News Article: Avs visiting UncleRisto/Avs-Jackets in Helsinki Finland 2020

[benzino]

Avalanche to Face Blue Jackets in 2020 NHL Global Series

As a Swede I'm hyped about going, saw one match in Sweden a few years ago and wanted more. Anyone else here interested in going?

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[Belgican]

I went to Stockholm in 2001 to see the Avs, memorable moments with a few HF posters, might be tempted to go to Helsinki.

 

[Huokaus]

Just moved to Helsinki last year, I hope I have some extra money when the tickets come on sale. I'm an all-around poster and kinda just follow Finnish players around so you probably haven't seen me post on the Avs board, but I'd be more than willing to meet up with people.

 

[arun]

I might go, since it’s relatively close to amsterdam!

 

[Nzap]

I should have moved back to Finland by then, so I might have a stab at this.
Would like to meet some fellow posters if indeed I go.

 

[BrickNHL]

I'm staying at @UncleRisto 's house for this game

 

[UncleRisto]

I'm staying at @UncleRisto 's house for this game

Great! It's going to be empty since I'm at the game in Helsinki.

 

[Murzu]

Great! It's going to be empty since I'm at the game in Helsinki.

+1

U like at ***hole. Move south man. It's not cold as **** here.

 

[UncleRisto]

+1

U like at ***hole. Move south man. It's not cold as **** here.

Let's make one thing clear, the weather here has been terrific all month.

 

[Draisaitl]

I‘ll be at Hartwall Arena next year, no matter what!
If i‘m staying at a friends place or at the Scandic hotel near Jarnvägsstation, is still up in the air.

For the Germans/Central Europeans going :
Anybody up for taking the boat from Rostock or Lübeck/Travemünde?

 

[UncleRisto]

Scandic hotel near Jarnvägsstation

Oh, near the Rautatieasema?

 

[Hennessy]

I've lived up here 17 years now and still haven't made it over to Finland, so this provides a nice excuse.

 

[UncleRisto]

I've lived up here 17 years now and still haven't made it over to Finland, so this provides a nice excuse.

I was gonna say, Swedes don't travel to Finland, do they?

 

[benzino]

I've lived up here 17 years now and still haven't made it over to Finland, so this provides a nice excuse.

34 years and only been on Silja/Viking line cruises never really set foot in Finland hehe.

 

[Hennessy]

I was gonna say, Swedes don't travel to Finland, do they?

For me, the excuse has mainly been that it's more of a pain in the ass than it should be. Thanks to Bothnia it's not just a straight shot over. I'd need to take a train up to Umeå, then catch a ferry to Vaasa, then another train down to Helsinki. That's a hassle. Flying out of Östersund can get pricey, and I'd need a connecting flight in Stockholm, anyway.
Contrast that with going to Denmark or Norway - for the former, I go down to Göteborg and catch a ferry across. For the latter, I take one of the most beautiful train trips you can be on and am in Trondheim in 4 hours.

So even though Finland is so close, it's felt far away. Still, I've often thought how silly it's been to have lived here this long and never gotten over. So this game will motivate me.

 

[Draisaitl]

Oh, near the Rautatieasema?

Yes! The finish word wasnt the first one that came to my mind


For those who are a little cheap on travelling and who come from Germany/Central Europe:
I‘ll be travelling by car from Berlin to Rostock or Lübeck, and take the boat from there. It’s like a little under 100 Bucks for a one way ticket(without car), i might even be able to smuggle one or two passengers onto the boat for free.

Mainly I‘m looking for good company and someone to drink while playing jokeri pokeri on deck 10

 

[Nzap]

For me, the excuse has mainly been that it's more of a pain in the ass than it should be. Thanks to Bothnia it's not just a straight shot over. I'd need to take a train up to Umeå, then catch a ferry to Vaasa, then another train down to Helsinki. That's a hassle. Flying out of Östersund can get pricey, and I'd need a connecting flight in Stockholm, anyway.
Contrast that with going to Denmark or Norway - for the former, I go down to Göteborg and catch a ferry across. For the latter, I take one of the most beautiful train trips you can be on and am in Trondheim in 4 hours.

So even though Finland is so close, it's felt far away. Still, I've often thought how silly it's been to have lived here this long and never gotten over. So this game will motivate me.

And to go to Finland you can go down to Gothenburg and catch a straight flight to Helsinki.....

 

[Freudian]

The Baltic Sea is between Sweden and Finland so it's a natural barrier to travel that's not there between Sweden and Norway/Denmark. There's probably also some big brother thing going on where Swedes expect (swedish-speaking) Finns to come to us rather than the other way around.

Also, we find the Finnish love for tango very suspicious. Don't know what's going on there.

 

[UncleRisto]

The Baltic Sea is between Sweden and Finland so it's a natural barrier to travel that's not there between Sweden and Norway/Denmark. There's probably also some big brother thing going on where Swedes expect (swedish-speaking) Finns to come to us rather than the other way around.

I definitely agree with this.

Also, we find the Finnish love for tango very suspicious. Don't know what's going on there.

I don't know what this is. Old people and Romanis?

 

[Soedy]

Definetly going. How's the nightife?

 

[UncleRisto]

Definetly going. How's the nightife?

Poor.

 

[Nzap]

Definetly going. How's the nightife?

If you like $10 beer and a poor atmosphere, you are gonna love it.

 

[Pokecheque]

What? There are no fun nightclubs in Finland?

 

[SirLoinOfCloth]

THIS. SHIT. IS. OFF. THE. HOOK.

 

[Pokecheque]