Nastola is a small village in the region of Päijänne Tavastia in southern Finland. It was for a long time the seat of its own municipality but is since 2016 a part of Lahti Municipality. The urban area in the village has approximately 12.000 inhabitants, . These figures include a few nearby villages as well….
Kustavi is a village along the Baltic Sea coast in southwestern Finland. Even though it is unilingually Finnish, it is also known by its Swedish name Gustavs. The village is the seat of the local municipality and a gateway to the Åland Archipelago. The Kustavi Municipality is one of the smallest in Finland, with almost…
Right next to the border between Finland and Sweden you will find the town of Tornio. Together with its twin city Haparanda, just across the border, it creates one of a few urban areas this far north in Europe. Tornio is the seat of the local municipality, a municipality that has a population of around…
Uusikaupunki is a town in Southwestern Finland, along the coast of the Baltic Sea. Founded at the time the area was still a part of Sweden, it is also known by its Swedish name Nystad. Both versions of the name mean “the new town”. It is a town with a long tradition of building wooden…
Welcome to the southernmost point in Finland with the midnight sun! This is Aavasaksa, a hill as well as a settlement in Finnish Lapland. Directly at the border with Sweden, the distinct hill makes it possible to see far into both countries. The hill has a height of 242 meters and is home to the…
Welcome to Turku! It is the oldest town in Finland and its former capital. Known by many by its Swedish name Åbo, this town has a long history, being a part of Sweden, Russia, and eventually Finland. Turku is today the center of the sixth-largest municipality in Finland, with a population of around 195.000 inhabitants….
Welcome to the home of Moomin! This is Naantali, in Swedish Nådendal, in southwestern 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 town and the surrounding archipelago…
Hyvinkää, known in Swedish as Hyvinge, is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland. With a population of around 47,000 inhabitants, it is the sixth-largest urban center in the region. The city is located approximately 50 kilometers north of the capital, Helsinki. Hyvinkää is a major commercial and industrial hub, and…
Mäntsälä is a municipality and a locality of around 11,800 inhabitants in the Uusimaa region of Finland. The municipality as a whole has a population of over 20,000 residents. Its location along an intersection between several larger roads has been an important part of the locality’s more recent development. The old main road between Helsinki…
Earlier this year Susann received the news that she was going to the London Book Fair in early April. At the same time, I started to think about what Little A and I would do while she was gone. The first thing on the agenda was to request a week of vacation. The last time…
Have you heard about the Moomins? If you have, then you have probably heard of Naantali or Nådendal (the Swedish name) as well. It is here that the amusement park dedicated to the white creatures is located. We are back in Sweden after a week in neighboring Finland. We visited Lahti for most of the…
We had a great holiday plan when we entered the ferry last Tuesday evening. Our plan was to see as many places as possible and visit relatives. Oh well, sometimes life doesn’t go the way you want it to go. The cold hit Little A first. As a result, we all slept poorly as she…