Once again, the traditional celebration of Juhannus, better known as Midsummer, arrived in Finland last week. Celebrated with passion throughout the Nordic countries, tradition dictates that you must a) retreat the countryside, ...
When Bombin died in 1915, the bestate/b was divided among his five sons (how does a supposed peasant even build an bestate/b in the first place, I wondered) quite literally; the Bomba house was pulled down in 1934 and the logs were divided b.../b
The roads meandered through the trees until we reached Kolinkyla (Koli village). A few kilometres further, we started to climb. Just after 7pm, we had pulled into the car park of Sokos Hotel, Koli, our home for the next three nights. ...
