Helsinki Finland

Finnish Coffee Culture

December 19, 2011

Learn More About Finnish Coffee Culture Finland and the Finnish culture again tops the list of countries with highest consumption at 12 kg per head yearly. Finns love for this hot drink has been going strong for years. With new varieties of blends, Finnish coffee habits are growing faster than ever. Everyone may drink at [...]

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An American`s Views of Finland

December 15, 2011

A View To Travel Finland After a long and stressful year of working full-time while trying to juggle my legal studies, I decided that I could use a break, and a dramatic change of scene. I took a short leave of absence from my law school in Boston, and started a trek around the globe. [...]

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Leaving England for Love

November 15, 2011

Leaving England,Why? Leaving England my home country,was not a big thing or traumatic for me I had become disenchanted with the British way of life.Not settling down any where.I believed London , Soho and Leicester square in particular to offer me at least a more vivid life and the opportunity to meet foreigners on the move [...]

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Finnish People Manners and Habits

August 3, 2011

Finnish People Courtesies Finnish people generally have a relaxed attitude towards manners and dressing. A visitor is unlikely to offend them by accident. Common sense is quite enough in most situations, but a couple of things one should keep in mind: Finnish people are a famously taciturn people who have little time for small talk or social [...]

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Veikko Hursti,Humanitarian Feeding The Homeless And Needy

July 12, 2011

Veikko Hursti,Life of a Humanitarian Many remember Veikko Hursti as a pure humanitarian who never put himself first by any means and while he never strayed far from his homeland, he became widely known all over because of the significant acts of charity that he carried out time after time. Hursti passed away on May 10 of 2005 [...]

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Catch Sporting History at Helsinki Olympic Stadium

June 20, 2011

Helsinki Olympic Stadium The Helsinki Olympic Stadium is one of the biggest stadiums in Finland and is remembered for holding the Olympics events in the 1950s. At present Helsinki Olympic Stadium hosts various concerts and sports events. Visitors can enter the tower of Helsinki Olympic Stadium, which is open from 9 AM to 8 [...]

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Helsinki Design Capitol 2012

March 14, 2011

News of Helsinki Design Capitol 2012 In November 2009 the world congress for design decided to make Helsinki design capitol 2012.The first design capitol was chosen as Turin in Italy 2008.Though a fairly recent and new awarding body,this accolade will not do any harm to enhance the image and status of Helsinki on the [...]

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Finnish Winter Snow With Multiple Sclerosis

March 8, 2011

The Winter Snow in Finland This Winter in Finland has bought us huge amounts of Winter Snow.I just believed it was never going to end or disappear.Outside where I live in Helsinki,the mountains of winter snow look on me ominously. Last winter was much the same with the city of Helsinki having to lorry [...]

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Travel Finland With Lonely Planet

February 11, 2011

Lonely Planet Travel Finland A Must Have A Lonely Planet book near at hand is a must have for those people looking to travel Finland or greater Scandinavia.Visiting a new country or city can be daunting for first time travellers and the young.Even for more mature people the prospect of venturing in to a new land [...]

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Finnish Challenge Cross Country Skiing

February 6, 2011

Cross Country Skiing is a popular pastime and heaslth sport with many Finnish people.You can learn Finnish, act all shy and unwilling to engage in small talk, even memorise the names of the entire 1995 World Championship-winning ice hockey team, but without first trying a bit of cross-country skiing, some older Finns will scoff at [...]

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A Taxi, A Walk in The Finnish Winter Cold

January 6, 2011

Winter Cold on Christmas Day in Finland I woke on Christmas Day knowing the Finnish Winter Cold was waiting outside the door.I ate breakfast,took my dog out and made the phone call to my friend as arranged.I would get to his flat in about one hour by taxi.The temperature outside was running at –20C.When the temperature [...]

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