
A perfect day trip from Helsinki to Porvoo
Porvoo is a charming town, just about 45 minutes east of Helsinki, and makes for a lovely day trip. Helsinki doesn’t really have an old town, but Porvoo does! In any…

Porvoo is a charming town, just about 45 minutes east of Helsinki, and makes for a lovely day trip. Helsinki doesn’t really have an old town, but Porvoo does! In any…

Continuing on my Helsinki vegan guide, let me tell you about the cafés in town! There are around five vegan cafes in Helsinki and you need to check these out. We…

Being a Helsinki local, it only makes sense to finally have a page dedicated to the vegan food spots in town! In this Helsinki guide, I collect all my favourite restaurants…

At the end of autumn, we headed up north for a quick getaway. With no real travel plans for the end of the year again, it was good to get the…

In Finland and want to go further North? Then how about visiting Kilpisjärvi – a small town, or more like village, in the north-west tip of Finland, next to Norway and…

Lapland is home to a population of North Eurasian Jays, known as the Siberian Jay [Kuukkeli in Finnish]. These birds belong to the crow family and are small to medium sized…