Here are a few to do tips in Helsinki for the next weeks or so: Restaurant Day, (ravintolapäivä) tomorrow, May 21st turns the city to an open-air restaurant. Anyone wishing to do so can run a pop-up restaurant for a day, on every other day, the hygiene & other regulations forbid this. This link should […]
Month: toukokuu 2016
Swimming in Helsinki: Pools, beaches & Aqua parks
As the sun becomes more generous in this corner of the world, it is time to make the most of it. Here are a few suggestions of pools, beaches, ponds, river banks, and aqua parks in the Helsinki region. The journey planner helps you to find your way to all of these locations, either by […]
What everyone new to Finland should know about Finnish Ice hockey
The Ice Hockey World Championships are currently being played in Russia (May 6th – May 22nd). This year Finns are particularly excited about them. Since hockey is a national sport in Finland, it is good to know something about the important figures in Finnish ice hockey. Here comes an attempt to summarise the minimum that […]
An evening in the life of a Finnish family: Or, Happy mother’s day!
To celebrate mother’s day this coming Sunday, here’s a taste of Finnish family life. Prologue Dad and brother have been out to get a chain saw and a wood chopping machine. Brother (soon almost 5 yrs) and sister (7 yrs) are nibbling on their before-bed snack. Brother seems very pensive. Brother: Mom, I have changed […]