whats the best in summer , SWEDEN or FINLAND?

Question

to have a vacation in summer in one of , Filnand & Sweden , whats the best of them , what about cities of interest , prices , best time to visit , and anything you can advice

Answer 1

I'm very biased because I'm from Finland... but I'd say Finland is a great place to visit in the summer. There's nothing wrong in Sweden, but I'll try to highlight some things about finnish summer.

First of all, the best time to visit is end of June to early weeks of July. Starting from midsummer festival (the eve of midsummer is in 2007 the friday 22nd of June) which is the the most fun thing for a lot people.
It's near summer solstice (21st of june) so days are long and it's very light, and in the northern Finland, above the arctic circle you can experience the 24 hour day.

There are numerous (pop) festivals around the country at that time, so if you like that sort of thing, take a pick. The biggest one is usually in western coast in Rauma.
http://www.rmj.fi/en.phtml

Other places of interest are of course Helsinki (after the midsummer, though, because Helsinki is almost empty during the midsummer festivities, everyone goes to countryside),
which has everything from the Suomenlinna fortress http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=583
to beaches near the centre of city ( Hietarannan uimaranta - http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Liikuntavirasto/Artikkeli?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/fi/Liikuntavirasto/Liikuntapaikat/Uimarannat/Hietarannan+uimaranta
), and of course great shopping, reastaurants, bars, clubs, and museums etc.

Great and very popular summer places on the coast are these towns:
Hanko (almost everyone with a boat visits Hanko during the summer). http://www.hanko.fi/tourism/index.php?language=eng

Tammisaari, bit similar to Hanko. http://www.ekenas.fi/index.php?lang=EN&p=turistinfo

Turku, the oldest city in Finland (and very lively and beautiful in the summer), nice river runs through it, and there are a lot of boat restaurants.
http://www.turku.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=8726&culture=en-US&contentlan=2

Near Turku there's Naantali, where the Finnish president has a summer residence. http://www.naantalinmatkailu.fi/eng/

Regarding prices, the big difference is what sort of accommodation you are looking for. Tents / cottages in camping areas are of course very reasonable (and great fun if the location is good, for example near the sea).
3-4 star hotels have summer pricing offers, because everyone is on holiday, and business travellers are not there to pay the higher prices.
Availability is ok in most hotels, but you should book ahead for midsummer, or if you choose to visit Finland in August (because August is the most popular time for foreigners to visit).

Answer 2

Come to Sweden. I think that you can experience the best weather in July. I live in north Sweden, and this year I think we had a very hot summer actualy. Anyway, if you're going to visit a bigger city then you should visit Gothenburg rather than Stockholm. Grr... Sthlm:ers. Just kidding. But, I do think that you should visit Gothenburg. Gbg (Gothenburg) has got ´´Paddan´´, or ´´The toad´´ as you might say in english. Paddan is a kind of boat that you can take a tour with and the tourleader says things about Gbg. That's fun. You can go to ´´Universeum´´ and take a look at sharks, snakes, pirayas, different kinds of birds and more. That's fun too. Last, but not least, I'm going to tell you about ´´Liseberg´´. Liseberg is an amusement park in Gbg. It's funnier than ''Gröna Lund'' according to me. Gröna Lund is the amusement park in Sthlm. 100 SEK is like 11, 09 Euros. It's cheaper in Sweden than in Finland. Especially clothes. When I went to Finland this summer I saw a regular tank top that costed like 30 €, and that is like 300 SEK. That's expensive. I think that it should have costed tops 10 €. That's all from me. Have a nice visit in either Sweden or Finland.

Answer 3

In Finland we use the euros lately, so regrettably the costs have lengthy gone larger because of that. that is amazingly secure to drink tapwater right here, yet in case you want to purchase a bottle of nonetheless water, that's continually round a million-a million,5 euros in line with bottle (a million,5 litres). As for cola, style does count number right here, yet in many circumstances they are round a million,10 euros to 2-3 euros in line with bottle (a million,5 litres). Many supermarkets and groceries promote multipacks although, so that is a lot more cost-effective to purchase those extremely than man or woman bottles! human beings right here do not purchase sandwiches as readymade very in many circumstances although, yet some readymade ones are round 2 euros in a food market (best cities do have Subway eating places although). the same is going for the espresso besides, the cost varies plenty so that is difficult to say (some thing between a million euro and a pair of euros is the favourite). As for prompt nutrition, no Burger Kings right here, yet McDonald's and the loved ones Hesburger & Rolls do have eating places in Finland. BigMac meal is 5,80 5 euros as we talk.

Answer 4

I have not been to Finland but I went to Stockholm last August and I do recomend it!! Great city with lots of things to see and enjoy. Wondeful weather for us, Spanish people who had 40ºC before leaving Spain and arrived in Stockholm with temperature of 14ºC. Nice people, helpful and speaking perfect English even at the supermarket or the undergroung ticket office.

Answer 5

Sweden, deffinatelly..! especially in cities by the coast, Göteborg for example...