johnthefinn

The mosquito season is pretty much over by August. September can very easily be cold and wet, but you can't expect snow yet....

You may be able to get a reduction on the train by booking in advance from the VR website. Otherwise you will have to bite the bullet.

I see. Something different from theatres and architecture. That's still a little broad, but the top tourist sights in Helsinki are (in no...

For Aalto, Jyväskylä would be good. But you can get all the info you need about locations of his work on the site I linked to in my first...

I wouldn't have thought Helsinki's theatres were really the architectural highlights of the city. Oh well, it's your call....

Re Finland, there are large areas of art nouveau (in its local guise of national romantic) in the Helsinki districts of Katajanokka and...

I believe Americans at least also benefit from this arrangement.

There's only one option - http://stpeterline.com/en/OnBoard/News.aspx The website will answer all your questions....

Yes.

There's no point in being anywhere but the city center. It's a small town and eminently walkable, and the airport is only half an hour...

I went early June, when there are 24 hours of daylight for photography. The boat to the Russian town at Barentsburg stopped by a glacier as...

If see the aurora is the only thing you want to do there, don't bother. The chances are you'll have nothing but a few wasted days.

I've seen the aurora borealis in August. The chances aren't good, but not nonexistent either.

You often get anecdotal replies to questions like this on the lines of "I saw/didn't see it in X place so you will/won't too", but the...

No snow or rain or clouds in April? I'm afraid #1 is promising too much....