Praise to Hiking in Finland: "What a country! What a book! This is the only guidebook of any note in English to hiking in Finland. But it is so much more than that: it's the best hiking guidebook I've ever read and I've hiked from Scotland to New Zealand to Chile to Nepal."
New book / Uusi kirja: Talviretkeilijän opas
Talviretkeilijän oppaan (SKS Kirjat 2022) esittely. / My new book was just published. The book and also most of this post are in Finnish, but do see some wintery pics!
Gear list for winter hiking
I was asked to provide a gear list for winter hiking, and here it is.
An archive of articles on hiking in Finland
Just wanted to remind that there are over a hundred articles in this blog discussing one single topic: hiking in Finland. I probably don't have time to add many new articles in the future, but I hope you will enjoy the tips, tales and pics here in my archives. 🙂
Hiking with a child: multi-day backpacking tour
A 40+ km hike with a 7-year-old girl. How did it go, was she happy? See many pics!
Hiking with a child: day hikes
I hiked a lot with my younger daughter this summer. Also general tips for hiking with kids.
Deserted beaches
Hot day is best spent on a beach! And the best beach is a deserted one, I think. 🙂
New book / Uusi kirja
Uusi kirjani ilmestyi juuri ja se pitää sisällään lähes 400 sivua retki- ja vaellustarinoita! Tässä blogikirjoituksessa lisätietoa kirjasta. / This blog post is exceptionally both in Finnish and in English. It's about my new book (which is written in Finnish.)
Skiing in May
May is magical! I did one of my all time best hikes, by skiing, and the very next day we went canoeing and swam on a beach!
My winter 2021
I've been skiing quite a lot this winter. Sometimes along ski tracks, but mostly outside any tracks. See pics of winter hiking!