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Kulttuurisauna is a white, box-shaped building, with the sea and the lights of Helsinki glowing in the dark evening background.

A Temple of Steam at the Edge of Two Worlds: Finding Peace in Helsinki’s Kulttuurisauna, Cultural Sauna

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Life is like a tree. Beneath the surface are the roots, the past, all the paths that lead to this moment and make it exactly as we experience it. This moment is the solid, sturdy trunk, and the future is the crown branching into limbs, where every branch, every leaf is one possible future. Going […]

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Walk in Kokkola’s legendary old town, Neristan

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It’s Christmas time and I have returned to my old home town for family gathering. It’s the 23rd of December and the temperature is just below zero. Rauma’s old town is known for it’s status as Unesco World heritage site. But Kokkola’s old town, Neristan, is just as stunning, an old wooden neighborhood with lots […]

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