Time really flies, it is Summer now. During the last summer, I went to Särkänniemi amusement park in Tampere together with Malaysian friend and his family here. No, I don’t try roller coaster there becuase (more…)

We left Tampere on 8th January 2006 in the morning. The weather outside still remained -5°C no snow and not windy. We took the local bus from Hostel Tampere to Tampere main railway station. From there, we started our journey to Helsinki. A week holiday in Helsinki, then, I have to say goodbye to my girlfriend. I miss her.

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At the underground of Finlayson is the Spy museum which exhibits the methods, equipment spy used to steal information during 19th century. We went there for a visit. The ticket is 7€ per person. I forgot to tell the ticket for the Vapriikki Museum Centre, it is 9€ per person. After visited the Spy museum, we came out from the Finlayson area and cross the Satakunnansilta bridge. Then we just walked along the river bank until we arrived at Kehräsaari. It was an old industrial milieu however nowadays it is the biggest shopping area in Tampere. Yup, we have windows shopping there. Later on, we walked back to hostel because we were tired. Further more, the next day morning we will leave for Helsinki by train. We need to pack our baggage.

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The Keskustori (Central Square) is the heart of the city. The Central Square located at the opposite of the Tampere Bus Station. It is a big and wide avenue for the public. There is the TT theatre and also the Old town Hall built in the Renaissance style. Besides, there is a wooden church which is the oldest building in the city centre. In front of the wooden church, there was a big and tall pine tree decorated with small lights bulbs. Don’t forget the Christmas just over only. At the Central Square we can saw the Hämeensilta bridge clearly. This bridge was built in the year 1929 and it is decorated by four statues. From the Keskutori, we walked ahead to the Finlayson area.

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On the next day morning we departed for our walking tour after having our breakfast at hostel. This time we made sure we have enough batteries with us. Before this, I felt it was interesting to tell you more about the elevator at hostel. It looks like a small room rather than an elevator. I’m very sure you can’t find this kind of elevator in Malaysia (I’m Malaysian). I snapped some photos about it.

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source:Tilausravintola Koivumäen Kartano

As I said before, Finnish Sauna is totally different with what I can get in Malaysia! You must read this,don’t miss it! So, what is the different? All of us were NAKED in the sauna. Wait a minute, NAKED? Yes, I was completely naked inside but in the Male sauna room (What do you expect?) This was the first time I’m naked in public. There were several old folks in the sauna and they kept on splashing water to the stoves. As the result, it generated a lot of steam and the sauna room was really hot (about 80°C). They seem enjoyed this very much. Just imagine one guy came in and he poured water to the stoves, in a few second the other guy came in and repeated that again. I can tell you, I swore like shower in the sauna room.

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We went down the hill and crossed the bridge at Sataunnankatu. Just walked through a park on our left, we arrived at Vapriikki Museum Centre. You may found that we don’t take bus but we walked. Yes, we walked according to the walking tours map. There are several museums located inside this Vapriikki Museum Centre such as Shoe Museum and Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame.

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source:the city of Tampere

Our digital camera still managed to squeeze out some power from batteries occasionally, but not all the time. Therefore, we still able to take one or two photos before it completely out of function. After the Amurinlinna residential area, we walked ahead to the southern side of the Hämeenpauisto Park and up to a hill, the Näsinpuisto Park.

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We left for Tampere on 6th January 2006 early morning by train. We chose train because it is much convenience to us. Besides, European train service is well established and we never try the train service in Finland yet, I mean us together. The journey from Turku to Tampere was about one and half hours, not too long on the train but nice. We have chance to have a look on winter scenery. However, I forgot to take some photos regarding this winter scenery.(Actually both of us were slept for a while at that moment)

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