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Finland 2019 (4/4). Helsinki: Ferry trip to Suomenlinna

Posted on 13/07/2019 by Giorgia — Leave a reply

The trip to Suomenlinna sea fortress, just off Helsinki mainland, is only one in countless day trips you can take from the Finnish capital. Nevertheless, it’s one day trip you Continue Reading →

Posted in Finland, Finland 2019 | Tagged day trip, ferry trip, finland, helsinki, sea fortress, suomenlinna | Leave a reply
Helsinki. Cathedral

Finland 2019 (3/4). Helsinki: Portrait of A Capital. Part II

Posted on 01/07/2019 by Giorgia — 2 Comments ↓

Part II of my walking tour around Helsinki. This one covers the waterfront from Hernesaari to Market Square, Esplanadi, and Kruununhaka. Let’s go!   Okay, so the previous post ended Continue Reading →

Posted in Finland, Finland 2019 | Tagged finland, helsinki, sightseeing, walking tour, weekend in helsinki | 2 Comments ↓
Helsinki. Aleksanterinkatu

Finland 2019 (2/4). Helsinki: Portrait of A Capital. Part I

Posted on 18/05/2019 by Giorgia — Leave a reply

Introduction Refreshing, energising, invigorating, chilly. These are the first adjectives that sprang to mind as I stepped off the train that took me from Vantaa airport to Helsinki Central Station Continue Reading →

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Helsinki. View from the Suomenlinna ferry

Finland 2019 (1/4). Helsinki: Preliminary remarks

Posted on 24/04/2019 by Giorgia — 2 Comments ↓

The weekend I spent in Helsinki toward the end of March was my second time in Finland (the first being the long weekend I spent in Rovaniemi a few years Continue Reading →

Posted in Finland, Finland 2019 | Tagged cafe regatta, finland, helsinki, sightseeing, weekend in helsinki | 2 Comments ↓
Helsinki. Cafe Regatta

Faves. Cafes #1. Helsinki, Cafe Regatta: A Delight In All Senses

Posted on 10/04/2019 by Giorgia — 2 Comments ↓

Foreword If you’re visiting a city for the first time over the course of a weekend, you objectively do not have that much time to try out that many bars, Continue Reading →

Posted in Faves, Faves. Cafes, Finland, Finland 2019 | Tagged cafe regatta, coffee places, finland, helsinki, karelian pasties, Karjalanpiirakka, töölö | 2 Comments ↓

Lapland 2013 (5/5). A day in the light

Posted on 25/12/2016 by Giorgia — Leave a reply

Day 2 was ‘free day’, which, after 24 hours of obeying the ‘orders’ of the guides and marching from one place to the next to comply with their given schedule, Continue Reading →

Posted in Finland, Lapland 2013 | Tagged arktikum, lapland, rovaniemi, winter light | Leave a reply

Lapland 2013 (4/5). Faint green lights across the Finnish winter sky

Posted on 11/12/2016 by Giorgia — Leave a reply

When we returned to our hotel around 4.30 in the afternoon, I couldn’t help thinking that we weren’t done yet. We were mildly knackered from all the walking, freezing and Continue Reading →

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Lapland 2013 (3/5). Santa Claus 2.0 and Thomas the Reindeer

Posted on 01/12/2016 by Giorgia — Leave a reply

Santa Claus 2.0 Too soon did our snowmobile drive come to an end, and I had to get off my own shiny black vehicle and be okay with that. It Continue Reading →

Posted in Finland, Lapland 2013 | Tagged lapland, rovaniemi, santa claus, sleigh, snowmobile, thomas reindeer | Leave a reply

Lapland 2013 (2/5). Santa Claus and my first snowmobile drive

Posted on 24/11/2016 by Giorgia — Leave a reply

I will skip the part where, straight after landing in Rovaniemi, the bus that picked us up at the airport drove us (read: ‘escorted us’) to this remote building somewhere Continue Reading →

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Lapland 2013 (1/5). Rovaniemi: Preliminary remarks

Posted on 17/11/2016 by Giorgia — Leave a reply

‘I’m not too keen on Santa Claus’, I thought to myself as I skimmed and scanned the Rovaniemi brochure from the travel agency. I have lukewarm feelings about everything Christmassy Continue Reading →

Posted in Finland, Lapland 2013 | Tagged finland, lapland, rovaniemi, santa claus | Leave a reply
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My name is Giorgia, I’m an Italian currently based in Brno, Czech Republic, and I’m a travel passionate (duuh).

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