Back in March 2018, we spent a couple of nights in the capital city of Finland; Helsinki. It’s a great place to visit. I’d love to go back as two nights isn’t really long enough but in true Team Vanags style, we crammed a hell of a lot into a short space of time. Where is Helsinki?…
Category: Finland
Suomenlinna Island – Boat trip
If you find yourself in Helsinki you should really try and take a days boat trip to Suomenlinna Island. The island was built in the mid 18th century as a sea fortress when Finland was part of Sweden. 800 people still live on the island. There’s a brewery, museum and plenty of cafes and restaurants…
Vantaa to Lappeenranta (and back again) by train
We’d arranged to have one night in Vantaa (a suburb of Helsinki) as we knew we wouldn’t be getting there till after midnight. The next day we had to get the train to Lappeenranta where we were due to stop for a night. The train journey from Helsinki to Lappeenranta takes about 2 hours and…
Lappeenranta
After a one night stop over in a suburb of Helsinki called Vantaa, we headed up to Lappeenranta, a city in South-Eastern Finland. This place is not on the usual European tourist trail but after Helsinki, it’s the most visited place in Finland by Russian tourists. We visited here because Serena used to work as…
