Tour of Finland
The Tour of Finland will take you on a three-day tour around the Southern parts of Finland. Among other interesting cultural places, we will visit Helsinki, the capital of Finland. There will also be plenty of time for shopping in the cities we will visit. The participation fee includes accommodation, travelling, and at least one meal per day. Please note that there have to be one adult leader per every ten underaged participants. More information is given at Kilke.
The tour costs 150 euros including all the transportation, accommodation and at least one meal a day. The tour starts right after the camp and ends in Helsinki on Sunday.
Thursday - Tour starts
We will be leaving from Kilke in the morning.
First stop is Tampere. Tampere is situated on the shore of Lake Näsijärvi, some 170 km north of Helsinki, in the inner Southwestern part of Finland. With around 208,000 inhabitants, Tampere is the biggest inland town in the Nordic countries.
We have selected three opitonal choises of activities which you may choose:
- The Moominvalley of the Tampere Art Museum - A museum devoted to original works by writer and artist Tove Jansson. Its unique collections comprise around 2,000 works.
- Spy Museum - Because of Finland's geopolitical position between the East and West our country has always been a very active area for international espionage. For these reasons the first spy museum of the world was opened for public in Tampere in 1998.
- Särkänniemi - An adventure park which features an aquarium, a planetarium, a children's zoo, an art museum, an observation tower Näsinneula, an amusement park and the world's northernmost dolphinarium.
Next stop is in Pori where we are staying over night.
Friday - First Tour day
In the morning we are heading to Turku and on the way we stop in Rauma for lunch. Turku is a city in the Southwestern coast of Finland at the mouth of river Aura. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland. Turku has approximately 175,000 inhabitants.
In Turku we are going to visit the Forum Marinum. Forum Marinum is a national museum specialising in merchant shipping and naval history and includes also an active Maritime Centre. Visitors are able to explore some old Finnish ships.
We are staying in Turku over night.
Saturday - Second Tour day
In the morning we start our way to Helsinki.
Helsinki, the capital of the Republic of Finland, is a modern city with over half a million residents and it is situated on the Baltic Sea.
We have selected three optional choises of activities which you may choose:
- Suomenlinna - a maritime fortress located off the coast of Helsinki. The construction of the fortress began in 1748. Today Suomenlinna is included in UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites and is one of the most popular sights in Finland.
- The Finnish Museum of Natural History - an independent research institution functioning under the University of Helsinki. It is also one of the three central national museums in Finland and responsible for the national collections in its field.
- The Sports Museum of Finland - The collections of the museum include almost 30,000 exhibits and over 200,000 photographs. The Sports Museum is located at the Olympic Stadium in the centre of Helsinki.
Sunday - Last Tour day
Because groups are leaving at diffirent times we do not have planned activities for Sunday. Groups are free to explore the city by themselves or go for example to Linnanmäki. Linnanmäki is an amusement park in Helsinki which celebrates its 60th birthday this summer