"I am officially the world’s worst dancer. Two left feet, a chronic lack of coordination and about as much natural rhythm as an embarrassing uncle at a wedding reception; I’m not so much Strictly Come Dancing as sit right down. But, inspired by the..."
The Best Travel Writing About Finland
In addition to our collection of fabulous hotels - and their equally fabulous reviews - Travel Intelligence is built upon some of the finest travel writing on the web. So, to find a range of travel writing about Finland and general Finland travel tips, you just need to browse the selection of travel articles below...
Articles about Finland
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Lapp Dancing
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David Atkinson
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Finland
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other areas of Finland
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Seinajoki
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So Far, Snow Good
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Jasper Winn
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Finland
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Helsinki and the South
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Kuopio
"Dylan Thomas couldn't remember if it snowed for six days and six nights when he was twelve years old or for twelve days and twelve nights when he was six. Equally, he also thought that when he was a child there were wolves running around the white..."
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Snow Business in Finland
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Jasper Winn
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Finland
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other areas of Finland
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Tahko
"For some reason, until I went to Finland, Iâd always thought of snowmobiles as an uninspiring cross between a kiddyâs sled and a ride-on lawnmower. And, thus, I was fairly sure that snowmobiling itself would prove to be no more than a noisy way..."
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All the Rage in Helsinki
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David Atkinson
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Finland
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Helsinki and the South
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Helsinki
"Tuesday night, 10.30pm and the dancefloor at Wanhan Tanssikellari is packed. On stage, the house band, Laura Hihnala and Sesam, are keeping the crowd on their feet while, at the bar, a slick of middle-aged lotharios in open-necked shirts and hair..."
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Blazing Paddles
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Clive Tully
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Finland
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other areas of Finland
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Kermankoski
"“It’s going to rain - pull over to that island.” As Heikki warns me, I peer over one shoulder to see a bank of dark cloud menacingly close, and I can feel the temperature beginning to drop. In the normal run of things, I wouldn’t let a spot of rain..."
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Kaurismakis Finland
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Vijai Maheshwari
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Finland
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Helsinki and the South
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Helsinki
"Jim Jarmusch’s Helsinki segment in his cult film, ‘Night Around the World,’ and spy movies from the Cold War tend to reinforce our perception of Finland as a dark cold nation doused in vodka and Nordic angst. The success of Nokia withstanding, the..."
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More Oomph than a Ferrari
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Clive Tully
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Finland
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other areas of Finland
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Vuokkiniemi
"It feels as if I am the last man on earth as I mush my team of six race-trained Siberian huskies along the frozen lake Kuttijärvi. In the pitch black, the dim pool of light from my head torch picks out the four nearest dogs. Disappearing into the..."
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Magic and Myth in the Finnish Air
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Tim Bird
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Finland
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other areas of Finland
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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, and few share such a powerful sense of being on a..."
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Making the Case for a Baltic Odyssey
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Tim Bird
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Finland
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other areas of Finland
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Toija
"I visited Troy on a cool and showery afternoon in August. I found it by a sultry inlet, its ancient walls buried beneath a creeping forest, its once teeming streets long turned to pasture, the view to the sea extended beyond the horizon by the..."
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Bear Faced Encounters in the Finnish Forest
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Tim Bird
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Finland
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other areas of Finland
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Suomussalmi
"The headline on one of the Helsinki tabloid papers in mid-June catches my eye as I board the plane from the Finnish capital to the town of Kuusamo. A man walking his dogs in eastern Finland has come eyeball to eyeball with a female bear. Nobody was..."
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