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09th Dec 2016

PICS: Helsinki’s tourism signs are absolutely brilliant

Alan Loughnane

Give the person that came up with this a raise…

Have you ever been to Helsinki? Well, at the time of writing this piece, the temperature in the Finnish capital is a chilly -4 degrees celsius.

Not quite a sun getaway if you’re looking for one. But in fairness to the people of Helsinki, they don’t pretend to be anything they’re not…

A sign by the airport in Helsinki, Finland.

In a post this week brought to our attention by Indy100, one Reddit user shared an image of a giant sign erected outside of Helsinki airport, that gives some much needed encouraging words if you were brave enough to face the cold.

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If we’d a sign like this in Ireland, what would it say?

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Topics:

Helsinki,Travel