Calcutta, India - Helsinki, Finland - Comparison and Distance between
Distance: 6,385 km / 3,968 miles
Calcutta, India
You are looking at Calcutta in India. The city has a population of 15481589 residents. It is located on 88.40 degrees longitude, and 22.57 latitude.
Calcutta , General info:
6/10
New name is KOLKATA - that is closer how it used to be pronounced in the native language - Bengali.
Airport code is still the old code CCU for Calcutta. The airport is on northeast corner of metro - also also called Dum Dum from the local township name.
If going by train, try station names of HOWRAH or SEALDAH - the latter is a friendlier terminus, but less trains go there. Howrah is the traditional rail terminus - on other side of river Ganges.
Calcutta , Cheap stuff:
9/10
Great food - whether Mughlai or sweets, and most reasonable price among metro Indian cities.
'Get Well' Clinic is the best as well as very cheap PHYSIOTHERPY & ACUPRESSURE Centre. You can get really sincer and dedicated treatment here.
Calcutta , Different stuff:
8/10
Tough driving and narrow / slow roads.
Calcutta , Don't miss:
10/10
Victoria Memorial.
Darjeeling - a hill town about 600 km north.
Digha - a seaside resort - about 4 hours drive
Calcutta , Food:
10/10
Great food everywhere in this city
Calcutta , Hotels:
8/10
Quite a few 4 and 5 star hotels
Calcutta , Safety:
7/10
Safer than other towns - but beware of pickpocketing.
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Helsinki, Finland
You are looking at Helsinki in Finland. The city has a population of 1162908 residents. It is located on 24.97 degrees longitude, and 60.17 latitude.
Helsinki , General info:
7/10
Good city to visit, not shoppers paradise but still.
Helsinki , Cheap stuff:
4/10
Expensive country if compared to sweden or other hifh level EU-countries, cheap for russians etc.
Helsinki , Different stuff:
6/10
It's almoust all the same.
Helsinki , Don't miss:
7/10
Art museums, museum of technology(tekniikan museo)
Helsinki , Food:
5/10
Nothing really special.
Helsinki , Hotels:
7/10
Scandinavian average
Helsinki , Safety:
10/10
Much safer than other EU-countries capitals. Polices are hard to find at central area, but there is a lot of security guards, so they can help.
User comments
wrong state again
Here also Michigan has been added as the state in which Helsinki is, and nothing could be further from the truth
June Miller, 2012-09-01 22:04:22
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