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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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!!…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 -…
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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…
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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…
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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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