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Tampere, Finland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Rediscovering Finland, the Land of Santa Claus

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 14, 2013

Have you ever met Santa Claus? I have, several times. Looking back to my childhood, it is kind of strange how he looked slightly different every year, when he paid his visit to our home on Christmas Eve. There was one year we didn’t meet him at all, as he […]

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Phoenix Park in Dublin I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

For One Week Only – Living Like a Local in Dublin

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 4, 2013

I didn’t want to tell stories about Ireland and pass Dublin without a mention, but what’s there to tell? If you flipped through the images I took you could see a sunny day spent in the Phoenix park or us huddling under the trees at St Stephen’s Green in rain. […]

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Surfing in Strandhill Sligo I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Sligo, the (yet) Unknown Adventure Capital of Ireland

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 28, 2013

How did we end up staying in Sligo for three nights when the plan was to pass-by with only a quick stop for some surfing? And how on earth this small town of twenty-something-thousand people and county with the same name, had become the adventure hub of Ireland and I […]

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Exploring Ireland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Beautiful Ireland in Five Images

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 17, 2013

We have been traveling around Ireland for the past two weeks and all I can say, Ireland has been good to us, once again. Since coming back, our household has turned more or less into a madhouse though. Our bags are partly unpacked. The washing machine is spinning like crazy. […]

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Surfing in Hoddevik in Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Secluded Surfing Paradise of Norway

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 9, 2013

Ever thought of surfing in Norway? Me neither. I always thought that surfing is for the tropics, or at least for places with similar temperatures to Portugal only, but when my husband said “let’s go somewhere new”, I replied with “let’s go surfing on the west coast”. My friend told […]

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Norwegian National Roads Feature I @SatuVW I To Destination Unknown

Revisiting Norway’s National Tourist Routes, already!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 26, 2013

It is only two days since I visited Gamle Strynefjellsveg, one of Norway’s eighteen National Tourist Routes here in the blog, and here we are again. On the same dirt road proceeding slow, when not on the side of this mainly single lane track to snap images with both my […]

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Gamle Strynefjellsvegen I @SatuVW I To Destination Unknown

The Beauty of Traveling Slow along the National Tourist Routes of Norway

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 24, 2013

There’s only one way to travel in Norway, and that is slow. S – L – O – W E6, the main road running through the country is still largely just one lane, forcing the speed to drop down to 40 or 50 km/h (yes, kilometers, not miles!), when passing […]

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