De GPD [Deel CDXLI] - Flapdrol #DCCXLI ?

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Op woensdag 30 mei 2007 20:45 schreef JimmieTheSaint het volgende:

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Maar zijn er dan ook GPD'ers op lowlands?

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Op woensdag 30 mei 2007 23:02 schreef Nouk het volgende:
Aw! Wat romantisch .

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Op woensdag 30 mei 2007 23:06 schreef Cynic het volgende:

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ja nogal, in een tentje in de stromende regen tussen de rotzooi

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Op woensdag 30 mei 2007 23:13 schreef JimmieTheSaint het volgende:

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Dit keer met een echt luchtbed?

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Op donderdag 31 mei 2007 08:17 schreef Bosbeetle het volgende:
Ik ga niet naar lowlands dit jaar. Ik zit al volgepland.

mogguh trouwens.

en weber je laat het wel afweten met je fins woord van de dag

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Op donderdag 31 mei 2007 20:54 schreef Nouk het volgende:
Misschien iets in het Fins, SW?

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Op donderdag 31 mei 2007 20:55 schreef Nouk het volgende:
Verzin maar wat leuks!

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Op donderdag 31 mei 2007 21:11 schreef Nouk het volgende:
Heheheehe klopt het dan wel een beetje?

Die neem ik.

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Op vrijdag 1 juni 2007 11:48 schreef Bosbeetle het volgende:
nou is het woord van de dag zeker dronken bed engel of vrouw

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Op vrijdag 1 juni 2007 11:52 schreef Bosbeetle het volgende:

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;lastig lastig maar kom maar op met een nieuw woord !

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The Baltic Sea is crossed by several cruiseferry lines. Some important shipping companies are Viking Line, Silja Line, Tallink and Stena Line.

Northern Baltic Sea

The route between Sweden (Stockholm and Kapellskär), Åland (Mariehamn, Långnäs) and Finland (Turku, Helsinki) is a popular entertainment cruise.

Baltic routes are mostly trafficed by new ships purpose-built for the routes. Older cruiseferries from the Baltic serve as ferries on other seas, or in some cases, as cruise ships

Generally GTS Finnjet of 1977 is considered to have been the first cruiseferry, she was the first ferry to offer cruise-ship quality services and accommodations, and the first generation of cruiseferries operating from Finland to Sweden were highly influenced by Finnjet's interior and exterior designs. After the fall of the Soviet Union the route connecting Helsinki to Tallinn became highly lucrative, which led to Estonia-based company Tallink to grow and rival the two long-established companies, and eventually Tallink purchased Silja Line in 2006.

The size of Baltic cruiseferries is limited by various narrow passages in the Stockholm, Ålandian and Turku archipelagos, meaning ships not much in excess of 200 meters cannot traffic on these routes. The single narrowest point is Kustaanmiekka strait outside Helsinki, although ships making port at the city's west harbour do not have to pass through the strait. Viking and Silja Line have wished to keep their terminals in the South Harbour however as it is located right next to the city center. The largest ships to maintain scheduled service through the Kustaanmiekka strait are M/S Finnstar and her sisters with a length of 219 meters. The largest ship to have ever navigated though the narrows past Suomenlinna sea fortress was M/S Oriana (260 meters), but that was only possible due to extremely good weather conditions.

Tax-free sales

The expansion of the European Union has limited the growth of the industry as duty-free sales on intra-EU routes are no longer possible. However, as the Åland Islands are outside the EU customs zone, duty free sales are still possible on routes making a stop at Mariehamn or other harbours on the islands. Another popular destination is Estonia with its lower taxes on alcohol.

The ferries have been criticised because of the low prices of alcoholic beverages encourage passengers to become drunk and act irresponsibly. Due to the relatively cheap price of the cruises and availability of duty-free alcohol (which makes it considerably cheaper than on "land" as both Finland and Sweden have a relatively strict taxation of alcohol) many big parties involving vast amounts of alcohol drinking are held on the ships, one such party is the Finnish university students' party GOOM.

Bron: Wikipedia