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Lohja (Finland)

Newest Review: ... for dining that evening. Sitting in a corner eating greasy pizza and limp salad we stared back as the underclass of Lohja glared at us. When it became too scary and a very pierced man came in with a lady we thought was his mother but very clearly turned out to be a paramour we donned out cagoules and fled. We found the rather pretty church (Pyhan Laurin Kirkko) that Lonely Planet had mentioned and thought we would go inside to see the murals but it had closed earlier than the stated times in the guidebook. Then we decided to visit the museum which is supposed to display an eclectic collection of items and has a recreated schoolhouse fro... more

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Lohja (Finland): Finland's scariest town? (1475 words)
by - written on 07/07/08 (Very useful, 184 readings)
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On the final leg of our Estonia/Finland travels in September 2007 we needed to find somewhere to spend our final two nights travelling before we arrived back in Helsinki prior to our return home. We wanted somewhere roughly midway between Turku and Helsinki with a bed and breakfast or hotel, somewhere to eat and something interesting to do or see. Only one of the places we identified on our map as being likely also appeared in our Lonely Planet guide - that place was Lohja. We arrived in the town soaking wet on Saturday lunchtime and squelched our way to Matkakoti Linnakangas, described in Lonely Planet as a 'comfortable and well-equipped guesthouse' with 'a ... Read the complete review