The Republic of Finland is one of the Nordic countries. The country is inhabited of people with unique charm and guts that themself are a genuine tourist attraction.
The magic midnight sun in Oulu, northern Finland, creates an unique atmosphere. Since nights during the Finnish summer are almost as light as day, you can party all night long under a beautiful golden glow stretched across the horizon.
Tried to make most out of it during these extra hours of light. Partying under the midnight sun in Finland is like standing in the spotlight on a scene. Everybody standing out in the night are shining and the magic light are really turning them on.
If a volunteer-run wood burning sauna floating on a raft off the banks of magnificent Oulujoki River doesn't show you how serious Finns are about their saunas, nothing will. Experiencing the Kesän Floating Sauna, you will be encharged by sisu and never forget Oulu.
Experienced beautiful Helsinki in October 2021 by strolling around squares, museums, churches, architectural wonders and parks. Got insight into Finnish life and culture. A vacation in Helsinki can easily be turned into a great adventure.
Kalajoki's golden sand dunes and magic midnight sun is really something to experience: strong yellow light and dark blue clouds (3rd July 2016). Strolled along the shoreline in the late evening and enjoyed the incredible change from daytime in the nature of the light. The sun took on a yellow colour - almost like during sunrise or sunset - and everything around me bathed in an unimaginably warm, bright light.
Flying high in Pakka Adventure Park, Kalajoki: took the Mega Zipline, the longest zipline in Finland (4th July 2016). Jumped out from the top of the X-Tower (32 metre tall), and got a magnificient overview over the Kalajoki Sand Dunes for an incredible 330 metre stretch!
Wandered today into the wilderness at Koiteli, in the region of Oulu, Finland. Here you can hike, fish, enjoy the great outdoors and have a picnic at a designated spot. It's also fun canoeing down the roaring rapids - a real whitewater experience.
Came upon these bull moose grazing on a field of rapeseed in southwest Finland (July 2016) - kings of the forest. They usually shelter in dense forest during the daytime, feeding on forest plants. These mighty animals are easiest to spot when they occasionally venture out of the trees to graze on marshes, meadows and fields around dawn and dusk.
The Rokua Geopark offers an unique combination of geology, nature and culture on the Northern hemisphere not far away from the Arctic Circle. Here we travelled through landforms shaped by the Ice Age: glacial ridges, pine and lichen-clad heaths, kettle holes and small ponds filled with crystal clear water.
The fairytale winter world at different places around Kaarina and Turku. Visit the region of Kaarina and Turku during wintertime and discover the wildlife in natural souroundings.
The large prisoner of war camp here in village Metsäkylä, Metsakyla, near the town Taivalkoski, was called Korvua Camp and the route for the railway was called the Korvua Route. This was a concentration of camp areas for personnel from where prisoner workers and other men were transported as needed to other camps along the trench railway.
In the small store Metsäkylän Kyllkäkup in the village Metsäkylä, Metsakyla, near the town Taivalkoski, in the northern Finland, I got in contact with a local person. We started to talk about the ongoing World Championship in football in Brazil (July 2014), but after a while our conversation switched over to a even more serious subject: Finnish war history. Eagerly he startet to tell me about dramatic events during the Second World War deep in the forest just outside his home. He said: this was the part of the history few Finnish know about or wantet to forget. What happened here in the middle of nowhere?
