Tampere, Finland - 20th to 21st of November 2009

Finland is only an hour and a quarter by ferry from Talinn, so Friday morning we jumped on the 8am boat north across to Helsinki. But Helsinki was scheduled for Saturday night, so we walked through town to the train station and jumped on a train north to Tampere. Only an hour and a half away, Tampere is situated on a river that runs between two large lakes. The weather on Friday unfortunately meant we couldn't do too much, and we only managed a quick walk around town.

Trying to minimise costs in mega-expensive Finland, we went back to the hostel via a supermarket and ate in, with a few beers of course. Again we tried to find some nightlife, lets just say the beers and wine in Finland are a fraction more expensive than Estonia!!

Between the two lakes is apparently the highest gravel ridge in the Northern Hemisphere. It didn't look very high to us, but still to high to walk on Saturday morning after a pretty big night - go the taxi's! Well worth the trip up though to see the views over the lakes.

Feeling slightly better after a scone at the visitor centre, we walked back down through the trees into town for a mid-afternoon train back to Helsinki.