Category Archives: Finland

Exploring downtown Helsinki and Suomenlinna – a belated Happy Birthday to Finland

Posted on December 15, 2017 by

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 →

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Coveting Finnish design classics – Viikki district, Helsinki

Posted on October 30, 2017 by

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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Harnessing the power of nature – a visit to Helsinki’s Museum of Technology

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

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

Posted on October 11, 2017 by

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 →

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Seeking out the little details – a day trip to Tallinn, Estonia

Posted on October 4, 2017 by

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 →

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Nature’s Bounty – Foraging in Finland

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

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 →

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Embracing calm at the cabin – Finland

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

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 →

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