Snow Drifting: my experience drifting with cars in Finland

Posted in Finland Tourism, Misc.

The time has come, yet another year. The first snowflakes have already fallen and there are less hours of light during the daytime, so every car in Finland now has to sport winter tires. It is time to enhance security… and maybe do some snow drifting. Some winters ago I took a car trip with my Finnish friends. If I remember correctly, we went to…

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last update:Aug182022November 6, 2013August 18, 20221Commentby Santiago H

Gay Helsinki: a gay guide to Finland’s capital

Posted in Finland Tourism, Helsinki

The other day I was looking over a travel guide from Germany and found a special section: a list of recommended places that are gay friendly. Since it really is an important aspect for many travellers – for instance, gay tourism from Russia into Finland has increased since Russia’s anti-gay laws were passed – and we haven’t yet talked about that here on Big in…

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