TommiP

Hi there,

As being a tourist many times and now living in BP, I collected my hints to this map.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=100794664792685564106.0004507957a267c166000&ll=47.492182,19.066343&spn=0.019022,0.038624&z=15

Enjoy!

Tommi

As a Finn and ex-Helsinki inhabitant, I know a lot about the city

Well – I would say that start tour at the Market square in the morning. Take a ferry from there to Suomenlinna Fortress (15 min) walk 30 min there, take ferry back (15 min). Walk via the Senate square (Cathedral, senate, university) (20 min) to Stockmann Department store – take a rapid tour (max 1 h) of this biggest one in the Nordics. Then go and see the modern Kamppi shopping centre. Finish the tour to the Railway station, where the Finnair bus leaves. Have a beer e.g. the nice Czeck-styled restaurant, Vltava, http://www.vltava.fi/

http://www.hel2.fi/tourism/EN/matko.asp
http://www.hel2.fi/tourism/EN/ohjelmaa_kohteet.asp?kieli=en&ASPKATEGORIA=1&a=0&page=1&aspword=Ntop
http://www.hel2.fi/tourism/EN/esitteet_videot.asp

Try this out.

Cheers,

Tommi

Budapest in definetely my favourite European location