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Best way to travel through Scandinavia

editor — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 07:22:00 +0000

Punkaharju nature reserve Road 14 runs NW through beautiful scenery to the village of Punkaniemi, on the Punkasalmi river, which links the Puruvesi, to the N, with the Vaistdnseka. The road continues alongside the railway on a narrow causeway and along the Punkaharju ridge (7 km (4Jr miles) long, up to 25 m (80 ft) high: nature reserve). The ridge, deposited by the melt-waters of the last Ice Age, falls steeply down on both sides and is covered with pine, larch and birch forest, with a number of attractive footpaths. At Antolla, where Road 14 continues to Savonlinna (231), turn

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How much to travel Scandinavia

editor — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:40:00 +0000

HOTELS. Marina Palace, Linnankatu 32, 307 SP; Hamburger Bbrs, Kauppiaskatu 6, 323 b„ SP; Rantasipi Turku, Pispalantie 7, 300 SP; Maakunta, Humalistonkatu 7, 200 Henrik, Yliopistonkatu 29A, 144 Keskushotelli, Yliopistonkatu 12A, 131 Seurahuone, Humalistonkatu 2, 118 Turku. Eerikankatu 30,48 Turun Karina, Itainen Pitkakatu 30B, 36 b. OUTSIDE THE TOWN: Ruissaio, 300 SP. SUMMER HOTELS. Domus Aboensis, Piispankatu 10, 154 b. (June to August); Ikituurin Kesahotelli, Pispalantie 7, 2200 SP (June to August). YOUTH HOSTEL: Linnankatu 39. CAMP SITES: Ruissaio and Vepsa. RESTAURANTS. Brahen Kellari, Puolalankatu 1; Teatteriravintola Foija, Aurakatu 10; Samppalinna, Itainen Rantakatu (summer only). EVENTS. Boat Show (second half

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Why travel to Scandinavia

editor — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 06:18:00 +0000

SIGHTS. At the SE end of the principal harbour, VSgen, is the Market Square (Torget). Here are the docks where the fishing boats moor when they come in with their catches in the morning (interesting fish market). On the SE side of the square is a statue (by John Borjeson, 1883) of the writer Ludvig Holberg (b. 1 684 in Bergen, d. 1 754 in Copenhagen), creator of the Danish-Norwegian comedy. Behind it stands the Exchange. At the upper end of the Vetrlidsalmenning, which runs NE from the square, is the lower station of the Floybanen (funicular). From the market

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Travel within Scandinavia

editor — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 04:22:00 +0000

Some 200 m (200 yds) NW, at the S end of the Municipal Park, is a building (Permanentan) housing the Vestlandske Kunstindustri-museum (applied and decorative art, furniture, carpets, porcelain, etc.), the Fishery Museum, which gives a good general picture of the Norwegian fishing industry, and the Municipal Museum of Art, with a collection of work by Norwegian painters of the 19th and 20th c. (J. C. Dahl, H. Gude, E. Munch, etc.). From here Christies Gate runs S past St Paul’s Church (Paulskirker, R.C.) to the hill of Sydneshaugen, on which are the University and, adjoining the Botanic Garden, the

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Cheapest way to travel to Scandinavia

editor — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:49:00 +0000

Pihtipudas (Niemenharjun Motelli, 83 SB) lies at the NW end of Kolimajarvi, Cheapest way to travel to Scandinavia on the northern boundary of Central Finland. Pyhasalmi is a mining village (iron ore, precious metals), a short way off the road on Pyhajarvi (alt. 141 m-463 ft). E4 now leaves the Lake Plateau and continues via Karsamaki and Leskela to Oulu (219) on the Gulf of Bothnia. Lahti to Kajaani via Mikkeli and Kuopio (Road 5). This route through the central part of the plateau also starts from Lahti (1 67). On the N side of the town take Road 5,

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