Mad 4 Eira

Maybe the title is a bit misleading since Eira is a part of Helsinki. The place I’m writing about today is not in Finland, even though rumours say this place too had been visited by the Vikings. A little island in the Atlantic ocean, 520km west of Morocco, first inhabited by Portuguese settlers in the […]

Oulu, an introduction

What do you know of Oulu? The extent of my knowledge before going there: There is a special monument there of a fat policeman called the Toripolliisi. The Finnish Eurovision band Blind Channel are from there. It’s in the north of Finland. It has a beautiful famous island called Hailuoto nearby which must be visited. […]

Trampere

Tampere is becoming the second city in Finland sporting a tram! Since trams are amazing, and since we have now visited different kinds of Tampere trams two years running, here is a new post. The first trams trundled the streets of Finland (pulled by horses) at the end of the 19th century. There were trams […]