Helsinki

Best Things to Do in Helsinki: Family-Friendly Attractions, Hidden Gems + Easy Day Trips

We spent a full month living in Helsinki as a family, which gave us time to experience the city quite differently than we would have during a quick weekend visit (though my brother and…

A Long Weekend in Helsinki: Our Favourite Places + Itinerary

This will be my final post about Helsinki!

It feels like a fitting way to wrap things up because I’m going to give you a photo-heavy (hopefully text-light?) rundown of what we did when my…

Helsinki Catchall 2.0

I’m almost done with recapping our time in Helsinki. One more post—which I’ve yet to write—about the long weekend when my brother and sister-in-law came to visit.

Until I get around to that… here’s…

Visiting Helsinki’s Island Fortress of Suomenlinna

How about some geographic whiplash on this Saturday morning? I’ve been referencing Denmark and the UK a lot lately, but still have plenty to share with regard to our time in Finland.

At the…

A Day Trip from Helsinki: Visiting Tallinn, Estonia

No matter how many times I write out the word Tallinn—which has been happening with surprising frequency lately—I always start by spelling it with a single ‘n’. That is neither here nor there, just…

Visiting Löyly Helsinki Sauna: What to Expect

Sauna culture is a big deal in Finland. There are an estimated three million saunas in a country of just over five million people. Saunas are everywhere—in homes, apartment buildings, and office buildings. John…