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 […]
We visited Kolmården Wildlife Park a few weeks ago during Easter. At the time, they had just opened for the season and the theme park area for kids, known as the World of Bamse, was crowded with long queues for many of the attractions. We visited the park again yesterday […]
Ödsmål is a small locality of around 1400 inhabitants on the western coast of Sweden, in the historical province of Bohuslän. It is slightly north of Stenungsund, the seat of the municipality. Many people are familiar with this locality for the Ödsmål Bridge (Ödsmålsbron), a massive highway bridge of the […]
Gimo is a small industrial-focused locality in the province of Uppland. Gimo and its 2.800 inhabitants are today a part of Östhammar Municipality in Uppsala County. However, its current size might hide the large industrial past and present. This is a former company town that once had ironworks at its […]