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The Life And Work Of Tom Of Finland,part I

May 6, 2010

Tom of Finland,The Artist Tom of Finland is a pseudonym for the Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen. He was born on the eighth of May in 1920 and died on the seventh of November in 1991. His artistic style was most recognized for his depictions of fetish art and same sex erotic art. His art influenced [...]

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Getting To Know Finnish Culture And Influences

April 29, 2010

Finnish Culture: A Review Finland and Finnish  Culture is a truly surprising land. Guests who come from abroad for the first time will have the chance to meet verdant forest landscapes, many blue lakes sparkling under the sky, and white mantles of snow falling like a white blanket over everything beneath it. The enormous variations in the length [...]

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Vappu celebrations in Turku 2010 | Turku Vappu

April 26, 2010

Turku Vappu,Celebrate in Style   Turku Vappu is here.I have previously posted on the Vappu celebrations in Helsinki.Many of the larger cities around Finland will be celebrating Vappu this week end 30th April through to 01 May.I thought that I would take a look at Turku Vappu on the South Western coast of Finland.Turku Vappu [...]

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Argentinien Tango comes to Finland

April 20, 2010

Tango is Very Popular in Finland   Living in Finland or visiting the Northern shores of Scandinavia you would be hard presses to miss the presence of Tango as dance form and way of life for an ever growing  amount of Finnish People.Finland has been the Tango capital of the world for some time even though Tango was invented [...]

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Helsinki Heureka a look in to the future

April 10, 2010

When In Helsinki Visit Heureka.It is Amazing   I actually lived for 6 months next to this Science Park(Heureka).It is situated in Tikkurila and is easily accessible by trains K,I,R,H,Z all departing from Helsinki Railway Station.The Science Park Heureka is only a 500 meter walk away and is well sign posted from Tikkurila station.I have [...]

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Easter Pasha and eggs in Finland

April 3, 2010

Easter Pasha Brings a Little Magic To Finland    The appearance of Easter Pasha in the Finish Stores shows a new time of year is commencing.Well as soon as one season of festivity is over another begins,that being Easter.Easter in Finlandis a highlight in the ecclesiastictical year as it is the celebration of resurrection of Jesus.Many [...]

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Finland and Finnish Police,Big Brother or human

March 26, 2010

Finnish Police Facts and Life With soPme 7700 Police Officers of which 28% are women,it is not difficult to miss the presence of the Finnish Police(Poliisi).With numerous encounters over the yers with an on-off relationship with Alcohol and being blind,99% of the time they do an excellent job.It can be seen on a fairly regular [...]

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A re-union with Iiris

March 24, 2010

I received a phone call last week from a psychologist asking if I would be prepared to go on another course at Iiris;The visually impaired center in Helsinki.As some may know I was there for two weeks some 5 months ago.I have had many follow up consultations,a huge amount of visual aids dispensed to me [...]

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Finnish Rock Legends

March 21, 2010

Old School Finnish Rock Legends   Over the last 15 years there has been a marked increase in the emergence of Finnish Rock music.Many of the current bands now lightened on to singing in English which is really a must to gain any international hearing and recognition.With bands such as;The Rasmus,HIM,Nightwish,Children of Bodom,Apocalypitica,Stratovarius and External [...]

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The Face of Finnish Women

March 18, 2010

  Finnish Women,You Gotta Love Em!   Women are women the world over and after living here in Helsinki Finland for some years now I have gotten to know some of the lifestyle and traits of the Finnish Womenas both friends and personal Sure I know and knew British women but it is not the [...]

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St George Cross the real National Flag of England

March 13, 2010

St George Cross History   There have been many repeats of the British film”This is England”” on Finnish television lately.I know as a true Brit myself the importance of our National Flags,however it got me to thinking of The Union Jack as it popularly known in The UK and around the world.Not is  all as it [...]

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