#Suomi
Art & CultureHelsinki: Kauppatori
One thing I love to do in any city, be it my own or a new one, is visit the farmer's markets. There's something so great about wandering through the open air,…
June 10, 2015 · 2 min read
Here & ThereHelsinki: Suomenlinna
Like most expats who hail from coastal destinations, I am all too aware of the landlocked feeling of where I live. The dozens of lakes in Berlin make it so…
January 20, 2015 · 5 min read
Here & ThereHelsinki: Linnanmäki / Borgbacken
Last summer I visited Helsinki for a handful of days. A friend of mine, V, had moved back there after a couple years in Berlin, and I wanted to take a final…
September 16, 2014 · 3 min read
Here & ThereHelsinki: Temppeliaukio Kirkko/Church of the Rock
One of the first tourist destinations on my trip to Helsinki was to Temppeliaukio Kirkko, otherwise known as the Church of the Rock. Of the many churches in…
July 7, 2013 · 2 min read
Here & ThereHelsinki: Other Peoples' Homes.
One of the things I love in this life is to see how other people decorate their homes. I often wander through the streets of Berlin, peeking into windows…
July 5, 2013 · 2 min read
Here & ThereHelsinki: Panoraama
While in Helsinki (in June/July of 2013), during an impulsive turn of events, I ended up at the amusement park Linnanmäki (more on that another time). The…
July 4, 2013 · 1 min read
Eat & DrinkHelsinki: Good Life Coffee
When I was a senior in high school, the only real subjects I studied were the required government/economics and English classes, along with AP Spanish. The…
July 2, 2013 · 4 min read
Here & ThereHelsinki: Sibelius Monument
Since studying music at university in the early 2000s, the name Sibelius has been familiar to me. However, I associated the name with the song composition…
June 30, 2013 · 2 min read