European tour of castles.

[Bereta_Eder]

What would be the top 10 castles of Europe worth visiting?

[Pekka]

Nothing I couldn't come and smash down. Go on. Build more. I smash them too.

[Bereta_Eder]

Pekka you know of any nice castles in Finland?

[Spiffor]

#1 - Versailles

The rest is irrelevant.

Thxbye

[Bereta_Eder]

come back here!

been there. I was thinking of something more "exotic".

[Pekka]

Yes I do. There are at least two NICE castles.

One is Suomenlinna, and one is Olavinlinna. They are both famous and nice.

http://www.suomenlinna.fi/index.php?lang=eng

lots of pics, check it out.. cool place.

Olavinlinna:

http://snor.joensuu.fi/olavinlinna/index_english.htm

go to image gallery and click the 'Tutustu' hyperlinks for assorted pics.

Naturally there are bunch of other castles too, but I'd say those are the two nicest ones. IN MY OPINION!

[Pekka]

versailles is for sissies anyway. We have the best castles. You can still smell the blood in the walls! And maybe get into some very kinky action in those dungeons.. oh yeah baby, you go and have a picnic in versailles when I can go and have sword action in any castle in here. I can get drunk in them, totally legally, and stab people. Can you do that in V? No you can't. That's why it's for sissies.

[Gangerolf]

Prague castle is nice. At least the stuff inside the walls (like the presidential palace and the sv. Vita cathedral) is pretty neat. Plus the view is great.

[Pekka]

that one is for sissies too. Little nicer than V, but still no match.

[laurentius]

I've never understood how Versailles qualifies as a castle anyway. Its more like a palace, just like the Winter Palace in St.Petersburg

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Pekka
Yes I do. There are at least two NICE castles.

One is Suomenlinna, and one is Olavinlinna. They are both famous and nice.

http://www.suomenlinna.fi/index.php?lang=eng

lots of pics, check it out.. cool place.

Olavinlinna:

http://snor.joensuu.fi/olavinlinna/index_english.htm

go to image gallery and click the 'Tutustu' hyperlinks for assorted pics.

Naturally there are bunch of other castles too, but I'd say those are the two nicest ones. IN MY OPINION!

Very nice!

So Suomenlinna is very near Helsinki as I read. Where is Olavinlinna situated in Finland?

[Gangerolf]

Oh and Trakai outside of Vilnius is

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
Oh and Trakai outside of Vilnius is

heh nice doesn't look scary at all. more cute like like legos

[Pekka]

Bereta_Eder, it's in Helsinki. The ferries go there all the time for cheap price, and you can get on one straight from downtown Helsinki. It's like right there.

Olavinlinna is in Savonlinna. By the way, linna = castle, if you are wondering.

You can also catch the world famous Savonlinna Opera Festival. It's pretty huge. Actually, if you're into Nightwish, the singer should be in the next Opera Festival, in that castle, singing some .. opera I think.

[Winston]

Just beware of the sites that aren't open to visitors.