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last update:Mar042024February 28, 2024March 4, 2024Go to commentsby Santiago H

Top 5 romantic spots in Helsinki

Even though the Finns prefer to celebrate the “Day of Friendship” on February 14th instead of St. Valentine’s Day, they still know how to be romantic. The Finnish newspaper Nyt (the word for “now” in the Finnish language) has published a top-5 list of the most romantic spots in Helsinki. Since the list is in Finnish we jumped quickly to translate it, in order to…

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last update:Oct252022April 13, 2021October 25, 2022Go to commentsby Santiago H

Tavastia Klubi: rock and metal concerts in Helsinki

Posted in Events in Finland, Finnish Music, Helsinki

Today’s post is a collaboration with our reader Elisabeth Queen (facebook | Youtube). She talks about one of her favorite spots to see live Rock and Metal music in Helsinki (specially on New year’s eve) the Tavastia Klubi and its former New year’s eve traditional festival. Without further ado: ——————————— A trip to Helsinki isn’t complete without a night at Tavastia Klubi (official page). It…

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last update:Jun102021October 13, 2020June 10, 2021Go to commentsby Santiago H

Reindeer in Helsinki: where to see them?

Posted in Finland Tourism, Helsinki

Those who travel to Lapland have it easy: they are everywhere, but to see reindeer in Helsinki you have to know where to look. And that’s what today’s post is about. Feeding a reindeer. Source (CC: by-sa) Reindeer and Finland The reindeer is the animal of Finland. The Finns even have that unique sign that warns you on the roads that you are entering an…

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last update:Apr092022January 7, 2020April 9, 2022Go to commentsby Santiago H

The Heavy Metal course at the University of Helsinki

Posted in Curiosities, Events in Finland, Helsinki

It is said about Finland that it is the country that has the most Heavy Metal bands per capita in the world. It’s a fact that I still have to check, as well as find out more about which other countries are at the top of the hypothetical ranking for a future post. But in the meantime there is a development in this part of…

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