Posts Tagged ‘ Finland ’

The anniversary of HMS Belfast being launched, snow sculpting in Finland, free travel for local heroes on the Talyllyn Railway and development plans at George Best Belfast City Airport are some of the snippets Adrian has gathered together this week.

Today and throughout the week, Finland will be celebrating with blue-and-white (the colours on the Finnish flag) light shows across the country and in almost 30 countries around the world.

Snowball fights, canoeing in tunnels, a stuffed baby elephant and five copies of Stephen Fry’s autobiography attract Adrian’s attention this week.

On the bank holiday weekend, there are thousands of events on including the Great Manchester Run which will have a poignant feel to it this year.

We continue with the last of the tips we have received for holidays in 2017

Consisting of 5,600 islands, Kvarken Archipelago was formed by ice sheets up to 24,000 years ago.

Sean Fulton – founder of the blog Around the world in 196 tables – suggests how you can eat your way around the world, without leaving the M25

Particia achieves a fantasy and holidays on her “own” island in Finland’s Åland archipelago.

Whilst whiling away the tedium of a three or four hour layover before our connecting flight leaves, which of us has not tried to sleep across a couple of seats by wedging arms and legs under the armrests?

When you get to a destination that you’ve not visited before, where do you go for the best food or the attraction that is even hidden from the guide-books? Unless you know someone then chances are you will follow your instincts.

Unlike other destinations that are widely known for the changing colour of their foliage in autumn like New England and the New Forest, Finland is rarely considered.

Have you considered Finland for a summer holiday? It’s very different. Take Moomin World for example.

The TV presenter, author and all round adventurer talks travel

There’s no need to venture as far east as Sochi this winter – from Bulgaria to Finland, there are plenty of options, including several bargains, for the ski enthusiast says Anna Maria Espsäter.

In a new EU-funded venture, the Lapland and North of Finland tourist board has launched the “No Ordinary” tourism campaign in the UK, to promote Finnish Lapland as one of Europe’s last unspoilt wilderness regions.

For a Finnish short break with a difference, the city of Tampere provides a great mix of wintry culture and nature with its fascinating museums and scenic lakeside location, writes Anna Maria Espsater

Freelance travel writer, Cathy Winston, takes us on a tour of her five favourite destinations

CD Traveller reader, Emilie Scholey, takes us on a tour of her five favourite destinations

Turku is one of two cities which are the new European Capitals of Culture in 2011, the other being Tallinn in Estonia. That alone should guarantee them at least an additional 10% extra visitors as curious visitors go to see what each has to offer. They replace the three who shared the honour in 2010, Essen, Istanbul and Pecs.
Tomorrow, an introduction to Tallinn, today Turku.

Every August, some 20,000 tourists flock to the town of Bunol (in the Valencia region of Spain) to hurl large, red squishy tomatoes at one another. La Tomatina – the world’s largest vegetable fight – is a full blown fiesta and in the week building up to the battle, Bunol is filled with fireworks, food, street parades and parties. However the undisputed highlight of the festival is the tomato fight which takes place between 11am and 1pm on the last Wednesday in August.