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		<title>Monuments of St. Petersburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italy is famous for its outdoor fountains and sculpture. Paris, too, has its Arc de Triomphe and dozens more. But St. Petersburg, Russia is no slouch when it comes to monuments. Tourists flock to this &#8216;Venice of the North&#8217; in part because it has dozens of noteworthy sights for those who love to stroll around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridges of St. Petersburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Petersburg is sometimes called the &#8216;Venice of the North&#8217; for all its canals. But canals would be a great inconvenience without bridges to walk across them. Luckily this city of 101 islands has over 500, and many are stunning.

The first bridge ever built there was erected in 1703, the year of St. Petersburg&#8217;s founding. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nevsky Prospekt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nevsky Prospekt may sound like a great title for a spy movie, but translated it really just means Neva Avenue. Sounds ordinary, doesn&#8217;t it? But, like the Champs Elysées in Paris or Broadway in New York, this road in St. Petersburg is anything but common.

One of the oldest roads in a relatively new city (Moscow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alexander Nevsky Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Russia&#8217;s premier religious sites, the monastery named for Prince Alexander of Novgorod is among the most popular tourist destinations in St. Petersburg. Like many attractions, the site isn&#8217;t visited so often solely because of its religious significance. For most visitors, it&#8217;s because it has so many architectural and artistic elements to view.

The monastery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardens of St. Petersburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Petersburg has beautiful gardens. Not to be missed by any visitor. These gardens have history as well as beauty.

Summer Garden (Letny Sad)
The Letny Sad is one of St. Petersburg&#8217;s oldest and finest gardens. Designed to provide Peter the Great with a leisurely stroll, visitors can easily imagine themselves in his shoes. Built along classical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hermitage and Winter Palace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By far one of the most popular attractions in St. Petersburg, the Winter Palace (which houses The Hermitage art museum), deserves the crowds it attracts. It is an outstanding series of structures as well as one of the world&#8217;s finest art museums.

Completed in 1762, it was the home of Russia&#8217;s monarchs for 150 years, starting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Petersburg, Russia, Venice of the North</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Petersburg is a fascinating mixture of old-style Russia and Gilded Age Europe. St. Petersburg can be considered the Venice of the north.

Tsar Peter decided to move the capital and founded a city in 1703 devoted to culture and science. Along the banks of the River Neva he started an effort that continued for two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linnanmäki Amusement Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the big challenges on any vacation to a foreign city is how to find things to do that will be fun for the whole family. Younger children don&#8217;t usually have much interest in museums or fine restaurants. But child-oriented science museums or playgrounds aren&#8217;t what the adults traveled so far to see.
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		<title>Porvoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helsinki has been the capital of Finland for about 200 years. Yet, Finland is an ancient land. Some of that history is well-captured in Porvoo, about 30 minutes outside the city.

Though largely destroyed by fire in 1760, the town has been restored to resemble its original look from the Middle Ages. There&#8217;s a spectacular medieval [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hietaniemi Cemetery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki is unusual on many counts. Few large, modern cities have a cemetery in the central part of town at all. Fewer still become tourist meccas. But Hietaniemi Cemetery has earned that role by being a continuing source of beauty and stillness in an often bustling metropolis.

Helsinki itself is nearly five centuries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temppeliaukio Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Temppeliaukio (Rock) Church in Helsinki is an architectural marvel, unlike anything you&#8217;ve ever seen. Carved from solid rock in a setting that looks like the surface of the moon, it is both a functioning place of worship and a tourist delight.

Constructed in 1969, the church is only partly visible from above ground. What projects above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kauppatori</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Market Square, known locally in Helsinki as Kauppatori, visitors and natives alike can get everything from fresh salmon steak to reindeer meat. But there&#8217;s much more than just great food.

The Market Square is located on the shoreline and offers great views, great food and outstanding atmosphere. The bright orange cloth-covered stalls are a pick-me-up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uspenski Cathedral</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Helsinki&#8217;s most notable landmarks, the Uspenski Cathedral should be on everyone&#8217;s list of things to see in Finland&#8217;s capital. Completed in 1868, it is reportedly the largest Orthodox Church in Western Europe. Though Finland may not exactly qualify as &#8216;west&#8217;. But whatever the status of that record, the church is a spectacular sight.

Set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuomiokirkko, The Lutheran Cathedral</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tsar Peter of Russia had a well-known impact on St. Petersburg, Russia, the city that bears his name. What is less well-known is the strong influence he had on Helsinki. Peter had been dead for more than a hundred years by the time construction began on Helsinki&#8217;s famed Lutheran Cathedral. But the architectural stamp his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Esplanade in Helsinki</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Esplanadi Boulevard, Esplanade Park&#8230; However it&#8217;s called, everyone agrees that this section of Helsinki near the center of town is a tourist delight.

A hundred years ago, and for the hundred years before that, Finland struggled for identity. Long a province of Sweden, then later of Russia, with Lapland in the north, it is a land [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Island Fortresses of Suomenlinna</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suomen is derived from the Finnish word for the people of Finland. In Swedish, they&#8217;re known as Finns. Yet, ironically, the island fortress off the coast was founded by Swedes, but carries the Finnish name. Confused?

In the mid-18th century, Finland was still part of the Swedish kingdom, as it had been for 600 years. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuuksio National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few major cities can offer a natural, forested park as a tourist attraction. Nuuksio National Park in Helsinki is a great exception to that fact. Full of astounding plant and animal life, it is just one more thing that makes Finland&#8217;s capital exceptional.

Brimming with lakes and ponds tucked inside thickets, it is a great look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helsinki Zoo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far from the largest, even in northern Europe, Helsinki Zoo is nevertheless a must-not-miss sight for tourists. The setting alone is worth a visit. Helsinki Zoo is located on Korkeasaari, a small round island, one of over a hundred that dot the landscape in and around Finland.

Easily reached by boat, it is a pleasant 30 [...]]]></description>
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