Destinations
Day Trip to Nuuksio, Chasing Real Finnish Wilderness
Bilberries, bedrock, and a duck shaped nature center. How a day trip to Nuuksio taught me how Finland’s forests actually work. If Porvoo is Finland’s history on display, Nuuksio is the version of Finland that doesn’t perform for visitors at all. It’s just there, quiet, doing what it’s done since the last ice age. A…
Click to Explore and DiscoverA Day Trip to Gripsholm Castle from Stockholm
A Day Trip to Gripsholm Castle, From Missed Trains to Sweden’s Oldest Portrait Gallery About an hour outside Stockholm, a day trip to Gripsholm Castle brings you to a red brick castle with copper domes sitting on a spit of land in Lake Mälaren. It has guarded the faces of Swedish royalty for nearly five…
Click to Explore and DiscoverSigtuna Day Trip from Stockholm to Sweden’s Oldest Town
Where a Thousand Year Old Street Still Sets the Pace A Sigtuna day trip from Stockholm is a bargain. Sigtuna sits inside Stockholm County, so the regular SL public transit network covers the whole trip. A single ticket costs about 42 SEK, roughly $4.50, and that covers everything you need. Stockholm Central runs two different…
Click to Explore and DiscoverPorvoo Day Trip from Helsinki
Cobblestones, a Tsar’s statue, and Finland’s oldest chocolatier – inside a Helsinki to Porvoo day trip that’s easily worth the full day. A Porvoo day trip from Helsinki shows up on every “must visit” list, and for once, the hype holds up. Finland’s second oldest town carries a charter dating to 1346. Many Nordic old…
Click to Explore and DiscoverSuomenlinna Day Trip
A Suomenlinna Day Trip featuring three empires, one 15-minute ferry ride, and a bonus trip at golden hour we never planned for A four block walk from our hotel put us at Helsinki’s Market Square (Kauppatori), and from there it was just a few more minutes past a row of yellow tents to the ferry…
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