Lapland

Travel To Rovaniemi and The Artic Circle

July 16, 2011

Rovaniemi a perfest family destination close to the Artic Circle and offering fabulous nature,Rovaniemi sights and sites of interest.View the Northern Lights and for children Santa Claus Land gives pleasure and surprises.Rovaniemi is a Northern City in Lapland Finland

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Finnish Archipelago:Discover A Sea Of Islands

April 24, 2011

The Finnish Archipelago   The Finnish Archipelago consists of tens of thousands of small and large islands.The Finnish archipelago stretches from Turku in south-western Finland to the Russian border in the south-eastern part of the country.Many Finnish people head out to some or one of the many island that make up the Finnish Archipelago.These islands offer [...]

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Healthy Moose Meat For Healthier You

April 19, 2011

Why Healthy Moose Meat   For thousands of years Moose have roamed wild in the forests of Finland.Early man would hunt for Moose as a fresh source of meat.The people of Finland had relied on healthy moose meat as part of their  staple food needs.Moose has for centuries always been an important traditional food.Moose meat [...]

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Getting to Know Helsinki

April 3, 2011

  Ten FAQs about Helsinki 1. Where is the old town in Helsinki? King Gustavus Vasa of Sweden founded Helsinki to compete with the Hanseatic city of Tallinn on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Finland. That happened in 1550, and the original site was at the mouth of the River Vantaanjoki. The place [...]

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Finland Travel a Guide

January 15, 2011

  Finland Travel Finland Travel with in Finland(Suomi)is the big surprise of the Nordic countries, a natural wonderland with more trees than people and more islands than any other nation in the world. With endless miles of wilderness and 188,000 lakes on their doorstep, the Finns are uniquely in tune with their surroundings. Even committed [...]

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Is There Cheap Travel in Finland?

November 17, 2010

Looking in to Cheap Travel in Finland   I revive many inquiries about cheap travel in Finland.Coming from the UK and being young when I lived in England,I was always visiting other cities and towns.In many cases the travel was more interesting than the arrival in some places.As a result I was always on the [...]

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Christmas in Finland

November 14, 2010

Christmas in Finland and Some Traditions     Of the many holidays celebrated through out Finland the biggest has to be Christmas in Finland.Christmas in Finland is the most important of all the annual holidays .Much as in the UK it consists of Christmas Eve,Christmas Day and Boxing Day.Though Boxing Day is known as St.Stephen`s [...]

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The Finnish Spitz or Lapinkoira

October 3, 2010

Finnish Spitz,A True Friends I got my Lapinkoira dog (similar to a Finnish Spitz)some three years ago as a rescued dog as the previous owner had passed away.She was overweight and unfit with a poor coat of hair.It appeared that she had only been fed on sausages.We immediately took her from the rescue centre and welcomed [...]

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Panning for Gold in Lapland

June 16, 2010

Lapland Gold to be Panned for [wpp keyword="gold" limit_page="3"] There are a small but ever growing group of people travelling to Ivalo,Northern Lapland each and every year in search of the mother load of Gold that can be found in the sediment of the Ivalojoki.Whilst big companies backed with geologists,diamond drills and latest trilling techniques [...]

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Real Wilderness Adventure Hiking in Lapland Finland

May 4, 2010

Adventure Hiking Throughout Finland For many people walking or Hiking on wilderness trails is not only a fitness thing but can offer an escape from the daily grind of city life.It is a recreation free from clutter and gives the chance to be at one with nature and the wilderness.I remember hiking or trekking as [...]

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A re-union with Iiris

March 24, 2010

I received a phone call last week from a psychologist asking if I would be prepared to go on another course at Iiris;The visually impaired center in Helsinki.As some may know I was there for two weeks some 5 months ago.I have had many follow up consultations,a huge amount of visual aids dispensed to me [...]

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