I think I said I'd write a proper gig report for this but I'm not sure I'm up to writing a proper anything so I'll just post the pictures and a bit of random rambling
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Meep! I'm sorry, I did mean to answer this but I saw it just as I was leaving for the weekend and then forgot all about everything.
For city vacationing, I don't think we have anything that could compete with Stockholm or Copenhagen. But I guess, if the aim is to see different places, either Turku or Helsinki would work, as there are ferry connections between Stockholm and either Turku or Helsinki. I'm not sure on the prices though (I tried to check but my Internet's acting up and the page is taking ages to load).
Turku should have a lot of history-related stuff worth seeing, as it used to be the capital during the Swedish reign. I love the Turku castle, it's something I'd recommend to anyone visiting Turku for the first time. And it's a beautiful city in the summer, and September... well, the weather might be great and almost summer-y or it might be shit. It's a bit of a lottery, that time of the year. XD
I guess Helsinki, by virtue of being the current capital and the biggest city in Finland, has the most extensive shopping opportunities. (The only half decent book store in the whole country, too. Yes, 'tis a pathetic state of things here...)
Then, for hiking or nature kind of vacationing, we have a lot of awesome national parks of varying sizes, with hiking routes of all lengths, some you can walk through in a couple of hours and some can take days. But obviously these would all be some distance away from the city locations and would require travelling within the country.
...I'm not sure how helpful or informative this was, but if there's anything more specific I can help with, I shall be happy to try! ^_^
lol- And I'm sorry, because I read this, forwarded it to my friend, and then totally forgot to reply to you ;)
She said thanks for the info; it sounds like right now their plan is to stay in Iceland for 7 days and are still figuring out where else to go. I'm jealous of them getting to travel anywhere, it can be so expensive to get out of the States sometimes.
For city vacationing, I don't think we have anything that could compete with Stockholm or Copenhagen. But I guess, if the aim is to see different places, either Turku or Helsinki would work, as there are ferry connections between Stockholm and either Turku or Helsinki. I'm not sure on the prices though (I tried to check but my Internet's acting up and the page is taking ages to load).
Turku should have a lot of history-related stuff worth seeing, as it used to be the capital during the Swedish reign. I love the Turku castle, it's something I'd recommend to anyone visiting Turku for the first time. And it's a beautiful city in the summer, and September... well, the weather might be great and almost summer-y or it might be shit. It's a bit of a lottery, that time of the year. XD
I guess Helsinki, by virtue of being the current capital and the biggest city in Finland, has the most extensive shopping opportunities. (The only half decent book store in the whole country, too. Yes, 'tis a pathetic state of things here...)
Then, for hiking or nature kind of vacationing, we have a lot of awesome national parks of varying sizes, with hiking routes of all lengths, some you can walk through in a couple of hours and some can take days. But obviously these would all be some distance away from the city locations and would require travelling within the country.
...I'm not sure how helpful or informative this was, but if there's anything more specific I can help with, I shall be happy to try! ^_^
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She said thanks for the info; it sounds like right now their plan is to stay in Iceland for 7 days and are still figuring out where else to go. I'm jealous of them getting to travel anywhere, it can be so expensive to get out of the States sometimes.
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