Need Finland/Lapland road maps/atlas
 

Hi,
As we plan a trip, including driving from Helsinki to Lapland and touring
this area, I'm looking for a good, detailed (scale approx 1:200,000 or
better) road map or atlas (English preferred).

Where can I buy that map/atlas in Helsinki (after I'll arrive)?

TIA

Michael Badt

Re: Need Finland/Lapland road maps/atlas
 

"Michael Badt" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä:
    > Hi,
    > As we plan a trip, including driving from Helsinki to Lapland and touring
    > this area, I'm looking for a good, detailed (scale approx 1:200,000 or
    > better) road map or atlas (English preferred).
    > Where can I buy that map/atlas in Helsinki (after I'll arrive)?
    > TIA
    > Michael Badt

Akateeminen kirjakauppa (Aademic Bookstore),
http://www.stockmann.fi/portal/english

LaL

Re: Need Finland/Lapland road maps/atlas
 

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:04:34 +0300, "Lauri Levanto"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"Michael Badt" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä:
    >> Hi,
    >> As we plan a trip, including driving from Helsinki to Lapland and touring
    >> this area, I'm looking for a good, detailed (scale approx 1:200,000 or
    >> better) road map or atlas (English preferred).

At that scale it would be an impossibly large map. But there is a
series of regional maps at 1:200000; it takes nineteen of them to
cover all of Finland, and six to cover Lapland. They're
tri-lingual. Look for the green covers and a large "GT".

The Michelin Scandinavia & Finland map is pretty good at
1:1500000.

    >> Where can I buy that map/atlas in Helsinki (after I'll arrive)?

    >Akateeminen kirjakauppa (Aademic Bookstore),
    >http://www.stockmann.fi/portal/english

That bookstore is worth a visit whether you need maps or not.
It's on the North Esplanad near the west end.

Last summer there was a small map store at the southwest corner
of the Senaatintori (the plaza in front of the Lutheran
cathedral) with a very good selection.

Yhere's a pretty good interactive map at
http://alk.tiehallinto.fi/www2/kartta/kartta.htm ; you could
print out areas of interest.




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Re: Need Finland/Lapland road maps/atlas
 

Thanks a lot for the useful data.

Michael Badt


Hatunen wrote:

    > On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:04:34 +0300, "Lauri Levanto"
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>"Michael Badt" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä:
    >>> Hi,
    >>> As we plan a trip, including driving from Helsinki to Lapland and
    >>> touring
    >>> this area, I'm looking for a good, detailed (scale approx 1:200,000 or
    >>> better) road map or atlas (English preferred).
    >
    > At that scale it would be an impossibly large map. But there is a
    > series of regional maps at 1:200000; it takes nineteen of them to
    > cover all of Finland, and six to cover Lapland. They're
    > tri-lingual. Look for the green covers and a large "GT".
    >
    > The Michelin Scandinavia & Finland map is pretty good at
    > 1:1500000.
    >
    >>> Where can I buy that map/atlas in Helsinki (after I'll arrive)?
    >
    >>Akateeminen kirjakauppa (Aademic Bookstore),
    >>http://www.stockmann.fi/portal/english
    >
    > That bookstore is worth a visit whether you need maps or not.
    > It's on the North Esplanad near the west end.
    >
    > Last summer there was a small map store at the southwest corner
    > of the Senaatintori (the plaza in front of the Lutheran
    > cathedral) with a very good selection.
    >
    > Yhere's a pretty good interactive map at
    > http://alk.tiehallinto.fi/www2/kartta/kartta.htm ; you could
    > print out areas of interest.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > ************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
    > * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
    > * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *