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The Arctic Circle – Winter’s Disneyland
I have never been to Disneyland but I imagine that it is a little like the Arctic Circle in December. Manic children, frazzled parents, staff in costume, a babel of languages. Just outside the town of Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Finland, Lapland, Photography, Travel, Winter
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Exploring downtown Helsinki and Suomenlinna – a belated Happy Birthday to Finland
On the 6th of December Finland celebrated 100 years as an independent nation and, in honour of the country’s centenary, I thought it high time to return and complete the record of our adventures at the end of August. After … Continue reading
Coveting Finnish design classics – Viikki district, Helsinki
Helsinki is an architecture lover’s dream. There are modernist buildings, functionalist buildings, examples of the Neo-classical, the Byzantine-Russian and the greatest number of Art Nouveau buildings in Northern Europe. And it’s not just design classics of the past that are … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Design, Finland, Photography, Travel
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Harnessing the power of nature – a visit to Helsinki’s Museum of Technology
Helsinki’s Museum of Technology is, appropriately, housed in an old water treatment plant in the city’s Viikki district. Here the Vanhankaupunginlahti rapids thunder their way towards the sea as the river widens in to an estuary. It is the perfect place … Continue reading
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Celebrating Finnish Nature Day – Viikki district, Helsinki
2017 sees Finland celebrate its 100th birthday and the year is being marked by a series of national events. 100 days ahead of the 100th independence day it was Nature Day’s turn in the celebratory calendar and we happened to … Continue reading
Seeking out the little details – a day trip to Tallinn, Estonia
It has been six years since I spent a memorable few hours in the company of a couple of hundred drunken, karaoke singing, tango dancing Finns as our ferry cut its way through the ice encrusted sea between Helsinki and … Continue reading
Nature’s Bounty – Foraging in Finland
The first time I visited Finland the forest had been covered in snow. This was not the light dusting that softens the edges of my home city on rare winter days, but a thick eiderdown, disguising shapes, hiding obstacles, obscuring … Continue reading
Embracing calm at the cabin – Finland
There are times when the world seems to stop for an instant, everything falls silent, we find ourselves able to breathe more deeply, and a flood of contentment rushes in with the fresh air. In these brief windows of calm I am overwhelmed … Continue reading
Finland – flashfoward and flashback
Second only to travel itself, I love the anticipation of travel: the building excitement as a long awaited trip draws nearer; the adrenaline of a last minute decision to book; the pleasing intricacies of itinerary research; lying awake at night … Continue reading
Flashback Friday – A frozen fairyland – Tallinn, Estonia
Knowing someone in a country can make a real difference to your travel experience. They can alert you to things that you would otherwise have missed out on. In February 2011 we spent a week visiting a Finnish friend in … Continue reading
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Tagged Estonia, Finland, Photography, Tallinn, Travel, Winter
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