Helsinki, Finland Datasheet
Helsinki, the Capital of Finland, is a 600 000 people city located in Southern Finland on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. It is also the world's second northernmost capital of a sovereign state after Reykjavik, Iceland. Thus it is in about the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska, with similar climate during winter but a bit warmer summer temperatures. Generally one should be prepared for anything between -25°C to +25°C or from -15°F to 80°F.
It's hard to rate women from native's point of view but in my opinion most of the girls up here are decent 5 to 7 with some 1/50 being 8s or better. Finland is very homogeneous; only 3,4 % of the population are foreigners and of these most are from Estonia, Russia and Sweden. Most people speak almost fluent English but also Swedish (mandatory for historical reasons) with less people speaking German, French and Russian. Finnish studies will tell us that the average height of Finnish women in their 20s and 30s in Southern Finland is 168 cm or 5' 6". Although I know about the normal distribution, I swear there are fewer really tall women here than in neighbouring countries.
The Finnish mindset is a bit like the U.S. Military "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. There is no such thing as small talk in Finnish culture or in Finnish language and we will make continous jokes about the differences between Finnish and Swedish way of leadership, look into Management by Perkele. One would think there would be more Finnish alfa males but the truth is that while there are many alfa males in the business life, the traditional way of partly arranged marriages used to in enforce still around a hundred years ago. Thus we have a lot of males who make a lot of money and own a cabin or two in the lake country but struggle with the women.
The general consensus among Finnish males is that foreigners will do greatly with Finnish women if they only have looks different from the general Finnish male population (e.g. darker skin). Knowing few words of Finnish do not hurt, on the contrary! I do not personally know such persons so it is really hard for me to say if this is true or not.
DO NOT COME TO HELSINKI:
- On Midsummer weekend when everybody are at their cabins.
- On any other time of the year but summer.![[Image: dodgy.gif]](https://rooshvforum.network/images/smilies/dodgy.gif)
Typical prices:
- 95 octane petrol = 1.6 € / litre or $7.7 per U.S. gallon
- A pint in a bar = 10-20 € / litre or $13 - $25 per litre.
- A cup of coffee at a cafe = c. 2 € or $2.5.
- A lunch dish at a restaurant = 6-9 € or $7.5 - $11.5.
Transportation:
Most of the visitors arrive by plane to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport actually located at the neighbouring city of Vantaa. Before the train connection is finished in few years, you'll have only few choices to reach Helsinki city centre: a taxi, a bus or a bus to the train station. I'm recommending Bus 615 which will be much cheaper than taking a taxi (4,5€ vs. 25€) and the same price as taking a bus to the train station and then a train to the centre.
You can also take a ferry from Stockholm, Sweden, Tallinn, Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia. The overnight ferries are well-known places to hit chicks , so if you are in one of these cities and thinking going to Finland, take a ferry. Ferries are also much cheaper than flying from these cities to Helsinki-Vantaa. Prices start from few dozen euro for one-way trip.
When you have comfortably arrived to the city, there are few more possibilities to exploit, that is the tram lines and the subway or metro as it is called here. The subway will only go from west to east and has only few stations but what I can say, it is the world's northernmost subway! The tram will basically substitute for a bus at the city centre. All of the previously mentioned transportation systems will use the same ticket system, meaning that one can buy a ticket in a bus and use it within an hour in other system.
Motels & Hotels:
Depending of your budget, you can stay at Stadion Hostel at the Olympic Stadion (shared room starts at 24€ a night) or at the only five-star hotel in Finland, the Hotel Kämp (starting from 279€ a night). I do not have experience of those apartments with furniture so unfortunately I cannot recommend them. However there are few resonably priced hotels near the city centre called "Omenahotels".
Day Game:
Beaches:
Out of the many beaches at Helsinki, only two are worth visiting in my oppinion. They are Hietaniemi Beach some kilometers north of the city centre and Pihlajasaari Island off the coast of the city. These are also popular spots for early and mid-20s people to go to party. The beach season starts in mid-June and ends in late-August. However do not expect high water temperatures, most years they range from 15°C to 20°C or 60°F to 70°F. Annual algae blooms might also close down some beaches for period of time.
Coffee shops
Finns consume the most coffee per capita (three times more than in United States) in the world but we have no coffee culture whatsoever. Our coffee is mostly light roasted brand of which we hoard by the kilogram from local supermarkets. There's only two Starbucks in Finland, both of which are at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and opened in April 2012. What people do is either make light coffee at home and drink it with a friend or go to a coffee shop and order a darker coffee to go. I do not personally go to these shops but always when I roam the streets and look into one the only younger people are at the line and mostly only older folks at the tables.
If you still want to give it a go, I recommend going to Karl Fazer Café located at the downtown Helsinki. It is the oldest one and perhaps the best example of the Central and South European type coffee shop you can find (founded by a foreigner in 1891, naturally!).
Libraries:
Finns read a lot and 61,9 % of the adult female population have at least a bachelor's degree from some field. However this does not mean that they would be hanging around the libraries. Most of the people I see come to read a newspaper and then leave with some books to read them at home. However those school work will most probably be doing them at a library near their school or home. This is not naturally true for the summer months of June, July and August. Besides university libraries around the city centre I recommend visiting Library 10 next to the railway station for some library game. It is a library specialized to music records and musical books.
Sights:
- Suomenlinna Sea Fortress (an UNESCO site)
- Seurasaari Open-Air Museum
- Kotiharjun Sauna
Streets:
Given any time of day or date, the most busiest strees can be found from Kamppi and Kluuvi districts where most malls and shopping streets are located. Try Aleksanterinkatu and Narinkkatori for starters. The latter is also an excellent choice for the varity of shops around it (although no pet stores even near it!).
Night Game:
Previously threads by different authors have pretty much nailed it, nothing much to add:
- The Helsinki Thread
- Helsinki, Tallinn & Riga Trip Report
- etc.
Helsinki, the Capital of Finland, is a 600 000 people city located in Southern Finland on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. It is also the world's second northernmost capital of a sovereign state after Reykjavik, Iceland. Thus it is in about the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska, with similar climate during winter but a bit warmer summer temperatures. Generally one should be prepared for anything between -25°C to +25°C or from -15°F to 80°F.
It's hard to rate women from native's point of view but in my opinion most of the girls up here are decent 5 to 7 with some 1/50 being 8s or better. Finland is very homogeneous; only 3,4 % of the population are foreigners and of these most are from Estonia, Russia and Sweden. Most people speak almost fluent English but also Swedish (mandatory for historical reasons) with less people speaking German, French and Russian. Finnish studies will tell us that the average height of Finnish women in their 20s and 30s in Southern Finland is 168 cm or 5' 6". Although I know about the normal distribution, I swear there are fewer really tall women here than in neighbouring countries.
The Finnish mindset is a bit like the U.S. Military "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. There is no such thing as small talk in Finnish culture or in Finnish language and we will make continous jokes about the differences between Finnish and Swedish way of leadership, look into Management by Perkele. One would think there would be more Finnish alfa males but the truth is that while there are many alfa males in the business life, the traditional way of partly arranged marriages used to in enforce still around a hundred years ago. Thus we have a lot of males who make a lot of money and own a cabin or two in the lake country but struggle with the women.
The general consensus among Finnish males is that foreigners will do greatly with Finnish women if they only have looks different from the general Finnish male population (e.g. darker skin). Knowing few words of Finnish do not hurt, on the contrary! I do not personally know such persons so it is really hard for me to say if this is true or not.
DO NOT COME TO HELSINKI:
- On Midsummer weekend when everybody are at their cabins.
- On any other time of the year but summer.
Typical prices:
- 95 octane petrol = 1.6 € / litre or $7.7 per U.S. gallon
- A pint in a bar = 10-20 € / litre or $13 - $25 per litre.
- A cup of coffee at a cafe = c. 2 € or $2.5.
- A lunch dish at a restaurant = 6-9 € or $7.5 - $11.5.
Transportation:
Most of the visitors arrive by plane to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport actually located at the neighbouring city of Vantaa. Before the train connection is finished in few years, you'll have only few choices to reach Helsinki city centre: a taxi, a bus or a bus to the train station. I'm recommending Bus 615 which will be much cheaper than taking a taxi (4,5€ vs. 25€) and the same price as taking a bus to the train station and then a train to the centre.
You can also take a ferry from Stockholm, Sweden, Tallinn, Estonia or St. Petersburg, Russia. The overnight ferries are well-known places to hit chicks , so if you are in one of these cities and thinking going to Finland, take a ferry. Ferries are also much cheaper than flying from these cities to Helsinki-Vantaa. Prices start from few dozen euro for one-way trip.
When you have comfortably arrived to the city, there are few more possibilities to exploit, that is the tram lines and the subway or metro as it is called here. The subway will only go from west to east and has only few stations but what I can say, it is the world's northernmost subway! The tram will basically substitute for a bus at the city centre. All of the previously mentioned transportation systems will use the same ticket system, meaning that one can buy a ticket in a bus and use it within an hour in other system.
Motels & Hotels:
Depending of your budget, you can stay at Stadion Hostel at the Olympic Stadion (shared room starts at 24€ a night) or at the only five-star hotel in Finland, the Hotel Kämp (starting from 279€ a night). I do not have experience of those apartments with furniture so unfortunately I cannot recommend them. However there are few resonably priced hotels near the city centre called "Omenahotels".
Day Game:
Beaches:
Out of the many beaches at Helsinki, only two are worth visiting in my oppinion. They are Hietaniemi Beach some kilometers north of the city centre and Pihlajasaari Island off the coast of the city. These are also popular spots for early and mid-20s people to go to party. The beach season starts in mid-June and ends in late-August. However do not expect high water temperatures, most years they range from 15°C to 20°C or 60°F to 70°F. Annual algae blooms might also close down some beaches for period of time.
Coffee shops
Finns consume the most coffee per capita (three times more than in United States) in the world but we have no coffee culture whatsoever. Our coffee is mostly light roasted brand of which we hoard by the kilogram from local supermarkets. There's only two Starbucks in Finland, both of which are at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and opened in April 2012. What people do is either make light coffee at home and drink it with a friend or go to a coffee shop and order a darker coffee to go. I do not personally go to these shops but always when I roam the streets and look into one the only younger people are at the line and mostly only older folks at the tables.
If you still want to give it a go, I recommend going to Karl Fazer Café located at the downtown Helsinki. It is the oldest one and perhaps the best example of the Central and South European type coffee shop you can find (founded by a foreigner in 1891, naturally!).
Libraries:
Finns read a lot and 61,9 % of the adult female population have at least a bachelor's degree from some field. However this does not mean that they would be hanging around the libraries. Most of the people I see come to read a newspaper and then leave with some books to read them at home. However those school work will most probably be doing them at a library near their school or home. This is not naturally true for the summer months of June, July and August. Besides university libraries around the city centre I recommend visiting Library 10 next to the railway station for some library game. It is a library specialized to music records and musical books.
Sights:
- Suomenlinna Sea Fortress (an UNESCO site)
- Seurasaari Open-Air Museum
- Kotiharjun Sauna
Streets:
Given any time of day or date, the most busiest strees can be found from Kamppi and Kluuvi districts where most malls and shopping streets are located. Try Aleksanterinkatu and Narinkkatori for starters. The latter is also an excellent choice for the varity of shops around it (although no pet stores even near it!).
Night Game:
Previously threads by different authors have pretty much nailed it, nothing much to add:
- The Helsinki Thread
- Helsinki, Tallinn & Riga Trip Report
- etc.