This week I have seen a bit more of Finland :-)
On Tuesday, 31.03. I took a trip to Turku in southwestern Finland. Two ladies from the Martinlaakson lukio have invited their German intern for a trip and brought me kindly! I am very grateful! With the car we went in the morning on his way. The weather was on our side: although very cold, so it was sunny (after the snow storm at the weekend that was not necessarily to be expected!). Our 1st Stop was in front of Turku at a glass factory. Finland is known for his glass designs. Behind the sales floor, glass manufacturers were on display at work. Your skills are truly enormous!
arrived in Turku, we first visited the university, where one of the Finnish colleagues studied and worked. Then we took a long walk by and visited Turku in particular the cathedral and castle. With the car we drove, even after Naantali, a beautiful small town where the core of the typical Finnish wood architecture house there. There, we took a long walk :-) In the summer there and the Moomin theme park has opened . In Naantali, there is also the summer residence of the Finnish president. Your lock is flagged with the Finnish flag, if it is there. Then we strolled through the city of Turku, looking purely at some stores.
Whether it is worthwhile to Turku from Helsinki by train or bus to visit, is more questionable since the tickets are very expensive and one is on site often rely on a car, especially when you like to also go to Naantali. Otherwise it is very complicated, but not impossible, of course!
is historically an important city of Turku: Turku
was the former capital of Finland (to the 19th century) and its origins lie in the 13th as the first city in Finland Century. There also the first university in Finland was built. After becoming the capital Helsinki, the University was relocated there. Some institutions, however, are still in Turku and one can continue to study there.
The Cathedral of Turku is Finns important because it is the oldest church in Finland. The Turku Castle was built in the Middle Ages and is still well preserved.
is from a particular building (see pictures) in Turku and the 'Christmas Peace' on 24 December proclaimed that represents the beginning of Christmas for the Finns. The majority of them followed the proclamation with the TV.
On Friday, 03.04., I accepted an invitation from a colleague to Hämeenlinna, about which I was delighted! After school we drove north by bus to the small town 100 km from Helsinki. There we first visited the birthplace of Jean Sibelius, the largest Finnish composer, where he spent his childhood. Meanwhile, is in this wooden house a museum and it can also be rented for parties. The City of Hämeenlinna is very proud of her famous child "Sibelius, that there also went to school and has graduated from high school. In addition, the landmark of the city, the Häme Castle, which is also the name of the place - just Hämeenlinna. The castle dates from the 13th Century and is very well preserved. For me as a history teacher, these remnants of the past are of particular interest, of course :-)
Following the visit I met the family of my colleague know that I received very nice. We ate together very tasty dinner and I felt comfortable there! I thank the family for inviting me and I appreciate this gesture very much, because I know that the Finns their freedom, their place and need privacy and feel very important. It is - for cultural reasons - very typical to provide a 'stranger' insight into this protected area.
the evening I took the bus back to the capital. As I said, the infrastructure in at least southern Finland is very well developed.
On both trips to the Southwest of Finland to Turku and Hämeenlinna in Finland under the direction of funds has offered me a similar landscape: vast snow-covered Fields, large forest areas and some high granite cliffs, by the way for the motorway free of broken or tunnel was made passable. Between the cities you hardly find places, more isolated houses. Most of the routes between the cities, however, flat and uninhabited landscape underscores.
Now some photographic impressions:
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| Turku and Hämeenlinna |
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