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While you are at the airport, port or train station we could interest you in purchasing a prepaid-data sim card '''prepaid dataliittymä''' from '''R-kioski'''. You will be going to the R-kioski anyways to get a (multi)day pass '''matkakortti''' for the public transport system as the single tickets are expensive and inconvenient for the traveler as they are valid for only 69 minutes (Helsinki internal) and 80 minutes (Helsinki-region). | While you are at the airport, port or train station we could interest you in purchasing a prepaid-data sim card '''prepaid dataliittymä''' from '''R-kioski'''. You will be going to the R-kioski anyways to get a (multi)day pass '''matkakortti''' for the public transport system as the single tickets are expensive and inconvenient for the traveler as they are valid for only 69 minutes (Helsinki internal) and 80 minutes (Helsinki-region). | ||
Let's get your luggage to the | Let's get your luggage to the hotel and you to enjoy the Finland. | ||
* [https://www.reittiopas.fi/ Helsinki-region traveler router] will whisk you where you need to go. | * [https://www.reittiopas.fi/ Helsinki-region traveler router] will whisk you where you need to go. | ||
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== To the sauna == | == To the sauna == | ||
[[File:Smoke_sauna.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Oldschool sauna. No chimney ergo smoke sauna. These are actually some of the most enjoyable saunas around. Don't worry, the hotel sauna looks like in the picture below just more lavish and luxurious.]] | [[File:Smoke_sauna.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Oldschool sauna. No chimney ergo smoke sauna. These are actually some of the most enjoyable saunas around. Don't worry, the hotel sauna looks like in the picture below just more lavish and luxurious.]] | ||
You want to experience the wonderfully indescribable soothing effect of the Finnish sauna. Excellent choice dear Sir/Madam. | You want to experience the wonderfully indescribable soothing effect of the Finnish sauna. Excellent choice dear Sir/Madam. | ||
Depending on your choice of sauna, i.e. municipal swimming hall, country-side cabin sauna, old-school commercial sauna a few exist, hotel or restaurant's sauna or one of the new design saunas that have recently sprung up the rules are slightly different but lingo is unchanged throughout Finnish sauna culture. | Depending on your choice of sauna, i.e. municipal swimming hall, country-side cabin sauna, old-school commercial sauna a few exist, hotel or restaurant's sauna or one of the new design saunas that have recently sprung up the rules are slightly different but lingo is unchanged throughout Finnish sauna culture. | ||
Some famous saunas are: | |||
* [https://tilajakamo.fi/uutiset/lapinlahdessa-telttasauna/ Lapinlahden telttasauna] by the sea in the scenic Lapinlahti grounds open Fri and Sat 15-20 is renowned for their trademark smooth and mellow löyly administered by the 'Sauna Major'. | |||
=== Getting to the sauna === | === Getting to the sauna === | ||