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Christmas tree!
Except for this setting I'm sure a Christmas tree was never by the prison gate.
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Jail stairs
We couldn't get over how thick the walls were!
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Prison gate
They had the old prison gates in the hallways.
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Room 438
Ready to go to dinner!
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Staircases
Looking down the staircases made it look even more like a prison. We were on the 3rd floor. You can see people down on the first floor.
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Prison hallway
You could definitely see how it was an old prison when you were in the hallway.
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Short
The doors were so short! We thought maybe they were the same height as the cell doors? Just a guess.
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Nice rooms
The rooms were a little small, I mean they were former prison cells after all, but they were really nice!
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Two cells
It looked to us like our room was made of two cells.
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Thick walls
You can see at the window how thick the walls are! It was too dark to take photos outside but the security wall was still outside too.
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Hotel Katajanokka
We stayed at the Hotel Katajanokka in Helsinki. It used to be a prison and they've converted it in to a hotel.
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Day 3
Dogsledding day! Hoo boy was it cold! My eyelashes have icicles on them! At night, aurora camp.
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Christmas in Finland
We left home on December 11, 2016 for Finland and came home on January 4th. The entire time we were about 200 miles North of the Arctic Circle. We stayed at the Nellim Wilderness Lodge, Sarmi Cabin and Muotkan Maja Wilderness Lodge. We had a GREAT time! Note: I'm posting pages as I finish them. This is only partially done.