You are stepping into the home of Santa Claus and the land of Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) Whether you’re dreaming of chasing the Northern Lights, meeting Santa Claus, riding through snowy forests on a husky sled, or simply experiencing the…
A SLOW DAY IN THE ESTONIAN OLD TOWN – UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE There’s a particular kind of quiet that only medieval towns hold. You find it in a morning stroll in Tallinn, when the cobblestones are still damp from…
LAPLAND · NORWAY · FINLAND · Winter Travel Guide There’s a saying the Scandinavians live by: there is no bad weather, only wrong clothes. It sounds like something stitched onto a tea towel. But spend one day in Finnish Lapland…
PHOTO GALLERY Helsinki Senate Square Outdoor dinners in summer Helsinki in summer feels like that perfect cup of chai…. slow, comforting, and meant to be savoured. It’s not loud or overwhelming. Instead, it draws you in gently, with golden light…
THE NEW GEOGRAPHY OF TASTE The philosophy of the zero kilometer menu or km zero, as Italian producers first called it, means every ingredient on the plate travels the shortest possible distance between soil and table. What emerges in practice is an…
PHOTO GALLERY The Iconic Red Riverside Houses The iconic ochre and rust red wooden houses along the Porvoonjoki river has been a symbol of the city since the medieval trading era. Now converted to restaurants, cafes, bars and local boutique…
AN AFTERNOON IN MONTEPULCIANO The crown jewel of the Tuscan region (no points for guessing) is its world class red wines. Yet so many tastings today feel rushed and clinical, an item to check off rather than an experience to…
IVALO – FINLAND | AN ANNIVERSARY STORY If someone had told me a decade ago that I would one day cross a frozen river flanked by reindeer, be pulled through a snow blanketed forest by a pack of wild eyed…
When a packed Norwegian airline can provide me with only a middle seat in the aircraft but my co passenger gently asks if I would like to take her window seat, I instantly know this is a sign of an amazing…
FROM THE FORESTS TO THE NORDIC KITCHENS Finland’s relationship with its food landscape was transformed in the 2010s when the New Nordic wave reframed what had been considered subsistence cooking as something worth celebrating. When Finnish chefs began looking at…
