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Once is not enough: a second visit to Hotel Ylläshumina in Lapland.

Trish Burgess Posted on27/02/201912/03/2019 Finland, Hotel Ylläshumina, hotels in Lapland, Inntravel, Lapland, winter walking in Finland 17 Comments
Cross-country ski trail, Ylläs, Lapland

Do you go back to the same place on holiday? There are so many destinations I’d still love to visit that I don’t often go back. I made an exception for Lapland and, in...

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A beginner’s guide to cross-country skiing

Trish Burgess Posted on08/02/201807/02/2020 cross-country skiing, Finland, Inntravel, Lapland 27 Comments
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The Winter Olympics begins on 9 February 2018 in Pyeongchang and I, for one, will be rooting for our British competitor, Andrew Musgrave, in the cross-country skiing events. Although he now lives in Norway,...

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The week we fell in love with Hotel Ylläshumina, Lapland

Trish Burgess Posted on22/01/201830/01/2019 Finland, hotels in Lapland, Inntravel, Lapland 29 Comments
View of Lake Akaslompolo from Hotel YllasHumia

Lapland brings to mind Christmas, when excited children visit with their families to see Santa Claus in his real home. After the New Year celebrations, when the children have gone home and Santa has...

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The benefits of a Helsinki Card

Trish Burgess Posted on28/07/201513/06/2016 Finland, Helsinki 11 Comments

Purchasing a tourist card  is something to consider when taking a city break but is it good value or do you worry you may end up visiting a whole host of mediocre museums to ensure...

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Finland for Foodies

Trish Burgess Posted on21/07/201517/09/2017 Finland, Helsinki, restaurant 10 Comments

Image credit: Boulevard Social. I’m not normally a foodie. I don’t often blog about restaurants and rarely photograph my dinner apart from the odd Instragrammed cocktail. When writing about our Helsinki holiday, however, I’m...

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The churches of Helsinki

Trish Burgess Posted on29/06/201517/05/2016 Finland, Helsinki 22 Comments

Four of the most interesting buildings we visited in Helsinki were churches. It’s not that I make a bee-line for churches when sightseeing, but these four totally different structures highlighted to me the huge...

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Hello Helsinki

Trish Burgess Posted on24/06/201516/05/2016 Finland, Helsinki 17 Comments

You can gauge a lot about a country when you dive into the nearest loo after entering the airport and hear birdsong playing through the speakers.. A few moments later, standing by the baggage...

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A place to celebrate: review of Klaus K Hotel, Helsinki

Trish Burgess Posted on22/06/201507/03/2019 Finland, Helsinki, hotel, Reviews 19 Comments

  Room 707, Sky Balcony, Klaus K Hotel There can’t be many hotel rooms in the world where, hanging up on the wall near the mini-bar, is a guitar. A full size Spanish guitar...

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