Yesterday we went on a day cruise to Åland with Eckerölinjen. Peter's dad turned 80 and we had been told that he and Peter's mum would go on a cruise with Peter's uncle. The three sons (Peter and his brothers) decided to surprise us by secretly appearing on the boat with their wives and children ...
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Outside Espoo, not far from Helsinki, you'll find the Haltia Nature Centre. To come here is to really experience Finland's nature, without having to travel very far from the capital. This is our final post from our trip to Finland in January 2016 - join us in the bitter cold, ancient Finnish mythology and... rippling summer streams.
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Can you eat well in Finland? What do you think of when you hear "Finnish food"? I guess I used to think of Karelian pies, carrot box or maybe some bland everyday meat and potato dish. But now I know that Finnish cuisine has more to offer than that.
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We visited Matka - Northern Europe's largest travel fair. On 21-24 January, the doors opened at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre to 1000 exhibitors from 80 countries. At the same time it was time for a conference and meeting for over 50 travel bloggers from Europe and Asia to meet through the Nordic Travel Experience (NBE). If we were busy ...? Yes, you can safely say that!
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When we were in Turku we visited Koulu, or "Skolan" as it is called in Swedish. It doesn't sound like much fun, but the old girls' school now houses a brewery and a restaurant, and here we got to take part in a beer tasting!
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Are you a foodie and thinking of travelling to Turku? Then you should definitely plan a visit to the Turku Market Hall, or Kauppahalli as it is called in Finnish. Here you will find everything from fish and seafood to Karelian pies and pastries. We took the opportunity to try two local specialities that we highly recommend!
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Yesterday we visited the Art Bank art museum, which turned out to have some real surprises. The day before yesterday we tried some of the most typical winter activities in the Turku archipelago: ice fishing and sauna bathing. Yesterday it was time to continue exploring the archipelago outside Turku. We started in Korpo, where a barefoot trail in the forest offered unexpected surprises. Then we went to an art museum with an impressive collection in Pargas.
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At lunchtime yesterday we landed at Helsinki airport. It was not quite as cold as we had been warned, but minus degrees, wintry and sunny. We were picked up by a minibus with organisers from Visit Turku and a bunch of travel bloggers from Finland, Estonia, Poland, Germany, UK and China. And so it was off to the Turku archipelago ...
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