soooo cold...so warm (Helsinki)

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Product:	Helsinki
Date:	15/01/02 (6 review reads)
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Advantages: nice

Disadvantages: expensive

In Helsinki there is more then just the Tennispalatsi, Kinopalatsi, and Lasipalatsi. In fact my favorite place to go was the Kaivopuisto Park. This seashore park features hundreds of coastal cafes and hours of leisure activity. This was the first park I had seen that was actually on the beach and neighbor to the Ocean. If you are lost this huge park is at the Southern End of Helsinki.

Esplanadi Park has the infamous Kappeli cafe. This is much smaller then Kaivopuisto Park but has newer but no less famous cafes and meeting places. I spent some time here but not nearly as much as I did at Kaivopuisto Park.

If you are into music as I am there are plenty of places to visit. There first is the Old Student House. This place features bands for smaller crowds (usually). If you are there when some huge super star is performing you may have to watch them at the Ice Stadium, Hartwall Arena or the Olympic Stadium.

The clubs are great in Helsinki but much better in Uudenmaankatu, or so I hear. I am not much of a club person so I stayed away from them. I only have heard from the people around Helsinki that they are great fun and a great place to meet people.

As you read before the shopping in Helsinki is plentiful. They are huge shopping malls as well as low key stores. One place where an early start helps is the flea markets. The early you go the better deals you can get and the more stuff there is to buy. I found some interesting deals there that I couldn't pass up. Just make sure you have your bargaining hat on.

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