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The Finnish fisherman Lauri Rapala and the American actress Merelin Monroe

Written on 24 Feb, 2011 at 19:07 in Attractions | viewed 1,986 times | 0 Comments
The Finnish fisherman Lauri Rapala and the American actress Merelin Monroe

By a casual coincidence the world fame known actress Merlin Monroe promoted also fame for the Finnish fisherman Lauri Rapala to the world, advertising of fish baits of its firm was placed in magazine which has been devoted the actress... (Continue reading)

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Knife as a Finnish tradition

Written on 18 Feb, 2011 at 10:16 in Attractions | viewed 3,482 times | 0 Comments
Knife as a Finnish tradition

In first half of XIX-th century in Finland began the industrial production of knifes, the Finnish masters start to improve the products, doing them to order for gifts, decorating and perfecting details, transforming a knife into a work of art.... (Continue reading)

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Kota-something Finnish

Written on 15 Feb, 2011 at 18:34 in Attractions | viewed 2,520 times | 0 Comments
Kota-something Finnish

What an amusing word “kota” with an accent on the first syllable as usual in the Finnish words? One tourist has once told that they, having ordered a cottage in which court yard was “kota”, spent in it almost all their... (Continue reading)

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Skiing In Finland: Overshadowed but Still Amazing

Written on 4 Nov, 2010 at 16:10 in Attractions | viewed 2,678 times | 0 Comments
Skiing In Finland: Overshadowed but Still Amazing

There are tons of great things to do on a ski holiday to Finland: dog sledding, the Northern Lights and meeting Santa. Sadly, skiing itself often gets lost in the shuffle of so many unique activities. A look at a... (Continue reading)

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The taste of Finnish culture

Written on 3 Nov, 2010 at 5:32 in Attractions, Featured | viewed 7,234 times | 0 Comments
The taste of Finnish culture

Tourists, traveling to another countries, by all means want to see something that will allow them to feel features of the country in which they are, to look, as there live people of this country, to note features of national... (Continue reading)

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There where Santa lives

Written on 29 Oct, 2010 at 17:25 in Attractions, Finland Vacations | viewed 6,238 times | 0 Comments
There where Santa lives

Why should you wait for Santa Claus to appear when it is possible to go to visit him in Lapland? A flight pair of clocks – and here it is, the small snow country, a tiny white point behind a... (Continue reading)

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Some specific features of life in Finland

Written on 26 Oct, 2010 at 20:42 in Attractions | viewed 3,760 times | 0 Comments
Some specific features of life in Finland

It is not surprising that in the country where more than 180 000 lakes, people consume a lot of fish, especially salmon, iridescent trout, pikes, and also a perch and a version of a small cod – muikku. Meat dishes,... (Continue reading)

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Dancing in Finland

Written on 21 Oct, 2010 at 18:12 in Attractions | viewed 3,026 times | 0 Comments
Dancing in Finland

In Finland dancing was always the international form of art, closely connected with the next – door big cities, such as Stockholm and St.-Petersburg. Influence of St.-Petersburg on the development of ballet in Finland is indisputable, and Stockholm became within one century the second... (Continue reading)

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Deer legends in Finland

Written on 20 Oct, 2010 at 7:19 in Attractions, Featured | viewed 6,134 times | 0 Comments
Deer legends in Finland

In Finland, deers are something like national pride. If you arrive on the country north you will unavoidably hear many various stories connected with these animals. But the legend about Vaadine, that is about a white deer has the greatest... (Continue reading)

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Strawberry is special in Finland

Written on 19 Oct, 2010 at 18:26 in Attractions | viewed 2,051 times | 0 Comments
Strawberry is special in Finland

Mansikka — the Finnish word for strawberry. Perhaps, it is possible to consider it as the most Finnish berry: annually on fields of Finland its huge quantity is cultivated — strawberry landings occupy more than 3500 hectares, and the crop... (Continue reading)

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