One of the things everyone going to Åland should do is enjoy nature. Ramsholmen is a nature reserve located only a few kilometers from the island’s capital Mariehamn. Here you can take a walk around the reserve to relish the green and lushy nature, with flowers everywhere during the summertime and […]
The Vårdö Church is a 15th-century stone church, also known as the stone chapel Sundsskären. It is a part of the Sund-Vårdö Congregation, which belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It is on the island of Lövö in Vårdö Municipality in the northeastern part of the Åland Islands. […]
Welcome to the home of Moomin! This is Naantali, in Swedish Nådendal, in south-western Finland. This seaside resort town has become famous worldwide due to the Moomin World theme park. With a population of around 20.000 inhabitants, it is a quiet small town, but the temporary population of both the […]
We are asking for your help to try to find a stolen sculpture by Finnish artist Vesa Huumonen (1951-2021). Feel free to share this post and let’s hope that this piece of art finds its way back to its owner, the artist’s widow, and Susann’s aunt. 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 ⬇️ The […]
Hyvinkää, also known by its Swedish name Hyvinge, is a city in the region of Uusimma in Finland. With a population of around 47.000 inhabitants, it is the sixth-largest urban center in the region and home to the headquarters of companies such as Ahsell and KONE. It is the city’s […]
Xemxija is a village along the western shores of Xemxija Bay, a small bay within the much larger St. Paul’s Bay. The village is today considered a suburb, making up the western parts of the town St. Paul’s Bay, a popular seaside resort town in the northern part of Malta. […]
Mäntsälä is a village of around 11.000 inhabitants north of the Finnish capital, Helsinki. It is the administrative center of the municipality with the same name and it is in the Uusimaa region. Its location along an intersection between several larger roads has been an important part of the village’s […]
Vira Bruk, also known as Wira Bruk, is a small settlement in the historical province of Uppland. It is in Österåker Municipality, just to the northeast of the Swedish capital Stockholm. The village is the location of a former ironworks that was once the center of the production of swords […]
Today we are looking back at our trip to Skaraborg last year. During the spring and summer of 2021, we enjoyed many trips, both short and long. We really tried to be as careful as possible since the outbreak of the pandemic, especially after almost getting stuck on the island […]
Badhusparken, or the Bath House Park, is one of the older tourist spots in Mariehamn. It also has another name, Engelska parken, the English Park. There are some rather prominent buildings in the park. It is home to the bathhouse pavilion, the Swedish consulate, “Doktorsvillan”, and Åland Maritime Museum. It […]
A bit inland from the Swedish western coast is the locality of Ödsmål. From here it is not far to the community of Talbo. It is along the shores of the lake Stora Hällungen and it has easy access to the surrounding nature. There are around 30 year-around inhabitants here, […]
Now it’s time for us to tell you about a place that might get you to forget Silicon Valley for a few seconds. Kycklingedalen is a small community on the outskirts of the locality Ödsmål. If you translate the name from Swedish, it means the Chicken Valley in English. This […]