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NORDIC STARS / NORSTAR

(Stockholm - Helsinki - Tampere - Oulu - Rovaniemi)

DAY 1 STOCKHOLM Bridge. and its main monuments, such as the
Arrival at Stockholm airport and transfer Afternoon free for individual sightseeing. National Theater, the Market Square,
to the hotel. Overnight stay. the Temppeliaukio Church, the Uspenski
DAY 3 STOCKHOLM Cathedral and the National Opera House.
DAY 2 STOCKHOLM In the morning free time until transfer Rest of the day at leisure and overnight.
Breakfast and visit of the city, considered to the port of Stockholm, where we will
the pearl of Scandinavia. On a walking board the overnight ferry to Helsinki, DAY 5 HELSINKI - TURKU - TAMPERE
tour you will discover the center of the Finland. Departure after breakfast to Turku, once
Gamla Stan district, considered the seed the most important city in the country
of the city; the City Hall where the Nobel DAY 4 HELSINKI and now a major center of culture in the
Prize ceremony takes place; the Vasa Breakfast on board. Arrival at the port of country. It hosts the Turku Music Festival
Museum which houses the only ship of Helsinki and meeting with the local guide and the “Ruisrock” Rock Festival, the
the seventeenth century practically intact; who will take us on a tour of the historical oldest in the Scandinavian world, as well
the Royal Palace and the Djurgärdsbron center of the city to learn about its history as the only music museum in the country,
the Sibelius Museum. In its medieval
historic center highlights the Cathedral
of the fifteenth century, the Main Square
where the old Town Hall is located;
the castle of the thirteenth century and
several civil buildings of the nineteenth
century.

We will continue to Tampere, the 3rd city
Rovaniemi of the country. In a short walking tour
through the historic center we will see the
most famous open-air theater in Finland;
Oulu
the early 20th century cathedral built in
blue-gray granite; the Russian Orthodox
Church and the Old Church, from 1824
made of yellow wood, and finally the
SWEDEN FINLAND Särkänniemi Park.
Rest of the day at leisure to enjoy the city
and overnight.
Tampere
DAY 6 TAMPERE - OULU
Today we will continue our journey north,
Stockholm Turku Helsinki arriving in the city of Oulu. Overnight in
Oulu.
DAY 7 OULU - ROVANIEMI
In past centuries an important center of
the timber industry and salmon fishing,
Oulu is now home to major Finnish
technology companies and a renowned

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