In Kotka on our way to Maretarium. There was a beautiful park with gooses.
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There was a pond in the middle of the park.
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You'll get a picture of size of the aquariums in Maretarium when you see a diver cleaning them.
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Trouts in Baltic Sea Tank.
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Falls.
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The grand Baltic Sea Tank was equipped with fishes that live near Finland coast.
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Juha and Lake Saimaa tank.
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Catfishes gathered inside a hemisphere when you approached it.
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The most spectacular drawing of a fish. What an additude! Notice the teeth.
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A large tank.
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Flatfish is one of the weirdest fishes in Finland's lakes. Especially the sharp look made an impression.
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The picture doesn't quite cover the size of the tank made for fishes that live in Lake Saimaa. The length of the tank is several meters.
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Heli is peeping.
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A catfish lied on the bottom.
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Another catfish has a mean look.
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Two flatfishes burried in the sand.
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Haikko mansion front lawn in Porvoo.
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A building in the mansion yard.
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There was a fountain in the mansion garden.
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The mansion.
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Entry to the mansion.
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Salon.
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Dining-room.
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A copy the famous painting was on the wall of the dining-room.
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At Sea Life in Linnanmäki. It was forbidden to pet a fish.
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A tropical fish resembling a lot like an oscar! Notice the fake eye in the tail.
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Laguna at a coral bank.
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Tropical Oscar.
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Tropical fishes.
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A striped one.
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A mushroom-like coral.
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Blue dotted stingrays where so quick that it was almost impossible to take a decent photo of them.
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Epaulette shark swimming.
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Coral bank inmates.
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A large lionfish.
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The epaulette shark got tired of simming and decided to rest for awhile on a coral.
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Seal Life is the only public aquarium in Finland where you can see jellyfishes.
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The jellyfish tanks were lit with fluoricent light and made the scene look very StarTrek-like...
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The tentacles of a jellyfish can be meters long.
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A jellyfish a quite a weird creature.
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There was a tunnel running under a 250 cubic meter tank where you can see sharks swim.
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"250 000 litres of water on top - no problem!"
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A stingray passing by. It's very pleco-like fish.
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The poisonous sting was removed from these guys, because you could pratically pet the fish in the open tank.
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Other inmates in the stingray tank.
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Other inmates in the stingray tank.
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Occasionally the rays swam on the surface of water and raised their nose in the air.
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A light-colored ray.
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A huge flatfish swam among the stingrays.
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The rays weren't bothered of the people looking at them from the top.
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This guy swamp sideways round and round the tank.
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Beautifully colored ray danced in the water.
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Dancing ray.
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A dorade.
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A large seahorse grabbed a stem of grass.
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Mustio Castle in Karjaa. There was a small river coming from a temple resembing a castle.
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Buildings at Mustio.
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Sokos Hotel City Börs was the only aircoditioned hotel in Turku. We managed to get a room within few yours notice with a view to a marketplace.
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Tall Ships Race filled river Aura with tall masts and ropes.
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There was all sizes of boats.
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People and masts as far as you could see.
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One of the largest ships in the river.
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Flags.
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Juha in Tall Ships Race.
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Heli in Tall Ships Race.
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