Welcome to our posts about Finland – that so-called cold country (it’s actually warm in summer) in the north of Europe. It’s the home of Santa Claus, the sauna, white summer nights, and a lot of dedicated ice-hockey fans.
Join us while we discover what Finland has to offer – from delicious food to funny incidents. Don’t forget to leave a comment if you have any questions or thoughts!
Visited: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
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Lakeaharju is a hill in the forests of Vimpeli Municipality in the Southern Ostrobothnia Region of Western Finland. The hill’s peaks reach a height of 175 meters and it is home to a skiing center that was opened in 1976. The ski slopes and the hill offer a view of the lake Lappajärvi, a quite…
Kime is a town in northern Finland, in the Lapland region. It is a town with an important harbor along the coast of the Gulf of Bothna. This is where the river Kemijoki enters the Baltic Sea. This is a monolingual part of Finland, with Finnish being the majority language for the around 19.300 inhabitants….
Tuuri is a village in Alavus Municipality in Western Finland, a part of the Southern Ostrobothnia Region. The village is home to a population of around 780 inhabitants and the second-largest department store in Finland – the Veljekset Keskinen. As a symbol for Tuuri, meaning “luck” in Finnish, a large horse shore stands next to…
Kalajoki is a town along the Finnish coast towards the Gulf of Bothnia, in the Northern Ostrobothnia Region of Finland. Kalajoki is home to around 12.400 inhabitants, and the area is almost unilingually Finnish-speaking. The town is probably best known for the nearby beach resort area of Kalajoen Hietasärkät, attracting visitors from near and far….
Alavus is a town in Western Finland and is the seat of the local municipality with the same name. The town and municipality is also known by its Swedish name Alavo and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia Region. However, the municipality’s population of around 10.800 is almost entirely Finnish-speaking. Around 4.000 of these people…
Masku is a small town in southwestern Finland, just a few kilometers north of Turku. The name has previously also been spelled as Masko in Swedish, but the around 9600 municipality inhabitants are almost entirely Finnish speaking today, with only 1% having Swedish as their main language. Masku has developed into a smaller commercial center…
Kilpisjärvi is a village in the far north of Finland, with Norway and Sweden as close neighbors. It is a gateway to the Arctic with one of the main roads passing through connecting Sweden and Finland with the northern Norwegian regions of Troms and Finnmark. It is also the gateway to the three-country cairn, the…
Kokkola is a town in northern Finland, in the region of Central Ostrobothnia of which it is the capital. The municipality has a large Swedish-speaking minority of around 12% and the town is also well-known by its Swedish name Karleby. The town lies along the coast of the Baltic Sea, or rather the Gulf of…
Sastamala is a town in southwestern Finland, in the region of Pirkanmaa. It lies on the shores of the river Kokemäenjoki, a river that enters the Gulf of Bothnia at Pori. Sastamala was earlier known as Vammala, the new town was created in 2009 when the municipalities of Vammala, Mouhijärvi, and Äetsä were merged. The…
Kolmen Valtakunnan Rajapyykki is the westernmost point of the mainland of Finland. It is also the northernmost border tripoint in the world. Here in the remote part of the Nordics, within the Arctic, the borders between Finland, Norway, and Sweden meet. In English this is the “landmark of the Three Kingdoms”, referring to the previous…
Karesuvanto is a small settlement in northern Finland, in the Enontekiö municipality in Finnish Lapland. It lies at the border with Sweden, with its sister village Karesuando just across the Muonio River. The Sámi name of the village is Gárasavvon and it is a part of the cultural Sámi region of Sápmi, an area that spans…
The Easter holiday is a great time to spend some time away. Last year we took the opportunity to join Susann’s parents on a road trip to eastern Finland. The main objective was to see the Saipa Line and reach the town of Imatra. From there, the plan was to return via the beautiful roads…