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Running an Extra parkrun on Thursday in Helsinki, Finland. Ascension Day parkrun at Tokoinranta. 

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We weren't going to go to the Nordics extra day parkrun this year as it is a super busy time of year for us. Fortunately FOMO got too much and I found myself booking our flights about a month before it! I say that but realistically it was my lovely friend Nick who booked everything for us as he was undecided about whether to go too. We encouraged each other and before we knew it we were going. It was such a great decision as this was such a brilliant trip!
Tokoinranta parkrun is just North of Helsinki and is a beautiful city parkrun with so much to see. The bridge up and over the train line is a great contrast to the two beautiful bays you run next to. Running by Finlandia House and the fantastic little water wheel were definitely highlights! I'd definitely recommend this parkrun and would also suggest the ferry to Stockholm too as we absolutely loved it... But more of that in the next video!
Huge thanks to Oscar and his team for being so welcoming and making our Ascension Day parkrun so wonderful. They had to cut up the extra paper tokens while we ran! Absolute superstars!
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@mattmiller8139
@mattmiller8139 Месяц назад
Now that’s a parkrun course I’ve actually run at. I did Tokoinranta in July 2019 before the pandemic. I love that sausage dog ! There’s quite a few things you spot that us faster runners miss out on. If you do Tampere parkrun on another trip make sure you visit both the Moomin Museum & the Spy Museum (I think it is called the Vakoil Museum). Both are very interesting. Poppy would find the Moomin Museum enchanting. The Spy Museum has the umbrella that was used to kill the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov with a poisoned tip on Waterloo Bridge in 1978.
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns Месяц назад
Oh wow! They both sound super interesting! Thanks for the tips 😃
@gypsymuffinABZ
@gypsymuffinABZ 2 месяца назад
Always exciting when you earn a new parkrun country flag! What a brilliant adventure, thanks for sharing! 🇫🇮
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
When I was editing this I was like: Nicola! You don't need to say how excited you are THAT many times! 🤣 But a new flag is super exciting! Especially when it's that parkrun has taken you somewhere you've never been before 😃🇫🇮
@virtuocitygowf7272
@virtuocitygowf7272 2 месяца назад
My wife says that Poppy has taken a stretch. That’s when you know we’re fans 😂
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
Awww love this! I think your wife is right! I think my days as the tallest person in this family are numbered 🙃😃🤣
@chchedda
@chchedda 2 месяца назад
Think i need to start doing park runs just so i have a excuse to travel 😁 Love your positivity of your channel ☺️
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
Awww thanks 🤗 I definitely use parkrun as an excuse to explore the world! 😃
@richsullivan1950
@richsullivan1950 2 месяца назад
Bit of a Thursday change of scenery Nicola. That waterwheel USB charger is positively inspired. Top marks for the Finnish Line gag
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
Oh yay! Thanks! I thought it'd be a groan for the finish/Finnish line 🤣🤣🤣 so I'm now like 😃🎉🙌🏼 it amused me greatly 😂 I'm absolutely in love with that mini waterwheel, it's mesmerising too 😍
@eddiegaul1903
@eddiegaul1903 2 месяца назад
Wow, what an awesome trip. Thanks for taking me along and that was pretty cool about the free charging station. Hard to believe it is still that cold there. It is already shorts / t-shirt weather here in the mountain west of the US. Also, nice work in taking advantage of a Thursday 5K like that. Can't wait to see the next installment of your adventure.
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
Thanks Eddie, yes it was ridiculously hot in the UK as we left and then super cold in Finland! 🥶🇫🇮🙃 I'm absolutely in love with that free charging station! Plus it's so beautiful 🤩
@barnabynorman157
@barnabynorman157 13 дней назад
Aww that looked like such a fun adventure. I love the course - trains and lake - what more does one need? Love a sleepover boat too! Thank you for sharing,
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 11 дней назад
The ferry was honestly brilliant! I'd definitely do it again 😃
@taffman1
@taffman1 2 месяца назад
Finland looks lovely.
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
It is! 😍 I wish we'd had longer to explore 🙃
@user-eg3tj3sr9d
@user-eg3tj3sr9d 2 месяца назад
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video. Love watching the fellow parkrun travellers. Andrew. Sydney
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
Thanks so much Andrew 🤗 It's a bit easier for us to tick off parkrun countries than you hey?! 😳
@NathanHeaver
@NathanHeaver 2 месяца назад
This was one of the parkruns I did last year glad you got to try out the finland experience
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
Your trip last year sounded awesome 😎 I loved Finland 🇫🇮
@clareevans8516
@clareevans8516 2 месяца назад
I've been waiting for this one, I'm going in August and can't wait
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
Ooh I'm excited for you! Helsinki is gorgeous 🤩
@northernpacingvolunteers4959
@northernpacingvolunteers4959 2 месяца назад
Loved this. Loved this. Loved this.
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
The video, the adventure, or both?! Thanks for a great trip 😃😃😃
@crystalball383
@crystalball383 2 месяца назад
Congratulations on your adventure in the Nordics!
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
Thanks, we absolutely loved it! 😃
@richardbuck1729
@richardbuck1729 2 месяца назад
That ferry room decor was a choice someone made 🤔 My grandparents had toilets that colour 🤣
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
This is such a funny comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it's a total throwback isn't it?! 😂 We loved our little cabin though, it was so cosy and the beds were really comfortable! 😃
@KalleKilponen
@KalleKilponen 2 месяца назад
M/S Gabriella started her passenger service in 1992 and especially the budget cabins tend to show her age.
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
@@KalleKilponen she's brilliant! She's not as old as me 🤷🏻‍♀️ still young 😜
@geoffh2560
@geoffh2560 2 месяца назад
What an exciting trip! We've not done a parkrun overseas yet... but we're doing the parkrun alphabet challenge so...a trip to a Z will need to be done at some point!!
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
Ooh I'm excited for you because parkruns abroad are ridiculously exciting! I love the adventure 😃
@user-uw8dm8nk3c
@user-uw8dm8nk3c 2 месяца назад
Aaaaw, next time you come, please let me know, I will come and run with you.
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
I'd absolutely love to come back 😃🇫🇮 Wish we had longer there this time!
@user-uw8dm8nk3c
@user-uw8dm8nk3c 2 месяца назад
@@NicolaRuns that parkrun is near my job (I work opposite that round building), but my home parkrun is in Espoo. It is along forest paths, you would love it.
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
@@user-uw8dm8nk3c ooh it sounds beautiful 😍 I love running through trees 😃
@61js
@61js 2 месяца назад
Ha ha, I see you bumped into Andrew Pick ( I just watched his video), fellow youtuber and serial parkrun tourist enthusiast😂.
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
That's so funny! I totally forgot about that! It was a true whirlwind whistle stop tour and then we rushed back for the Leeds marathon and for Poppy's SATs! Crazy! 🙃
@nolavout3025
@nolavout3025 2 месяца назад
I dont know where you get your stamina from!!!!
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
I'm pretty exhausted after this trip then the Leeds marathon and then racing a 10km 2 days later 🤣 I think I need a few days of rest! 😳🥵
@bren70ssss94
@bren70ssss94 2 месяца назад
​@@NicolaRunsyeah , like that's gonna happen 😂😂
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 месяца назад
@@bren70ssss94 lol you know me too well 🤣🤣🤣
@ThomasCoryate
@ThomasCoryate 6 дней назад
Parkrun: how to take a hobby that doesn't involve cars, and add cars. And in this case international plane travel.
@NicolaRuns
@NicolaRuns 2 дня назад
parkrun can be exactly what you want it to be. Small and local or a holiday 😃 and anywhere in between 🙃
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