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universe. Need to cool down? A night in an ice hotel or a session of ice-fishing - drill your
own hole - should do the trick.
City Lights
Don't get the idea that the country's just a backwoods emptiness, though. Vibrant cities
stock the southern parts, headed by the capital, Helsinki, a cutting-edge urban space with
world-famous design and music scenes. Embraced by the Baltic, it's an enticing ensemble
of modern and stately architecture, island restaurants, and stylish and quirky bars. And
complaints about Finnish food are so last century: the 'new Suomi' restaurant scene is
kicking, with locally foraged flavours to the fore.
