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  1. richiavo avatar

    RE: How to get from Tampere airport to Helsinki?

    by richiavo 12 April 2012

    As Ryanair does not try to call this aiport Helsinki, so that is why it does not provide a bus. The money you have saved getting a cheap…

  2. IPHarri avatar

    RE: How to get from Tampere airport to Helsinki?

    by IPHarri 11 April 2012

    Ah, something from Trip Advisor in 2009: "BTW: the direct bus connection from Helsinki to Tampere Airport for Ryanair flights has been…

  3. mpjohans avatar

    RE: How to get from Tampere airport to Helsinki?

    by mpjohans 11 April 2012

    There's very frequent buses between Tampere-Helsinki: http://matkahuolto.info/lippu/en/ As Bjoern says, the train is faster (actually…

  4. Bjoern avatar

    RE: How to get from Tampere airport to Helsinki?

    by Bjoern 11 April 2012

    Whau - Tampere is FAR from Helsinki - nearly 200 km. The airports homepage: http://www.finavia.fi/airports/airport_tampere-pirkkala?pg=10…

  5. bar2xa avatar

    How to get from Tampere airport to Helsinki?

    by bar2xa 11 April 2012

    Could anyone help me with the information about the connections between Tampere airport and Helsinki? I believe there are no direct ones.…

  6. meriana avatar

    Re: Savonlinna to Virrat

    by meriana 15 March 2012

    +I think the steam ship from Savonlinna to Punkaharju would interest me more than the one from Tampere to Virrat.+ I agree with this!!…

  7. akana avatar

    RE: Savonlinna to Virrat

    by akana 14 March 2012

    +Well I wanted to make the trip because I had read it was beautiful. Is that not the case?+ I have not been to that trip from Tampere…

  8. akana avatar

    RE: Savonlinna to Virrat

    by akana 13 March 2012

    Do not know why you vant to make the Runoilijan Tie between Tampere and Virrat. But if it is just to make a trip on a lake, you might…

  9. eager2travel avatar

    Re: Savonlinna to Virrat

    by eager2travel 12 March 2012

    Thank you! Fortunately the Retretti Art Center closes at 18:00. I think I will be arriving in Savonlinna at 14:45, and I see now I have…

  10. eager2travel avatar

    Savonlinna to Virrat

    by eager2travel 12 March 2012

    Can someone tell me the best way to get from Savonlinna to Virrat? In case it makes a difference, I will be getting from one place to…

  11. eager2travel avatar

    Transportation in Scandinavia

    by eager2travel 07 March 2012

    Am toying with an itinerary I made up that starts in Trondheim and ends in Russia. But I had a few questions about how I'd get from some…

  12. Kape avatar

    RE: My son REALLY wants to have a pet dolphin

    by Kape 05 March 2012

    Do they have to be in the wild...? If not: Tampere, Finland... Särkäniemi dolphinarium.

  13. johnthefinn avatar

    RE: Scandinavia and Eastern Europe trip advice

    by johnthefinn 27 February 2012

    Tampere is certainly worth a day. Apart from the city centre, check out my old home district Pispala, a picturesque old working class…

  14. kennardjon avatar

    RE: Scandinavia and Eastern Europe trip advice

    by kennardjon 27 February 2012

    Thanks guys. @JohntheFinn I have taken sleeper trains before and survived so that sounds like a decent option. How about places along…

  15. Lauriinaah avatar

    RE: Plan for Western/Central Finland in July 2012

    by Lauriinaah 28 January 2012

    I also recommend Tampere. It's beatiful city, with lakes and the forests nearby. If you have a car with you in Tampere, and you want to…

  16. EsaJohannes avatar

    Re: Plan for Western/Central Finland in July 2012

    by EsaJohannes 25 January 2012

    Having lived in both cities, I would warmly recommend Tampere. It's manageable in size (the downtown is best explored by foot), situated…

  17. johnthefinn avatar

    RE: Plan for Western/Central Finland in July 2012

    by johnthefinn 24 January 2012

    Tampere has more urban stuff, like nightlife and classy restaurants, but it is still a small town by global standards. I'd pick Tampere…

  18. tangelic82 avatar

    Plan for Western/Central Finland in July 2012

    by tangelic82 24 January 2012

    I would appreciate any opinion or advice from people who live or have travelled in Finland about my question below! My husband and I…

  19. anniinah avatar

    Affordable 10-days trip to Lapland

    by anniinah 10 January 2012

    Hello everyone, Im a Finnish student who has never been north of Rovaniemi, and now Im planning to go with some exchange student friends…

  20. aaarrrnnn avatar

    RE: Turku to Stockholm by ferry

    by aaarrrnnn 24 October 2011

    Thanks again! One more (silly) question: I see that the train trip from Kolari to Turku requires changing trains at Tampere at around…

  21. Dromo_mania avatar

    RE: Snowboarding in Finland

    by Dromo_mania 09 October 2011

    I visited [Himos|http://www.himos.fi/english/slopes.html] and had an okay time. The hill has snowmaking as this is very much a Nordic…

  22. oldskidog avatar

    Re: Rail Travel

    by oldskidog 09 October 2011

    I just returned from the Helsinki to Stockholm rail trip, by eurail pass. I spent one night in Tampere - meh... Night train to Kemi -…

  23. johnthefinn avatar

    RE: Helsinki Day Trips

    by johnthefinn 29 September 2011

    Rovaniemi was flattened by the retreating Axis forces at the end of the war and hastily rebuilt, mostly cheaply, so it has no historical…

  24. krish1971 avatar

    RE: Helsinki Day Trips

    by krish1971 28 September 2011

    I just had a "wild" idea (not sure how crazy this is): Is it possible to do a day trip from Helsinki to Rovaniemi? Basically, I was think…

  25. krish1971 avatar

    RE: Helsinki Day Trips

    by krish1971 28 September 2011

    John, Can Tampere also be done as a day trip from Helsinki?

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