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Day 7 --- Leaving Norway to Visit Finland Back to page top |
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D07-01 Entering Finland (進入芬蘭) --- On the way from the north of Norway |
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| D07-01-00a_The map of our tours in Finland in which the first route was from Honningsvag in Norway to Inari in Finland | D07-01-00b_National flag of Finland |
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| D07-01-01_The national flags of the Scandinavian countries (icluding Iceland) are all similar in style (Why? That's because they are all countries related the the Christian Religion in the history, and the cross shape in the flags means the Christian Cross) | D07-01-02_A reindeer seen on the way (note: Santa Clause rides a sleigh driven by reindeers) |
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| D07-01-03_Scene seen on the way 1 | D07-01-04_Scene seen on the way 2 |
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| D07-01-05_Scene seen on the way 3 | D07-01-06_Scene seen on the way 4 |
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| D07-01-07_Scene seen on the way 5 | D07-01-08_Scene seen on the way 6 |
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| D07-02-01_The entrance of the museum | D07-02-02_An exhibition room showing the accessories used in daily life of the Sami people |
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| D07-02-03_A tent house used by the Sami people | D07-02-04_A wooden house used by the Sami people |
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| D07-02-05_A Sami lady dressed in the Sami style | D07-02-06_A picture showing the dressing style of the Sami people |
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| D07-02-07_It is an open-air museum | D07-02-08_Lake Inari in the scope of the museum |
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| D07-02-09_We stayed overnight in Riekonlinna Hotel in Inari | D07-02-10_Our group members were checking in |
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Day 8 --- Visiting Attractions in Finland Back to page top |
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| D08-01-01_The entrance of the museum | D08-01-02_The information board at the entrance |
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| D08-01-03_Some old houses | D08-01-04_ Wanha Waskoolimies Cafe |
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| D08-01-05_A restaurant | D08-01-06_Some stores |
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| D08-01-07_A shot in front of another old house | D08-01-08_A shot before an old machine |
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| D08-02-01_A sign frame | D08-02-02_On the way to the gold panning site |
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| D08-02-03_A sign board | D08-02-04_A shot before a statue of a gold panning worker |
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| D08-02-05_A creek where gold was panned in the old time | D08-02-06_A workplace of old time |
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| D08-02-07_We tried to pan gold in an artificial creek | D08-02-08_It seems we have panned a lot of gold? (Actually not! Just sunlight reflection of a pan of sand!) |
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| D08-02-09_Gold! We want gold! Ha ha! | D08-02-10_Gold! We want gold! Ha ha ha! |
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| VIDEO: D08-02-10v1_Panning gold 1 | |
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| VIDEO: D08-02-10v2_Panning gold 2 | VIDEO: D08-02-10v3_Panning gold 3 |
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| D08-03-01_The sign of the museum | D08-03-02_Looking at the exhibitions |
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| D08-03-03_The interior of a typical house of old-time gold panners | D08-03-04_ A wax gold panner |
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| D08-03-05_A gold-panning plate used in old time | D08-03-06_Some gold mine pieces |
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| D08-03-07_A demo of gold finding by diving in the creek | D08-03-08_Gold was also fitted into kimono as decorations in the old time |
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| D08-04-01_In the street of the town of Rovaniemi | D08-04-02_A map of the town |
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| D08-04-03_The northernmost MacDonald where the group leader suggested us to have lunch | D08-04-04_Our group members were ordering meals |
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| D08-05-01_The entrance of the village | D08-05-02_The main hall of the village |
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| D08-05-03_A board explaining the meaning of the Arctic Circle (specified in the caption of the right picture) | D08-05-04_Arctic Circle: the line north of which the sun never sets for at least one day in summer and never rises for at least one day in winter. |
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| D08-05-05_A map of thelayout of the village | D08-05-06_A pole of pointers to various famous cities in the world |
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| D08-05-07_Everybody of our group obtained an "Artic Circle Crossing Certificate" saying "at the artic circle with Santa Claus" | D08-05-08_The certificate was issued after taking photoes with the "real" Santa Claus (shown in the next set of photos) |
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| D08-06-01_A large temperature meter in the village | D08-06-02_The Arctic Circle line is at the northern latitude of 66° 32' 35" in the village (but the formal data = 66°33'45.9") |
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| D08-06-03_Crossing it! | D08-06-04_Besides it! |
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| D08-06-05_The Arctic Circle line in the village | D08-06-07_More shots 1 |
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| D08-06-06_The Finnish version "Polarkreis" of "Arctic Circle" | D08-06-07_More shots 2 |
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| Image: D08-06-08_Crossing the Arctic Circle | |
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| D08-07-01_The postal office in the village | D08-07-02_The mailbox |
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| D08-07-03_Sending a letter | D08-07-04_Sending another |
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| D08-07-05_Merchandises seen at the shop in the office | D08-07-06_Santa Claus working as a postman |
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| D08-08-01_A shot with the "UN-verified" Santa Claus | D08-08-02_The entrance of the main hall |
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| D08-08-03_Gifts to be sent out by Santa Claus | D08-08-04_A corner of the interior of the main hall |
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| D08-08-05_Having a rest on the Santa Claus' sleigh | D08-08-06_An illustration of the Arctic Circle |
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| D08-09-01_Ww had dinner in the restaurant "Da Zhong Hua" in downtown Rovaniemi | D08-09-02_The interior of the restaurant |
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| D08-09-03_The dish of soup we had | D08-09-04_The dish of fish we had |
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| D08-10-01_The Rovaniemi Station where we took the so-called Santa Clause Express to Helsinki, the capital of Finland | D08-10-02_We stayed overnight on the train |
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| D08-10-03_A full view of the train | D08-10-04_Our group members were boarding the train |
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| D08-10-05_The room we stayed in has a cute bath room, with a toilet in one half of the room and a shower in the other | D08-10-06_There are double beds, one on the top and the other at the bottom |
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| D08-10-07_The room space is small, being crowded with the luggages | D08-10-08_The Helsinki Station where the Santa Claus Express ends |
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Day 9 --- Tours in Helsinki, Finland + Cruise to Sweden Back to page top |
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D09-01 Going around in downtown Helsinki (赫爾辛基市區巡禮) --- First impressions of Helsinki |
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| D09-01-01_A street scene in Helsinki | D09-01-02_Another street scene |
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| D09-01-03_The main building of University Helsinki, Finland | D09-01-04_The statue of Marshal Mannerheim 1867-1951, Finnish military leader and statesman |
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| D09-01-05_The Music Center of the city | D09-01-06_National Museum of Finland |
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| D09-01-07_The Parliament House | Image: D09-01-08_Streetcars seen on the way |
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D09-02 Rock Church (Temppeliaukion Kirkko) (岩石教堂) --- A church with a big dorm |
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| D09-02-01_The entrance of the church constructed from a big rock | D09-02-02_The ceiling is of a big dorm shape |
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| D09-02-03_The pipe organ of the church | D09-02-04_A closer look at the pipe organ |
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| D09-02-05_A farther view | D09-02-06_Pretty flowers in the yard of the church |
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| D09-02-06a_A panoramic view of the interior of the Rock Church | |
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| D09-03-01_The monument by Eila Hiltunen is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) | D09-03-02_A closer look at the monument |
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| D09-03-03_Another part of the monument | D09-03-04_A pair of buskers at the monument |
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| D09-03-05_Interesting handover of raw coffee beans from one of our group members to another | D09-03-06_An interesting ad in Japanese and English of a coffee house |
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| D09-03-06a_A wider view of the park with the monument in the distance | |
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| D09-04-01_An overview of the church | D09-04-02_A closer look at the top |
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| D09-04-03_A shot in front | D09-04-04_Another |
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| D09-04-05_The church architecture is unique | D09-04-06_A solemn altar inside the church |
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| D09-04-07_A photo of main priests (not belonging to this church) | D09-04-08_A small altar |
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| D09-04-09_The main altar seen from another direction | D09-04-10_Another church, Helsinki Cathedral, seen in a far distance (visited next by us) |
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| D09-04-10a_A wider view of the Uspenski Cathedral | |
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| D09-05-01_An overview of the cathedral which is a Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral bult in 1852 | D09-05-02_A shot in the front yard called Senate Square |
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| D09-05-03_A statue of Alexander II erected in 1894, who re-established the Diet of Finland in 1863 as well as initiated several reforms that increased Finland's autonomy from Russia | D09-05-04_Another shot (note: the Diet of Finland means the legislative assembly of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1809 to 1906) |
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| D09-05-05_The statue seen from another direction | D09-05-06_A ferris wheel nearby |
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| D09-05-07_Old City Hall of Helsinki with buildings at the sides of the Senate Square in front of Helsinki Cathedrali | D09-05-08_We had lunch here: Ravintola China Restaurant |
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| D09-05-08a_A wider view of the Helsinki Cathedral | |
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| D09-06-01_The market is full of tents that are used as shop spaces | D09-06-02_Including white- and orange-colored tents |
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| D09-06-03_People enjoying discovering and shopping | D09-06-04_The market is at the port area |
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| D09-06-05_A fountain at the side of the market (the Amanda Mermaid Statue in the middle is shown on the right) | |
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| D09-06-06_So is the ferris wheel mentioned previously | D09-06-06a_The mermaid statue of the fountain, called Havis Amanda or the Mermaid (Merenneito), created in 1906 by the sculptor Ville Vallgren (1855–1940) |
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| D09-06-07_We visited a shop selling souvenirs | D09-06-08_The (new) city hall |
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| D09-06-09_Street scene 1 nearby | D09-06-10_Street scene 2 nearby |
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D09-07 Cruise to Sweden (航向瑞典) --- A. Taking Silja Line to Stockholm (part I - ship facilities) |
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| D09-07-01_The cruise ship of the Silja Line we took to sail to Sweden | D09-07-02_The tail of the ship |
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| D09-07-03_A glance at the sea at a side deck of the ship | D09-07-04_The "main street" interiorof the ship, which is full of shops at the two sides |
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| D09-07-05_The top deck | D09-07-06_A set of game machines |
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| D09-07-07_Easy time on the tail deck | D09-07-08_Sunset seen on the tail deck |
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| D09-08-01_The room we stayed in | D09-08-02_A shot of the other side of the room |
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| D09-08-03_The beds | D09-08-04_Amusement program 1 seen in the ship |
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| D09-08-05_Amusement program 2 | D09-08-06_Amusement program 3 |
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