Hundreds of years ago, sometime during the Bronze Age in Finland, hunters and other nomads used to come to a place called Eräpyhä (erä meaning something like wilderness and pyhä meaning holy). There they used to rest, gain strength and sacrifice to…
Hundreds of years ago, sometime during the Bronze Age in Finland, hunters and other nomads used to come to a place called Eräpyhä (erä meaning something like wilderness and pyhä meaning holy). There they used to rest, gain strength and sacrifice to…
Brunching has become a popular Saturday and Sunday tradition in Tampere, and there are several places to get your belly full: Café Fazer, Pella’s Café, Restaurant Henriks and many more. For me the perfect brunch consists of a smorgasbord of…
I’ve now been a bit over a month in Finland. I’ve enjoyed the company of my family, seen my friends, had overload of all Finnish rye bread varieties and dairy products and visited some very beautiful national parks and other…
One of the best ways of exploring new places, is to rent a bike and have a ride while enjoying the exercise and fresh air at the same time. My favourite scenic ride in Tampere is route that takes you around…
When you arrive to a new place and you see a gate that greets you with “Welcome to hell“, you can be sure that you haven’t travelled there for nothing. Helvetinjärvi (Hell’s Lake) national park is located just 40 minutes drive…
If you ask me, there is not a thing more Finnish than the sauna. It might be the only Finnish word that has made its way into the English language (if in Finland, make sure to pronounce it “să’ ū…
I am sitting on a plane after travelling continuously for the past 30 hours. My internal clock is totally confused and it still thinks that it is the morning of this same day when I was a at Queen Victoria Market…