Nathan's Insights
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Tag: Finland
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Official Name: Republic of Finland Established: 6 December 1917 (Independence from Russia) Population: 5,528,737 (2020 estimate) Religion: 68.7% Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, 26.3% no religion Language(s): Finnish, Swedish Capital: Helsinki Order of Visit: Twenty-First First Visit: 08 July 2006 Last Visit: 7 April 2024 Duration: 5 Days Visit Highlights: Parliament Building, ice breakers ships,…
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Sunday 05 May 2024Highlights: The Jewel Water Show One of the major downsides of living in Australia is how far away for the majority of the world we are. Returning back takes a long time. The first leg getting back was Split to Helsinki (3 hours), than a major transit (8 hours) followed by Helsinki…
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Saturday 04 May 2024Highlights: Finnair Non-Schengen Business Class Lounge Today is the start of the long journey home. Six of us had organised to go to the airport together – Theresa, Ivan, Megan, Alexa, Darby and myself. We had breakfast together and order an Uber van. T he vehicle that showed up however was not…
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Sunday 07 April 2024Highlights: Getting lost trying to get to our hotel, meeting our tour group Today we ended our short pause in Helsinki to get to the start of our G Adventures Eastern Europe, Croatia and the Balkans tour starting in Berlin.
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Saturday 06 April 2024Highlights: Landing in a snow-capped Helsinki, exploring the Senaatintori (Senate Square), climbing the steps to the magnificent Helsinki Cathedral, visiting the Kauppatori (Market Square) on the edge of the Baltic Sea, exploring the Temppeliaukio Rock Church. Our trip exploring Europe began today after a 13.5 hour overnight flight from Singapore to Helsinki…
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