Finland is not only the land of lakes, but forests, too. About 65 % of our country is covered with forest: mostly of birch, pine and spruce. We both come from forestry regions: Laura is born in the lakeland area, and Rimma up north, in Kainuu. We have spent our childhoods running around in the […]
A few things I love about Helsinki
I’ve been to many great cities, but none of them have yet beaten Helsinki. I’m a “junantuoma”. That translates to brought by a train, which is a saying used by the original Helsinkians to describe the people who were not born here. I have only lived in Helsinki for about six years, so one might say […]