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		<title>Tampere day tour and tourist attractions</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2011/06/01/tampere-day-tour-tourist-attractions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a beautiful Sunday when we had our day tour of Tampere. We were on a road trip all the way from Pori and feel blessed to have such...]]></description>
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		<title>Tampere tourist information</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2011/05/30/tampere-tourist-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 13:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tampere is the third most densely populated city in the Nordic country of Finland. Situated in the south, Tampere is strategically located between two lakes with unequal levels, Näsijärvi and...]]></description>
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		<title>Moomin characters at the Tampere Art Museum Moominvalley (Moomin Museum)</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2011/05/24/moomin-characters-at-the-tampere-art-museum-moominvalley-moomin-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 15:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the places to visit in Tampere, Finland, if you’re with the kids, is the Tampere Art Museum Moominvalley or Moomin Museum, located at the basement of the Metso...]]></description>
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		<title>European cities top world’s best places to live</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2010/01/26/european-cities-top-world%e2%80%99s-best-places-to-live/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2010/01/26/european-cities-top-world%e2%80%99s-best-places-to-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all agree that there’s no place like home, it’s where our heart is, and everytime we go somewhere, there’s always that longing to be home. Even travel bugs and...]]></description>
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		<title>A world of benches: Old Rauma, Finland</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/10/16/a-world-of-benches-old-rauma-finland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/10/16/a-world-of-benches-old-rauma-finland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second in a series of posts featuring photos of benches I’ve encountered during my travels. Previously featured: Prague Old Rauma is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in...]]></description>
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		<title>Helsinki City Museum: Helsinki through the years</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/10/15/helsinki-city-museum-helsinki-through-the-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/10/15/helsinki-city-museum-helsinki-through-the-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Helsinki City Museum: Old Helsinki days At the second floor is the Russian era where more interesting artifacts are displayed. We took longer time at another section in...]]></description>
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		<title>Helsinki City Museum: Old Helsinki days</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/10/10/helsinki-city-museum-old-helsinki-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/10/10/helsinki-city-museum-old-helsinki-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While in Finland, my big sis took us on a day tour of Helsinki though our time was very much limited but nevertheless we squeezed in about an hour of...]]></description>
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		<title>Sammallahdenmaki, Bronze Age burial site in Finland</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/09/03/sammallahdenmaki-bronze-age-burial-site-in-finland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/09/03/sammallahdenmaki-bronze-age-burial-site-in-finland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Situated in the Lappi district, Sammallahdenmaki is an important Scandinavian Bronze Age burial site and included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1999. Thanks to our GPS navigator, we...]]></description>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday: Interesting clouds (Tampere, Western Finland)</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/08/13/wordless-wednesday-interesting-clouds-tampere-western-finland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/08/13/wordless-wednesday-interesting-clouds-tampere-western-finland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick and Easy Search for the Best Hotel Deals Visiting Tampere, the &#8220;Manchester of the North,&#8221; Bangkok, the &#8220;City of Angels&#8221; or Prague, the &#8220;City of a Hundred Spires?&#8221; Pay...]]></description>
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		<title>Näkemiin Finland!</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/31/nakemiin-finland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/31/nakemiin-finland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Travel Musings & Stories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 40-day Finland vacation will soon be over and it’s time to say bye to the cold summer weather, the midnight suns, and so much more. I am grateful for...]]></description>
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		<title>Yyteri Beach: warm sand dunes, cool blue waters and clear sunny sky</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/29/yyteri-beach-warm-sand-dunes-cool-blue-waters-and-clear-sunny-sky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/29/yyteri-beach-warm-sand-dunes-cool-blue-waters-and-clear-sunny-sky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a sunny Sunday when we went to Yyteri beach, one of the well-known holiday resorts in Finland. Yyteri is a district in Pori and is just few minutes’...]]></description>
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		<title>Pori Jazz 43rd Festival 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/17/pori-jazz-43rd-festival-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/17/pori-jazz-43rd-festival-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” Louis Armstrong One thing that Pori is famous for is its annual international jazz festival which started in the...]]></description>
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		<title>At the medieval Turku Castle</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/14/at-the-medieval-turku-castle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/14/at-the-medieval-turku-castle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visiting castles would always be on the travel itinerary of tourists when going to Europe. It’s like stepping into the days of kings and queens, or imagining you’re part of...]]></description>
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		<title>Picturesque Turku</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/13/picturesque-turku/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/13/picturesque-turku/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when you only have few hours to spend for sightseeing around a picturesque place such as Turku? Along the Aura River It was late in the...]]></description>
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		<title>Flower Power at the Rauma Art Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/12/flower-power-at-the-rauma-art-museum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.happysteps.net/2008/07/12/flower-power-at-the-rauma-art-museum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rauma Biennale Balticum 2008 art festival is currently ongoing at the Rauma Art Museum in Old Rauma, Finland. The exhibition, which started last June 14 and will end on...]]></description>
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