isn’t a 3 day camping festival but that shouldn’t put off non locals to visiting, it just means it is the perfect excuse to take a holiday to the Finnish capital, it wouldn’t be hard to find a hotel in Helsinki
More recent buildings include the Radisson Blu's Vaasa hotel based in the city centre , which is one of the taller buildings that gives a modern look to the cities skyline.
Image via Radisson Blu
The University of Vaasa also has some interesting buildings worth looking at including the main entrance building and the Tritonia, the scientific library building.
An independent city on the western outskirts of the Finnish capital of Helsinki, Espoo is actually extremely large and currently Finland's second-biggest. Espoo is a part of the overall Greater Helsinki area and as such, these two cities have many close ties and much of the population works in the capital and commutes daily.
Around two-thirds of Finland is covered in forest and about a tenth by water.
In the far north, the sun does not set for around 10 weeks during the 'White Nights' of summer, while in winter it does not rise above the horizon for nearly eight weeks.
Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Swedish: Finland) [2] is in Northern Europe and has borders with Russia to the east, Norway to the north, and Sweden to the west. The country is a thoroughly modern welfare state with well-planned and comfortable small towns and cities, but still offers vast areas of unspoiled nature.
The first is an outright lie, Finns appreciate a good ham even when it has come from Italy, and the second is thankfully correct, smoked reindeer is absolutely delicious! However, the Italian was probably guilty of sour grapes, and was responding to the initial decision of the European Commission to establish the European Food Safety Authority in Helsinki.
Oulu isn’t a city that most people – even the well-travelled – have heard of. But that’s not surprising; as the sixth largest city in Finland, located up in the north of the country, it’s not exactly marked out on the tourist map.
However, Oulu has a lot to offer travellers. Whether you fancy a European city break that’s off the beaten track or you’re touring Finland and looking for an addition to your itinerary, Oulu is certainly worth a visit.
Oulu Automobile Museum
One of the most famous attractions in Oulu is the Oulu Automobile Museum. This car museum is a must for Top Gear fans, as home to over 50 cars, motorcycles and many more vehicles of interest. The oldest cars in the museum date back to 1910, when automobiles were quickly gaining in popularity. What’s more, it’s also home to a range of scale models and car engines. So whether you take a passing pleasure in classic cars or have a lifelong fascination with them, Oulu Automobile Museum is sure to pique your interest.
The museum is located just south of the city centre and is open Monday to Saturday. Complete with a restaurant that serves up a scrumptious lunch, a trip here makes a lovely day out for all the family.
Other attractions in Oulu
If the Automobile Museum doesn’t appeal, rest assured that there’s still plenty more to do in Oulu. The Oulu City Art Museum, for instance, is an essential stop-off if you’re a fan of contemporary and modern art. The gallery holds exhibitions year-round, so there’s always something new and interesting to browse.
For parents hoping to encourage their children’s love of science, Oulu has a plethora of related activities. The Geological Museum, Botanical Museum and Zoological Museum are all excellent attractions. And to learn a bit more about Oulu, make sure you visit the Northern Ostrobothnia Museum, which showcases the city’s various historical phases and is home to a 20-square metre scale model of the city in 1938.
If you’re thinking about a trip to Oulu, you’ll be pleased to hear it’s easy to get to. Despite being only Finland’s sixth largest city, Oulu has its second busiest airport after the capital Helsinki. You can travel from Helsinki to Oulu by train in around 6 hours and once you’ve made it, it’s pretty easy to find a hotel in Oulu. And to get to the Automobile Museum or the city’s other attractions, public transport and bicycle hire are both great options.
video by Flatlight Films
This is selection of northern lights we filmed during the winter 2011 in several locations in the Finnish Lapland. It's filmed with DSLR cameras with timelapse technique and with remote pan/tilt heads. Video is available also in 2K and 4K resolution.
Skiing in Finland. Photo credit: Visit Finland. If you love nothing more than being surrounded by snow-covered peaks in the winter, but feel as though you've done most of Europe's main ski areas, have you considered Finland?
Update: If some of the images in this post don't load, please refresh the page and see if they appear. I think I'm going to have to switch from Photobucket if this problem with images continues! Argh!!! ***************************** We're not quite there yet here in Southern Finland, but soon the temperature will stop peeking its...
Outside it is -12°C so it is a good time to reflect back on one of the nicest trips last year, probably the best part of the international wilderness guide course. Hover over the photos for smart explanations and info Summer Memories from Jungfruskär Together with my friend Bert we were responsible to organize this trip, which went to the crown of the Archipelago National Park: Jungfruskär.
Urho Kekkonen National Park is Finland's second largest national park, covering 2,550 square kilometres of pristine ethereal wilderness. Numerous trails criss-cross the park's rolling, bare tunturi (fells), but there are also vast areas of untamed - and unmarked - wilderness to explore freely. Mark Roberts tells you how.
Finland is a unique destination filled with wonderful nature sights and outdoor adventures! The "Land of a Thousand Lakes," as it is known, undoubtedly has more than a thousand things to do- but here are 5 not to miss when you visit this beautiful country: Cross-country Skiing- Finland can get so snowy in winter that often in some areas, cross-country skiing is the only way to get around!
Last year, I was in Finland, to do my Bachelor Degree, with the Erasmus program. But I will talk about it later. One of my funniest experiences there was the dog sledding experience. I always wished to practice this because I really liked ski, and everything about sliding sports.
Alas! While I have logged many, many North American ski days, my European skiing experience is limited to exactly ZERO days. Many thanks to Cherrie West, a sometime skier, and travel and marketing professional based in London for writing this post.
Helsinki festival is a different type of festival and is the largest arts festival in Finland that happens annually near the end of summer. This year the event will take place from the 17th of August until the 2nd of September and hopes to be bigger than ever.
isn’t a 3 day camping festival but that shouldn’t put off non locals to visiting, it just means it is the perfect excuse to take a holiday to the Finnish capital, it wouldn’t be hard to find a hotel in Helsinki
Jyväskylä (Finnish pronunciation: Central Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is the largest city in central Finland and on the [ˈjyvæsˌkylæ]) is a city and municipality in Finnish Lakeland. Jyväskylä is located on the northern coast of Lake Päijänne, 147 kilometres (91 mi) north-east of Tampere and 270 kilometres (170 mi) north of Helsinki.
Oulu (pronounced , Swedish: Uleåborg city and [ˈʉːleɔˌbɔrj]) is a municipality of 143,988 inhabitants (31 January 2012) in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world.
Considered to be a part of Greater Helsinki and a satellite suburb of this Finnish capital, Vantaa is actually a city in its own right. Most people arrive at the city's Helsinki Vantaa International Airport, which lies on the north-westerly outskirts and is Finland's biggest airport and a leading world transport hub, offering superb flight connections.
Vaasa is a west coast Finnish city that has an interesting architectural landscape because even though the city received its charter in 1606, the old mainly wooden town was almost completely destroyed in a fire in 1852 so many of the buildings are relatively new builds done in the last couple of centuries.
More recent buildings include the Radisson Blu's Vaasa hotel based in the city centre , which is one of the taller buildings that gives a modern look to the cities skyline.
Image via Radisson Blu
The University of Vaasa also has some interesting buildings worth looking at including the main entrance building and the Tritonia, the scientific library building.
An independent city on the western outskirts of the Finnish capital of Helsinki, Espoo is actually extremely large and currently Finland's second-biggest. Espoo is a part of the overall Greater Helsinki area and as such, these two cities have many close ties and much of the population works in the capital and commutes daily.
At lovely Sibelius Park you'll find a steel monument to the great Finnish composer. The organlike cluster of steel pipes is said to represent the forest.
This kinetic modern sculpture was created by artist Eila Hiltunen in 1967 to honor Finland's most famous composer, Jean Sibelius. Born in 1865 in Hämeenlinna, Sibelius wrote music for the glorification of his own people and in defiance of the oppressor, Russia. His most famous composition, Finlandia, came to represent Finnish patriotism and pride.
Hiltunen's innovative abstract structure was designed to blend with the natural surroundings. Appropriately for a monument to a composer, the sculpture creates its own music -…
reviewed
Helsinki (; Swedish: Helsingfors , ) is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is 596,233 (31 January 2012), making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland.
Around two-thirds of Finland is covered in forest and about a tenth by water.
In the far north, the sun does not set for around 10 weeks during the 'White Nights' of summer, while in winter it does not rise above the horizon for nearly eight weeks.
Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Swedish: Finland) [2] is in Northern Europe and has borders with Russia to the east, Norway to the north, and Sweden to the west. The country is a thoroughly modern welfare state with well-planned and comfortable small towns and cities, but still offers vast areas of unspoiled nature.
Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Swedish: Finland) [2] is in Northern Europe and has borders with Russia to the east, Norway to the north, and Sweden to the west. The country is a thoroughly modern welfare state with well-planned and comfortable small towns and cities, but still offers vast areas of unspoiled nature.
video by thisisFINLANDtube
Helsinki is full of gardens, hidden from the general public's view. We follow a gardening enthusiast around the city as she shows us her favorite green getaways.