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going helsinki in the summer for a week, anything cool and touristy I can see in Helsinki??
maybe some really nice nature or scenery, nothing breaking the bank too much as im a broke student.
Pro tip: If you want to experience Finland, go as far away from Helsinki as you can!
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this. Theres nothing finnish about helsinki
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what is helsinki then
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Capital syndrome
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what is that
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It’s the common occurrence that the capital of a country is very different from the rest of the country, or at least perceived as such. This is often exaggerated if the capital also happens to be the biggest city.
The reasons for this are manifold
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can confirm
warsaw is the worst city in poland by far
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Its the best one. Nt
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the anger I just felt at a word is not healthy XD 8/8
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you can't deny it's a german city, just as many other places in poland.
i know it's not your fault that soviet changed borders but that's the way it is.
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It WAS a German city*
Now it IS and will be a Polish city.
Gdansk and Krakow>>>Warsaw
Interesting. I think this could be said about Berlin as well. So many great cities instead of this hellhole.
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It absolutely applies to Berlin
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i went to berlin and a homeless man was drinking his own piss in a bottle in the public transport...
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And in case of finland, its very, very different. Like theres Helsinki and then theres the rest of finland, 2 completely different worlds.
But if you want that "Finland experience" you are not going to get that in Helsinki. Helsinki is like any other big city in Europe, nothing special.
Literally the Paris syndrome
if you want to experience finland, go to karaoke bar in tallinna
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yeah that one's quite good, but there's also satumaa karaoke bar on viru street
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"Good" is pretty subjective. It has a lot of drunk middle-aged people there singing karaoke really loudly. Those are like the stereotypical "vodka tourists" that got a pretty bad reputation in Estonia once upon a time but their numbers are slowly decreasing as years go by. The younger generations have a bit better manners, I would say.
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Suomenlinna, Senaatintori and the many malls in the city's centre are some places i would recommend.
Being broke and no money -> travels to Finland = HLTV certified "200" IQ decision
Well, fortunately the nature and scenery is free. The archipelago area in Helsinki is nice for that (just google "archipelago Helsinki", but even better archipelago in Turku area/west coast area if you would travel there also from Helsinki).
Part of the archipelago area is "Suomenlinna" (=castle of Finland) and "Kuninkaansaari" (=King's island) island area. Those have lots of cash hungry tourist attractions, but the nature around there is free for broke students also. Those are ancient and without modern architecture.
Then there is the more modern and "city like" part of the archipelago and coast line with cafés and restaurants in Ullanlinna and Kaisaniemi area right next to the busy city center.
The city center of Helsinki is catastrophical this year for locals (and probably for tourist also) because two of the main streets going through the whole city is under major road constructions this summer, so the traffic is a hell and everyday some new temporary route from A to B site.
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dear oficial hltv travel guider, lapland da or no?
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Lapland +10000000 but only in winter
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Agreed. Tried to go 2 years ago in jan/feb, but the borders closed few days before because of covid((
Would you recommend the train from Helsinki up north? I have enough KLM miles to get Amsterdam-Helsinki for free xD, would only need transportation to Lapland
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Train is okay if you don't mind sitting there 9 hours but personally I would go by plane.
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Yea either 9-13 hours in train depending how much the schelude fails or 2 hours in plane. Funniest thing is, the train is more expensive.
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Summer hiking in Lapland is goated
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But make sure to be there before or after räkkä.
fuck it, procedurally generated Helsinki
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yo Oulu looks nice as fuck
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toripolliisi pog
finland.de/marktpolizist/zStadtLev.20201..
helsinki is trash no one lives there
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says the milk produced
you are broke but at the same time going to helsinki...gl lol.
i'm from helsinki myself but it's not where you wanna go if you're visiting finland, that's for sure.
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helsingfors best swedish city
Jump on a hop-off-hop-on bus and drive through the city. There's some places to see, and places to eat at, etc.. Maybe Suomenlinna is a place to see, there's a ferry going there every 30 minutes or something. There's a nice cafee in Suomenlinna called Silo and some other places to eat at. There's a ton of things to do. The prices are high but that's what you get for choosing Helsinki. If you want proper brunch I reckommend a hotel callled Haven smack in the middle of the central Kauppatori venue. I guess this would become too long of a message if I was to talk more about the city. But I think you will like Helsinki.
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Would you recommend visiting Suomenlinna if i have never been there? Im from northern osbornia and i visit helsinki outside of work trips like every other year so havent seen most places there.
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Well Suomenlinna is a nice set of islands. I like it a lot. There are some restaurants and some coffee places. You travel there with a HSL public commuter ticket that is in the AB zone, so it's affordable. It's this kind of have to visit places in Helsinki. The ferry there leaves every 20-30 minutes, and it takes some 25 minutes to get to the island. There's the old fortresses setup and nice places to walk around the island. I would recommend it if you haven't seen it yet.
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Yes, if you want to buy Finnish drugs.
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Finns here complaining about Helsinki are just people hardly ever been in Helsinki. Typical Capital vs countryside confrontation. Of course Helsinki is not as big or historically interesting city as many others but it one of the most (if not the) cleanest and functionable cities in the World.
Helsinki cathedral, Temppeliaukio church, Oodi library are sights worth to see to name a few. Suomenlinna must-go and Vallisaari next to it is also pretty nice
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For finns mongolz = non-white hair non-finnish people?
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i second Vallisaari. A nice place for a leisurely walk.
youtube.com/watch?v=RGnpWXtI3Q0
stuff like that
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haahhaa
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come to olari
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pff we eat ppl in olari at nights and at days we beat up austrian tourist and sell them crack and shit.
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unless some it professionals jump you
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I'd go to Linnanmäki amusement park and Oodi library and Kiasma art museum
Go to rautatientori to look local junkies and drunk ppl
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kallio also good
Finns dont even understand how great and beautiful place we have, you can do loads of stuff without paying. Many great places to go for a swim and sauna, do it at night with some beer and makkara and you already have pretty nice memory. When you go to Helsinki you can ask about anything from anyone and theyll do their best to help you or tell where to go etc, have a nice holiday.
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just proves further why humans are cancer of this planet.
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Except Finnish people
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Kotkot chicken burger is pretty damn good. Costs 4,5€ and is amazing. I highly recommend.
Sokos Hotel Torni has a nice panoramic view over the city. I believe the skybar is free to visit.
Sipoonkorpi National Park and Nuuksio National Park are close to Capital area so if you're interested you could visit those places to see how it looks like when you're not in a city.
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helsinkibiennaali.fi/ I would recommend checking this out, never been but heard it's amazing and mostly free which is also nice. Welcome to Finland mens))
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No problem, hope you enjoy your stay here. I live near Helsinki myself and probably gonna go see that installation as soon as my holiday begins. Btw. Sandels is the best beer money can buy here if you are a beer drinker like myself :)
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I recommend kontula
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finnas finns fanns funnits
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Yes. Russia bombed everything during WW2. Thanks for helping Russians.
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ajajajaahahahah
Homeless in Finland? Myth
ignore a lot of finns shitting on Helsinki, they are mad because they live in 30 people village for the rest of their life
its not dangerous at all, even the "dangerous" places are not dangerous, pretty much every capital in EU is worse when it comes to that
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I think a lot of good places been recommended here already. Löyly is something you could try if you want to go to a sauna, its a pretty nice place. There's a lot of nice architecture and buildings in the center of the city as well, but avoid straying too far from the centre because once you get to east-helsinki there's not much there and those are the worse parts. I would recommend Suomenlinna as well + there's a lot of smaller things to see etc.
My city >>>> Helsinki, even if my city doesn't have much, it's so much better looking than concrete jungle Ctrl+V city like Helsinki, everytime i go to Helsinki the only thing i wanna do is get out of there, the only reason i go to Helsinki is to go to helsinki airport to another country or bus station to my city
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There are plenty of very beautiful parts of Helsinki such as Eira, Punavuori or anything more central located. You're right that there are concrete jungles as well but those are typically the areas I told to avoid. And to be honest there are much worse offenders in Finland when it comes to concrete jungles, Helsinki is not even close to the worst city in that aspect.
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No, but i wouldn't suggest Helsinki to be tourists first experience of Finland, there is so much more things to see and be at than Helsinki, also Helsinki can be quite expensive at times if you're on budget
Go eat chicken wings (siipiweikot or hook) with a bottle of beer. And go Sauna with (again) a bottle of beer. We have over 3 million Saunas in Finland and I think there is many commercial Saunas in Helsinki too. Be careful, some Finns are nice people and love to chatting and drinking in Sauna. Remember to take off the mask before entering the sauna - Finns are at their most authentic there.
If you go 20-50km out of Helsinki, experience the nature and remember to grill some good food with a bottle of beer. Nature is for everyone in Finland - eat what you find but be careful with making fire during the summer.
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No, if you don't want to. But be prepared that the most of Finns will be there naked. It's kind of an unwritten rule among Finnish men.
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depends a lot. I think in cities people are not, especially in Helsinki (and areas nearby) since there are lot of immigrants there. In countryside unfortunately some people are racists, mostly older people
online they are racist quite often, but that's mostly the kids and online effect where they are anonymous... irl only some boomers are racist imo, casual people are very open and young people especially just don't give a shit about your looks or habits :D
and ye i forget to mention earlier - if you visit lohja or even if not, try get to swim in a lake! I think lake swims (especially if there is a sauna next to it to use too) are one of the core finnish things I want to recommend everybody
as austrian you are also used to mountains I believe, so experiencing the flatness of west coast might be "sightseeing" unless you have seen belgium/the netherlands already ^^
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You’ll probably get the most racism is you were
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If you’re decent looking with social skill you’ll do fine in most places.
In isolated countries like Finland, Iceland, etc., you’ll do best at the capital cities as they’re the most socially active with young people.
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Lohja is kinda far from Helsinki for a tourist and not too good with public transport. If you wanna see forests and such things you can hop on a local train to Espoo and take a bus from Espoo station to Nuuksio national park. There are cots and places to make a fire if it's not too dry and you want to warm up some food. The day ticket for local transport costs 12€ for a day and gets cheaper per day if you buy multiple days at once. You can check HSL.fi/en for tickets, routes, schedules and so on.
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I can't think of a single thing in Helsinki worth seeing for someone coming from a European city. Take Senaatintori like some suggest, what the fuck is there to see for someone who has experienced any actual city with heritage in Europe? Finland in general is a very boring place. The only travel in Finland that makes sense is Lapland in winter. Or maybe somewhere in Saimaa region in the summer, in "Lake Finland". But absolutely nothing in the cities is worth visiting! Just expensive as fuck and boring.
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Helsingfors is a shithole, don't go.
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Only Itä-Helsinki worth visiting
I love how the average reaction from Finns is just "Don't come, it's boring and you'll get stabbed" and in reality it's probably tons of things to see and do in Helsinki and it's a city with a very low level of crime
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try to visit löyly, its a public sauna with swimming!
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nope! ur allowed to wear swimtrunks
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count how many NA ghetto larps you encounter
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A nice advantage of being American is that no matter what country you travel to (even if a lot hate you like in China) there are undoubtedly women who consume your culture 24/7 and show interest in you.
If you want a really unique experience, check out Sompasauna. It's a community run sauna that is free, three little sauna huts right on the water. I spent six months in Helsinki and had some of the best random conversations in the saunas there. Good time. Also, Café Regatta is super famous and cliché but nonetheless still very cute and worth it. One of my favorite things to do there was just hop on a tram and see where it takes me.
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Why do you want to wear shorts? It's part of the experience to be naked. Nobody cares about how you look. It's not gay or anything similar.
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I assure you there's nothing strange about being naked in the sauna. There's a unwritten rule like you don't stare at other people's junk and so on. :)
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