Helsinki/Tampere

by dunno • 28 Sep 2010, 22:59 • Journals
Hello my dear finnish people,

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Coming to Finland this weekend. Anything particular to see, visit or go to some other cities? How to reach Helsinki the cheapest way? Why hostels are so damn expensive?
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Nub 29 Sep 2010, 00:01
firstimerlololol
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LeFiZip 29 Sep 2010, 00:01
see suicide bridges and incest basements, they are unique!
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duNzy 29 Sep 2010, 00:10
basements are better to watch in Austria
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monkeybusiness 29 Sep 2010, 00:17
i see what u did there
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FoaMeA 29 Sep 2010, 00:11
Visit taz0r, you won't regret it , hehehe
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taZnator 29 Sep 2010, 07:32
Tazor is playing computer whole weekend so he will not be outside (going to clubs or something)
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Seanza 29 Sep 2010, 00:12
Jealous.
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RauZki 29 Sep 2010, 00:13
everything is expensive @ finland

Taxi tampere-helsinki 500€ (wild guess)

train ~40€
buss ~30-40€
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dunno 29 Sep 2010, 00:26
uhh.. is it a go-and-back price?
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blackwolf1 29 Sep 2010, 00:24
Turku = great place. Culturetown 2011
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Kape 29 Sep 2010, 09:50
i see what you did there
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Deuger 29 Sep 2010, 00:35
nothing to see here
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Spirea 29 Sep 2010, 00:44
if you come from Latvia, you should surely go somehow through Est and come with ship over the baltic sea (eg. www.tallink.com) they also provide hotels etc, but they are expensive like u said. Dunno much about hostels
Probably it's best to move with train if u want to go between the cities.
And it's kinda cold here already, so take warm clothes :D
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Iron 29 Sep 2010, 00:57
no clue about hostels. never seen one in finland (never really needed), but hotels are expensive mostly at least in helsinki. it's just that there's nothing cheap here. it's kinda plus that public transport really works pretty fine, but it also has it's price.
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Thomm 29 Sep 2010, 01:32
Around 30€ per direction tre-hel with train, busses are the same.

If you get a cheap travel to Estonia Tallinn you can take a ferry from there, lowest prices start from ~20€.

Check www.ryanair.com for plane prices to Tampere, ridiculously cheap. Did it for you, friday-sunday, there and back, Total 86.27 LVL

EDIT: Tampere hostel http://dreamhostel.fi/en/rooms-rates/ (if you are not afraid of shared room, though it isn't any season now so there won't prolly even be anyone.

Helsinki, just google, don't know any better, http://www.hostels.com/helsinki/finland

EDIT2: And basically there isn't anything special to see, at least not in fall.

Gigs Helsinki: http://meteli.net/tapahtumahaku?a=pe-su&l=70 (Metalheim)

Gigs Tampere: http://meteli.net/tapahtumahaku?a=pe-su&l=400 (nothing)
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dunno 30 Sep 2010, 12:30
fucking crossfire, have to type it all again..
anyway thank you for such an extensive information! We had Riga-Tampere-Riga ryanair tickets already, so it was actually the main reason to plan a trip.:) So here is what I came up with:
1) we arrive in Tampere in the evening and go to the center - 6EUR
2) spend a night in a dreamhostel - 22.50EUR
3) next morning go to Helsinki - 30EUR (possibly with 15% discount since we are 3, but student discount of 50% works only for finnish students)
4) in the late evening we take a ferry to Tallinn - 23EUR
5) when we arrive we spend a night in the hostel - 9EUR
6) next day at midnight we take a bus to Riga - 10EUR, voila

All in all 100 euros to see 3 cities (without food expenses and stuff) is pretty a good value I think:)
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Thomm 30 Sep 2010, 12:40
Good value indeed.

When we stayed at Tallinn, we were at http://hostel.alur.ee/ decent hostel in the middle of Old Town, good cooking are etc. Was 12€ per night, though it was summer season then.
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Statti 29 Sep 2010, 02:01
I reckon you should sleep @ omenahotelli since theres one in centrum of helsinki, turku and tampere and they are quite cheap and nice places all in all. http://www.omenahotels.com/fi/

Might wanna take a sightseeing tram @ helsinki (if its still running this late in fall)
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RauZki 29 Sep 2010, 02:50
also in jyväskylä
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freeze 29 Sep 2010, 07:01
Through Eesti.
I think Viking Line was cheaper then Tallink , atleast last time I went to .fi

http://www.vikingline.ee/
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dunno 1 Oct 2010, 02:10
by 2 euros cheaper, but it's good there is always an alternative!
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freeze 1 Oct 2010, 06:50
And also there's this
http://www.lindaline.fi/ee/

smaller ship, faster?, cheaper. You get a 20% discount if you buy a ticket back to eesti as well.

Just one thing that it doesnt go off with a very stormy weather like we had here a few days ago .
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taZnator 29 Sep 2010, 07:33
Tampere commune = taz & kapaa
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PumaSwede 29 Sep 2010, 09:23
Why are you coming to my hoods btw? :)
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Niki0o 29 Sep 2010, 10:21
Nothing to see. Dont come
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HIRVI 29 Sep 2010, 10:40
Remember to beware polar bears. One ate my grandpa.
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Biitti 29 Sep 2010, 10:57
Come to FinlandKemi. You wont be dissapointed.
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Xala 29 Sep 2010, 10:59
visited helsinki two weeks ago, very nice city worth to be visited :)

from tampere airport to tampere railway station with the bus (ticket about 6 € )
from there you reach Helsinki with the train in about 90 mins (ticket for the train about 30€ )

as Statti said you should sleep at Omenahotel. We also stayed there (address Yrjönkatu 30, in centrum 5 mins from the railway station) and just paid 117€ for 4 days (3 people).

hf :)
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dunno 1 Oct 2010, 02:11
good price indeed, thanks for infos!
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ansikte 29 Sep 2010, 11:50
WHY on earth are you going to finland?
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dunno 1 Oct 2010, 02:09
I need to know who is my neighbour.. Sweden in less than a month.
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ansikte 1 Oct 2010, 11:34
Where in Sweden? :)
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AlleViate 30 Sep 2010, 16:03
nothing to see in finland
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dunno 1 Oct 2010, 02:07
neither in Oslo:), but I'm hoping for polar bears on the streets
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AlleViate 1 Oct 2010, 13:45
you're absolutely right about that! and I happen to live there, but we have polar bears and topless parking officers :o)))
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