{"id":11421,"date":"2026-05-19T04:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/nordic-expedition-trilogy-first-exploring-helsinki-finland\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:41:10","slug":"nordic-expedition-trilogy-first-exploring-helsinki-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/nordic-expedition-trilogy-first-exploring-helsinki-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring The Capital Of Finland, Helsinki"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago I realised that I had barely touched any of the Nordic countries on the blog and I just knew I would have to rectify that straight away! In order to rectify that I figured I’d so a mega blog post covering the countries way up North but as it turns out, the posts ended up being too gigantic and so have been split into a trilogy of sorts. Ne’er fret, I’ve actually split them according to the three neighbouring countries up North so let’s get started with the Nordic Expeditions by taking a trip to Helsinki!<\/p>\n

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We actually went to Helsinki via Tampere in Finland. We flew into Tampere as the main destination as we were visiting friends, Pekka and Elisa and figured we’d take a trip down to explore Helsinki as well.<\/p>\n

The trains here are super cosy and we even got our own compartments! Nicely played Finland… \ud83d\ude42 \"Nordic<\/a><\/p>\n

Random fact about the above picture – Lloyd made the shirt I’m wearing. It was just one of those projects that started from having too many pens and a plain white t-shirt lying around but seeing as I’m not the best artist out there, I was pretty impressed!<\/p>\n

After a few hours on the train (and a few wines\/beers) we arrived in Helsinki! We wasted no time whatsoever and set out to explore the city…<\/p>\n

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Helsinki is a very compact city and is very easily explored on foot. This of course only adds to the charm…<\/p>\n

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We made our way back to the hotel to rest our feet a little bit, freshen up and get…er… some more liquid refreshments, and head out into the town for a night out.<\/p>\n

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Wrapped up nice and warm, we of course stopped for the mandatory selfie and headed out! The rest of the evening was captured on blurry iPhone photos which I will skip past… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The next day, we gobbled down breakfast and headed out to see more of Helsinki…<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: The cracked glass is not<\/strong> synonymous with Helsinki…<\/p>\n

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Lloyd forgot his hat and managed to turn his (actually, not his – my) snood into a hat!<\/p>\n

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And with that, we bade farewell to a quick 24 hours in Helsinki!<\/p>\n

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