There are cities that are more dangerous for Finns than Riga

The daily Diena expresses annoyance with the Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat after the latter described Riga as the most dangerous destination in the world for Finnish tourists: "There are without doubt cities that are far more dangerous (not only for Finnish) tourists. In Mexico City, for example, even official travel guides advise tourists not to resist if someone tries to take their money from them because they could end up being shot - and (touch wood) things haven't gone that far here in Riga. The newspaper confines itself to citing a representative of the Finnish police who claimed that nowhere else did Finns fall victim to crime so systematically. However one should add that hardly any other city has so many Finnish visitors as Tallinn. But even if such information is exaggerated it is nonetheless better that tourists in general be warned. After all, even we residents of Riga can't guarantee that all our taxi drivers are honest."

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