Details

I love details. Spending one summer in Ullanlinna and walking around the “real” Helsinki after work, it’s almost inevitable that I happen upon many small details that shop owners so carefully put out onto the streets, many of them probably unnoticed. I loved this little “wind-powered” fish installation, the ideal alternative if you like the mesmerising…

Cruise Craze

The season has started and I survived my first tour, taking cruise guests through Helsinki and to Winter Wonderland. It seems that half of the world’s population spends half of their time on cruise ships nowadays. Helsinki gets a fair share of them each summer. Good for me, working as a tour guide is fun,…

Birch bark bowls

Should you ever get lost in the wilderness or lose your camping gear on the way, this is the perfect replacement. Heat insulation of birch bark is reasonably, meaning, you can’t put it on the fire to cook, but you won’t burn your fingers when you eat hot soup from it. It is washable or…