Category: Travel
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Berlin, Germany
As part of our extensive Northern European tour, we made Berlin our Christmas Day stop. We flew in from Riga, hopped on the high-speed train transfer from the airport, and got off at Alexanderplatz. The train station is conveniently connected to the airport—just head to the second basement to buy your tickets, then make your… Read more
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Beef Grill Club, Berlin
During our epic Northern Europe tour from 2024 to 2025, we were in Berlin over Christmas. Fearing we’d struggle to find a place to eat on Christmas Eve, we jumped on the chance to book a popular restaurant before we even left Australia! Beef Grill Club While searching for restaurants open on Christmas Eve –… Read more
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Rozengrāls Medieval Restaurant experience, Riga, Latvia
The Medieval restaurant of Rozengrāls (Vinarium civitatis) Rozengrāls, Restorāns is located in Riga Old Town, at the end of Riga’s narrowest street. Just a short walk from the Christmas Market at Doma Laukums (Dome Square). Visiting the Medieval themed restaurant was a last minute thing, on our Northern Europe Tour whilst in the Baltic States.… Read more
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Riga, Latvia
A very short hop from our previous Baltic location of Tallinn in our big Northern Europe holiday, was the capital of Latvia, Riga. This city is again a historical Medieval heart, with a modern city around it. However, Riga is much more flat and the castle walls are less defined. We took the 22 bus… Read more
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Kiek in De Kok, Tallinn
A museum that we enjoyed in Tallinn as a part of our Northern Europe tour and trip to the Baltics, was Kiek in De Kök. The tower is a museum, and has a mixture of displays and artefacts, alongside the actual structure of the tower itself. There are five floors to the tower, which has… Read more
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Tallinn, Estonia
In our whirlwind tour of the Northern European countries, we entered the Baltic country of Estonia from the ferry from Helsinki. After a tiring walk across the cobbled streets up to the old town, we found our magnificent hotel, the Schlossle Hotel. It was a challenge to drag our bags up the old streets, but… Read more
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Helsinki to Tallinn ferry
On our grand tour of Northern Europe, we took the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn. This was on the Eckerio Line and the ship we took was M/S Finlandia. The ferry travels to Tallinn in Estonia four times a day, and returns to Finland four times. The journey is two hours. Tickets cost us €22… Read more
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Hidden Koht bar, Tallinn, Estonia
One of the coolest bars in Tallinn is hidden and hard to find. As a part of our visit to the Baltic States, within our grand Northern Europe tour, we were in Tallinn for a few days. Finding the Koht Bar in Tallinn Google maps shows the location clearly, but when you physically go there,… Read more
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Tallinn Torture Museum
During our visit to Tallinn in our grand Northern Europe tour, the Baltic country offered a wide range of museums and sights. In Tallinn, there is a heavy leaning towards the Medieval theme, and the Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments was an impulse visit. Tickets were €9, but we felt this was a little over… Read more
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Olde Hansa Medieval Restaurant, Tallinn
As a part of our trip around the Baltics in our grand Northern Europe tour 2024-2025, we were in beautiful Tallinn for a few days. We had read online that there is a Medieval restaurant experience in the centre of Tallinn old town that was highly recommended, but we were warned it was in high… Read more
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Ateneum and Kiasma galleries, Helsinki
During our stay in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, as a part of our 2024 to 2025 Northern European holiday, we went in to two large art galleries in Helsinki, the Ateneum and Kiasma. Ateneum The first Gallery in Europe that we entered was the Ateneum, an Museum of Finnish and International art gallery right… Read more
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Stockholm
We visited the capital of Sweden as a part of our grand Northern European Tour, just after our trip to Glasgow, and before we went to Finland. Before we arrived in Stockholm, we had not really done a lot of research in to what to expect. We knew that the capital of Sweden would be… Read more
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Stockholm Castle, Sweden
Travelling around Northern Europe in our grand tour of 2024-2025, we visited the Swedish capital of Stockholm for a few days. We had no specific plans or bookings, and we wandered down the street from our hotel at Queens Hotel, down the street Drottninggatan. Here we crossed the bridge at Riksbron to go through the… Read more
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Glasgow
Our visit to the Scottish city of Glasgow was part of our round the North of Europe tour, and followed our trip to Edinburgh in the previous week. We had been given negative vibes about Glasgow, with friends and family warning that it was not very interesting or attractive. Getting there We found Glasgow airport… Read more
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Finland Sauna and Arctic ice dip
As a part of our mammoth Northern European Tour, no trip to Finland would be complete without a sauna and getting into a frozen lake at sub-zero temperatures! Apukka resort We decided that the sauna and ice experience would be a bit more special if we chose to do it at Apukka resort, north of… Read more
