View over Tallinn  I had booked myself into the same hostel I had stayed in on my way to Finland so arriving in Tallinn now was a bit li...

Rapids on Kymijoki River  It is hot now in Finland, hot, hot, hot. I hadn't thought that it would get that warm here for such a long...

When I prepared this trip I read a bicycle guide book for Europe. What it said about Finland was not very encouraging. Most long-distance cy...

Kerimäki This little detour into the Lakelands had one big disadvantage: it was mostly along busier roads which was quite a shock after ...

Cycling out of Patvinsuon Unfortunately there was another 40 km stretch of dirt road to get to get from Patvinsuon National Park back in...

I liked it so much at Valamo moastery that I had considered staying another day at  its female counterpart Lintula. But due to more bike pro...

Birds at Kupio Art Museum I arrived in Kuopio in the afternoon and had wanted to spend the evening in the local swimming pool sauna. Unf...