Lappeenranta

The Saimaa Canal a Picturesque Vacation

May 18, 2011

What is The Saimaa Canal and How To View it The boat sliced through the cold blue waters of the Saimaa Canal, built-in 1856, in what seemed like a preposterous spot – nowhere. However the cruises which take from 1 –3days are scenic and popular with locals and tourists.A trip down the Saimaa canal is another must see [...]

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Travel Finland visit Lake Saimaa for a Lake Vacation

August 6, 2010

Travel Finland,Lake Vacations Planning to travel Finland for a camping holiday or just a a quick visit,one of the lakes regions that is highly recommended is Lake Saimaa in south eastern Finland.As the fourth largest lake in Europe and the largest lake in Finland it has many beautiful sights for camping and hiking to [...]

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Visiting Lappeenranta or Russia

December 4, 2009

Lappeenranta Attracting Flocking Russians Myself and my wife will be departing for Lappeenranta,Eastern Finland,tomorrow morning.We here in Helsinki received our first snowfall early this morning.As there is likely to be more snow before Christmas and the temperatures will plummet,we have to turn on the heating in our country cottage.This will prevent any damage to [...]

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Finnish Sauna Customs

May 6, 2009

The Finnish Sauna Having a sauna is something completely natural to Finnish people. If this will be your first visit to a Sauna it may a good idea to share the Experience with a Finn.With 5.6 million inhabitants,Finland estimates to have approx 1.6 million saunas .So there is really no excuse for not going [...]

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