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Eurail Explorer

Switzerland: The Bernina Express negotiates the dizzying Landwasser Viaduct

The Eurail Pass can be used to explore some of the most fascinating and hidden corners of Europe


Karelia Sweet

The sun sets magically across a lake, at Kerimaa Golf Resort and Holiday Village

Karelia, between Finland and Russia, opens up its borders


Of Prancer, Dancer, Rudolph and a man called Claus (Christmas in Lapland)

Glenn A Baker journeys to Finnish Lapland to spend time with the Jolly Red Gent who receives and answers over a million letters a year from children in more than fifty countries.


On Viking shores

Rowing a Viking boat is hard work, at the Vikings Ships Museum in Rosskilde, Denmark (above);  Models of Viking ships frame Vyborg Castle, in Russia (right)  An old Viking ship at Sunnemøre Museum in Ålesund, Norway (below)

From Scotland to Russia via Scandinavia, traces of the Vikings are everywhere


Samba time in Helsinki

Helsinki's annual Samba Festival

When you think of samba, chances are you don't immediately think of Finland - which is why Helsinki's annual Samba Festival comes as such a pleasant surprise


Åland: The littlest "country" in Europe

From Åland, all roads lead to Port Lincoln, South Australia

Finland's semi-independent Åland Islands have strong links with Australia


 

 
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