Hey Helsinki-ppl!
Don´t get me wrong, coz I am not mouning about anything but would just like to get some ideas about things going on in Helsinki. I´ve moved to Finland a couple of months ago and I really think that it´s hard to figure out what to do here. I AM NOT SAYING THAT IT´s boring, but for some reason... Now I am not talking about going out, coz that´s easy here and there´s actually loads of nice bars/clubs to check out. I am talking more about like things to see and stuff. E.g are there some places around Helsinki that would be worth seeing? Sea-side resorts, villages, nature parks? Should I make a car trip somewhere or something like that. I´ve gotten a few brochures but they dont say much about that kind of things. Thanks a lot for nice ideas! You´ve got a luvly country though.
Don´t get me wrong, coz I am not mouning about anything but would just like to get some ideas about things going on in Helsinki. I´ve moved to Finland a couple of months ago and I really think that it´s hard to figure out what to do here. I AM NOT SAYING THAT IT´s boring, but for some reason... Now I am not talking about going out, coz that´s easy here and there´s actually loads of nice bars/clubs to check out. I am talking more about like things to see and stuff. E.g are there some places around Helsinki that would be worth seeing? Sea-side resorts, villages, nature parks? Should I make a car trip somewhere or something like that. I´ve gotten a few brochures but they dont say much about that kind of things. Thanks a lot for nice ideas! You´ve got a luvly country though.
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How about a trip to Porvoo? You could take a cruise-trip or bus there. Maybe 50 kilometres from Helsinki. http://www.porvoo.fi/index.php?cid=porvoo&mid=724
Yep, now I´ve been to Porvoo and it was really nice, especially those old houses at the river. On Sunday I´m gonna take a ferry to Suomenlinna and try to do something nice overthere. I was told before I moved to Finland that it´s gonna be very windy and rainy during the autumn, but it´s really been amazing, dry and sunny. So thank you again, I definitely found this forum very practical.
ps. that little cafe regatta in Töölö is worth seeing as well. It´s located next to suotostadion
Check this out:
http://www.hel.fi/english/index.html
I Hope you enjoy your stay. Are you prepared to face the winter time in Helsinki? I'm afraid it's not always so 'luvly' ;)
sano Pellonpää.
Suomenlinna is a must. Windy, though. Take a good travel guide book with you.
http://www.aktivist.fi/inenglish/
here you have the most important green area in the very heart of the city:
http://www.gardenia-helsinki.fi/viikkinature/index.htm
good luck, use the sunny days of this week!!
Go to the Swedish-language education center Arbis (Dagmarinkatu 3) and find in their large hall two huge paintings by Tove Jansson (the mother of the Moomin troll). These two paintings were painted by her in 1947 when she still was not that famous and the Moomins were unknown, too. Find in the paintings (depicting a party in counryside and a party in the town) two small Moomin figures hidden in the painting.
This link tells you about many nature reserves and other green areas:
http://www.hel2.fi/ymk/eng/publications/Lets_explore/index.htm
Hey thanks a million!
That´s so great, I´ll start discovering new places from today on!
Cu around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take a bike trip to keskuspuisto (Helsinki´s central park)
http://www.hel2.fi/keskuspuisto/fin/1esittely/