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| | :: Helsinki Finland: Hotels : Real Estate : Restaurants |
 | | Between the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland, Helsinki is a small but lively city of 500,000 that endures, or rather, perseveres through extremes of climate with a Finnish finesse. |
 | | Every winter, when the sun fades and the night sky lasts for months, local Helsinkians illuminate the streets with brilliant light displays, take to ice plunges off Hietaniemi Beach and recreate the desert in toasty saunas. |
 | | In November, it is common to see the Aurora Borealis lights, Earth's intoxicating magnetic shield, swimming in Helsinki's skies. |
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