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Hanko (Finland)

Description: A small seashore town on the south coast of Finland.

Newest Review: ... islands lying off it. However, there is something that Hanko is well known for and that is a collection of gorgeous Russian-style timber villas built for holidaying Russian nobles at the end of the nineteenth century. The area around the shore has lots of these villas and is known as "Spa Park". All the villas have been given women's names so the locals refer to the houses as ... more

... "the old ladies". Several of these magnificent houses are now hotels and bed and breakfasts. Our budget didn't stretch to one of these but we stayed in a more recent version of one "Pensionat Garbo" which was meant to have a "Golden Ag...more

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Hanko (Finland): Hanko - for when you vant to be alone (1197 words)
by - written on 17/11/08 (Very useful, 231 readings)
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According to the town's tourist board "the sun always shines in Hanko" - so that's why I sweated all night while the hotel room radiator blasted out heat as I tried to dry my rain soaked clothes! The truth is that while the sun does not ALWAYS shine in Hanko it's a beautiful town that really deserves a visit if you are ever in the south of Finland - or the southern part of Sweden for that matter because the two are incredibly close at this point. Hanko - known in Swedish (and this part of Finland is predominantly Swedish rather than Finnish speaking - not that I have much of an understanding of either) as Hango - is about two hours drive from ... Read the complete review

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