Unlocking Baltic Secrets: The First Four Days of Crystal Cruises from Stockholm to Copenhagen Revealed
Day 3: Helsinki
During his morning lecture, cultural anthropologist Dr Jim Rowe, had told us to look out for the “Baltic Sun Salute”, as Vitamin D starved Finns catch-up on their rays after the 20 hours of darkness during a winter day.
We hadn’t expected to see Finns heading for the beach during their lunch hours, stripping to swimwear and slathering sunblock on to their pale Arctic-white skin – as the temperature hit a balmy 16 centigrade. After all it’s only around 500 miles from Helsinki to the Arctic Circle.
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