Our adventures in Finland, 2021
Last Tuesday, June 21, 2022, we shared our travel story about about 8 months of traveling through a wintery Northern Europe. About 100 people in the room have breathlessly and attentively experienced our presentation and a little bit of our journey. Unfortunately, the video registration is not good enough for publication. BUT, during the Overlanders.be … Read more
In this blog we look back on 3 months of traveling through Scandinavia in the autumn and winter of 2021. This is the route we took, from Etten-Leur to the ferry in Helsinki to Tallin, 9,640 km: We recorded our route with a Spot X, 2-Way Satellite Messenger. This means that we can be followed … Read more
City visits are not the most interesting from a touristic point of view during the winter. Nevertheless, we visited a number of wintry towns in southern Finland and enjoyed the wintry aspects of city life. In this blog we describe our visit to Valamo Luostari (monastery) and the cities of Savonlina, Tampere, Turku, Ekenäs and … Read more
After the desolate north, with Santa Claus and wild life, we drive through Southern Finland. Also here more forest and snow, slippery roads with a small accident as a result. The Finnish forests Driving through the Finnish forests in winter is a challenge in itself. After each snow shower, the main roads are thoroughly cleaned. … Read more
On the return journey from the North Cape, we drive through Northern Norway and Northern Finland, Lapland, and visit Santa Claus in Rovaniemi. The far north is mostly barren, with snow plains and frozen lakes. Later the landscape changes into forest, forest, forest and lakes, lakes, lakes with lots of snow and ice and slippery … Read more
Followers ask us about the wildlife in the Scandinavian North that we visit. It seems that in winter also the animal life is less active than in summer. We mainly spot birds: crows, ravens and magpies in their winter dress. We spot an Arctic fox, too far away for a photo, and every now and … Read more
