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Five Winter Sports To Keep Warm and Healthy

January 28, 2012

Winter Sports To Keep You Warm in Helsinki As a country, Finland placed great emphasis on enjoying the outdoors and winter sports whatever the weather and nowhere is that more evident than in the capital, Helsinki. From summer sports and recreation,to winter sports activities pursued only in the coldest moments of winter, coming [...]

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The Baltic Sea and Its Life

February 8, 2011

Helsinki on The Baltic Sea Helsinki is just one of many large cities built close to the Baltic Sea primarily for trading goods.The actual Baltic sea sometimes called the East Sea and West Sea depending upon the observers location.However the majority of people throughout the world simply call it The Baltic Sea It was [...]

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Finland voted Newsweek`s Best Country in the World

August 20, 2010

Finland is the Best Country The World,Officially Many Finnish people are in their humble way and not seeking glory are slightly lost for words when Newsweek announced that Finland is the best country in the world.Many people see Finland as a cold country with the inhabitants suffering from either depression or alcoholism and living [...]

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Ice Swimming in Finland a Preventative Health Care

July 24, 2010

Here in Finland,home of ice swimming we are experiencing a hot,dry summer.Temperatures have been close to 30 Degrees C.It is at these times I look forward to a crisp cold Finnish Winter and the chance to get out and do some ice swimming.I met a Finnish man when I was staying at Iiris the visually [...]

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Helsinki Delights in Winter | Finland Winter

July 18, 2010

Finland Winter from Summer There couldn’t be a bigger contrast between Finland Winter and Finland S ummer. In the long days of summer, when the sun hardly seems to set, Helsinki is a vibrant city, packed with visitors and crowds pouring off the cruise ships. Go in to Finland Winter and you see the Finnish [...]

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Essence of The Finnish Sauna and People,Part 3

September 13, 2009

Finland and The Finnish Sauna Discovering Finland,Land of a Thousand Lakes & The All Night Sun,would not be complete without experiencing The Finnish Sauna.For The Finnish People it is an integral pert of their daily lifestyle. The Finnish Sauna is generally considered to be invented by ,The Finnish People,however The Finns do not wish to claim all [...]

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Finland Videos

September 7, 2009

Finland Videos Library What follows is a collection of Finland Videos,with the theme being about Finland,its customs,culture and events.I have collected these movies from various sources.The Videos themselves are embedded in to posts that I have made and will be making.As they say,” A picture is worth a thousand words“.I say,“A video is worth a [...]

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Ice Swimming in Finland

July 2, 2009

Do People Really Go Ice Swimming I have posted previously on The Sauna Customs in Finland.Well, some thing that may appeal to the more Extreme nature of some of you,came as a reminder to me from family members and friends.The sport or exercise is Winter Swimming,or as many say in Finland,Norway,Sweden,Estonia and many other [...]

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