Last day in Helsinki – the Heureka science centre
We always find it tricky to work out what to do on the last day
Year: 2015
Icicle tunnels under Suomenlinna
Suomenlinna fortress has stood guard over Helsinki for the last couple of hundred years. It’s
Reindeer tongues and ice on the inside of your nose
We’ve got on well with the people in the Hotel Laanihovi and they gave us
Finally, we find the Aurora
We’d just about resigned ourselves to not seeing the Aurora. Seven cold, late nights and
Riding with reindeer
We stayed up late last night in an effort to see the Aurora. A passing
Snowmobiles and ice-fishing
Snowmobiles are to dog sleds what motorboats are to sailing boats or motorbikes are to
Dog sledding is our new favourite thing
We were absolutely wowed by our dog-sledding experience. It was one of those things you