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!
New book / Uusi kirja: Talviretkeilijän opas
Tag: books
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.)
World Book Day
Today is World Book Day! There's a campaign called #behindeverybook, and here's my contribution.
Blog news and book news
This is my 100th blog post! See what have been the most viewed topics. And see what my two new books look like!
Hiking in Finland – book reviews
From book reviews: "This really is guidebook writing at its best."
"Overall, this is one of the best guidebooks I’ve seen on backpacking in Scandinavia."
"The book does a very good job at its two main tasks.
Does it make me want to go hiking in Finland? Yes.
Does it give me the information I need to do so? Yes."
(I stuck this post to the top of my blog, so the newest post is below this one.)
The best destination for wildlife travel – Finland
"Our 2019 analysis has found Finland to be the best destination in the world for wildlife travel – thanks to its high levels of environmental sustainability, its unique and varied diversity of species, beautiful natural landscapes, and conservation efforts." Who says so? And on what basis? Let's see.
From engineer to outdoor writer
Do you ever wonder if you could earn your living by writing about your dearest hobby? If you do, you might be interested to read my story. That's what I've done for last 19 years.
Book news!
Guidebook Hiking in Finland was published in June 2019! See info and example pages.
Map apps
I like to navigate with paper map and compass. However, I have learned how super handy the smartphone map apps are. They show exactly where you are, which way is the trail you were following and so on. Here's tips to map apps, and advice on how to obtain free offline topographic maps for Finland.
Guidebook Hiking in Finland
The perfect guidebook: Hiking in Finland! Day hiking, multi-day expeditions, best destinations, skills needed here up north, seasons, hiking with kids, winter hiking, good maps, GPX tracks, everything about hiking in Finland! 🙂
Finnish Way of Hiking 