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Bear Faced Encounters in the Finnish Forest | Tim Bird | Finland, other areas of Finland, Suomussalmi

Then Jani points to our left, where the soft brown shape of a handsome bear comes brushing, almost silently, on all fours through the saplings and undergrowth

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Magic and Myth in the Finnish Air | Tim Bird | Finland, other areas of Finland, Savonlinna

Karelia, the region of sprawling forests and lakes traversed by Finland’s eastern border with Russia, has the feeling of a true frontier. Few European landscapes are as wild and thinly-peopled

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Making the Case for a Baltic Odyssey | Tim Bird | Finland, other areas of Finland, Toija

Lurking Trojan warriors, perhaps, preparing for attack? No. My wife and the children returning with a bag full of fresh chanterelles plucked from the forest floor

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Music and Romance Fill Verona’s Summer Air | Tim Bird | Italy, Veneto, Verona

Between performances, many of the massive theatrical props are stored in the adjacent café-lined Piazza Bra, and tourists pose for photos against a surreal backdrop of Egyptian sphinxes and giant steel-clad warriors.

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Treasured Island | Tim Bird | Greece, Cyclades (south), Amorgos

The Greek island of Amorgos is an island too far for most package visitors. But travellers who make the extra effort will be rewarded with one of the Aegean’s most exquisite gems

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