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Sodankylä, or Sodankylän kirkonkylä, is the central village of the Sodankylä Municipality within Finnish Lapland. Around 4.800 people live in this small urban area in northern Finland. This is the church village of the former parish, which is the actual translation of “kirkonkylä”. The center of the village lies between the rivers Kitinen and Jeesiöjoki….
Looking for gold? You are not alone, especially if you visit Tankavaara. This is a village in northern Finland, within the Sodankylä Municipality of Finnish Lapland. This is known as the “Gold Village”, or Tankavaaran Kultakylä in Finnish, and is today a tourist attraction. Who knows, maybe you will find gold and maybe you will…
Saariselkä is a resort village in northern Finland, in the region of Lapland. Its main attraction is the ski center along the slopes of the two nearby mountains of Kaunispää and Iisakkipää. The village is home to several hotels and separate lodges. Reindeer walks the streets and tourists come for either skiing or summer activities…
Borås is a town in the province of Västergötland in southwestern Sweden. It has historically been an industrial town, famous for its textile production. The actual production have mostly ceased, but the fashion industry is still present. This is mostly due to the many mail order businesses that have found their home here. The result…
Kuusamo is a town in northern Finland, in the eastern part of the region of Northern Ostrobothnia. To its north lies Finnish Lapland while not far to the east is the border with Russia. The town is one of Finland’s large tourist hubs and the surrounding area includes places such as Ruka, one of the…
Kaunispää is a mountain just to the north of Saariselkä in Finnish Lapland. This is the reindeer country of northern Finland, with the possibility to see reindeer herds grazing. The mountain itself reaches an altitude of 438 meters and offers a great view of the surrounding area. The possibility to see unobstructed for kilometers resulted…
Hyrynsalmi is a municipality and locality in the Kainuu Region in Northern Finland. It is an unilingual municipality with Finnish as its main language. The urban settlement of around 1200 inhabitants lies along the southern shores of the lake Hyrynjärvi, with the smaller lake Salmijarvi just to the east. Hyrynsalmi is probably best known for…
Kemijärvi is a town in northern Finland, in the province of Finnish Lapland. It lies along the shores of the lake that shares its name. The town is the seat of the local municipality, a municipality of around 6.900 inhabitants. Around 4.300 people live in the town. Since receiving its town status in 1973, Kemijärvi…
My adventure in Slovakia might have come to an end. The Easter adventure was, however, not over. While I was in Slovakia, Susann and Little A had been enjoying the school break on the Åland Islands. It was the wish of Little A. She wanted to spend the week with at her grandparents so that…
The third stage of my Slovak Adventure had come to an end. It was time to leave the eastern part of Slovakia and head back towards Bratislava. It was already Thursday morning, a whole week after I had left Sweden. Early the next morning I was going to travel back to Vienna International Airport and…
It was Tuesday morning as I boarded the train in Liptovský Mikuláš. My Slovak Adventure had taken me from Bratislava to the northern part of Slovakia. It was now finally time to head to the eastern part of the country. We never went further east than Žilina when we lived in Bratislava. So it was…
It was early Sunday morning and my visit to Bratislava had come to an end. It was time to head out and explore other parts of Slovakia. The Slovak Adventure of 2025 had not come to an end, it was still just beginning. It was time to board a train to Považská Bystrica, a city…