Customized Tour
Group Leader's name: Lynn Murray-Chandler
Requested return date: 5/23/2023
The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you. Every detail from local restaurants to cultural discoveries has been customized by your professor for your group. Take a look at your personal itinerary for a sneak peek of what's in store.
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Finland
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Day 2: Helsinki
Meet your Field Director at the destination airportTake a walking tour of Helsinki
With your Tour Director you will see:
- Government House, the executive office building
- Helsinki University, the oldest university in Finland
- Uspenski Cathedral, the largest orthodox church in Western Europe
Enjoy dinner in Helsinki
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Day 3: Helsinki
Take a guided tour of Helsinki
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Parliament, one of Helsinki's most notable landmarks
- Temppeliaukio Church, built directly out of a rock and often used as a concert venue
🔹 Guided learning & industry experience: Participate in a Finnish education workshop and learn about the innovative education practices that have put the country’s education system on the map
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Day 4: Helsinki
🔹 Cultural engagement & industry experience: Visit a local school and examine the methods that lead to high results on PISA and other forms of student assessment
Enjoy lunch at the school canteen and try traditional Finnish cuisine
🔹 Independent exploration: Spend time exploring Helsinki on your own
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Day 5: Helsinki • Night ferry
Visit a local library and check out one of the best reference centers and reserves of national collections in Helsinki
Meet a local guide in Kuusijärvi, a popular all-season outdoor recreational center located in southern Finland
Here, take a trip to a public sauna, followed by a dip in the lake, to experience an important part of Finnish culture
Take a short walk through the forest and cap off your afternoon with a lunch of traditional smoked salmon and sausage
Travel to Stockholm by overnight ferry
Enjoy dinner on the ferry
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Day 6: Night ferry • Stockholm
🔹 Guided learning: Tour Stockholm with an expert local guide
- See the Vasa Ship, a well-restored 17th-century eight-level war ship that sank before even leaving its harbor
- See the City Hall, the venue for the Nobel Prize banquet held each year
Enjoy dinner in Stockholm
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Day 7: Stockholm
🔹 Cultural engagement & industry experience: Visit a local school to better understand Swedish education systems
Take a walking tour of Stockholm
With your Tour Director you will see:
- Gamla Stan (Old Town)
- Järntorget, its famous square, which was home to the city’s copper and iron trade in the 16th and 17th centuries
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Day 8: Depart for home
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Finland
-
Day 2: Helsinki
Meet your Field Director at the destination airportTake a walking tour of Helsinki
With your Tour Director you will see:
- Government House, the executive office building
- Helsinki University, the oldest university in Finland
- Uspenski Cathedral, the largest orthodox church in Western Europe
Enjoy dinner in Helsinki
-
Day 3: Helsinki
Take a guided tour of Helsinki
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Parliament, one of Helsinki's most notable landmarks
- Temppeliaukio Church, built directly out of a rock and often used as a concert venue
🔹 Guided learning & industry experience: Participate in a Finnish education workshop and learn about the innovative education practices that have put the country’s education system on the map
-
Day 4: Helsinki
🔹 Cultural engagement & industry experience: Visit a local school and examine the methods that lead to high results on PISA and other forms of student assessment
Enjoy lunch at the school canteen and try traditional Finnish cuisine
🔹 Independent exploration: Spend time exploring Helsinki on your own
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Day 5: Helsinki • Night ferry
Visit a local library and check out one of the best reference centers and reserves of national collections in Helsinki
Meet a local guide in Kuusijärvi, a popular all-season outdoor recreational center located in southern Finland
Here, take a trip to a public sauna, followed by a dip in the lake, to experience an important part of Finnish culture
Take a short walk through the forest and cap off your afternoon with a lunch of traditional smoked salmon and sausage
Travel to Stockholm by overnight ferry
Enjoy dinner on the ferry
-
Day 6: Night ferry • Stockholm
🔹 Guided learning: Tour Stockholm with an expert local guide
- See the Vasa Ship, a well-restored 17th-century eight-level war ship that sank before even leaving its harbor
- See the City Hall, the venue for the Nobel Prize banquet held each year
Enjoy dinner in Stockholm
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Day 7: Stockholm
🔹 Cultural engagement & industry experience: Visit a local school to better understand Swedish education systems
Take a walking tour of Stockholm
With your Tour Director you will see:
- Gamla Stan (Old Town)
- Järntorget, its famous square, which was home to the city’s copper and iron trade in the 16th and 17th centuries
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Day 8: Depart for home
Building skills for a global world
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| Â 97% growth in the number of students who were confident navigating unfamiliar places post study abroad.1 | Â 93% of students who studied abroad and entered the workforce were employed within 6 months of graduation, compared to 49% who did not study abroad.2 | Â Students who studied abroad saw 100% greater improvement in GPA.3 |
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*Sources: 1: EF Study Abroad Program Impact 2018; 2: IES Abroad 2015; 3: Georgia Learning Outcomes of Students Studying Abroad Research Initiative 2010Â Â
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