The Map
Alex:
15:51 25. kesäkuuta 2005
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Our path through the rocks of Scandinavia. As you can see, mostly our way is lying through the nothing. No big cities, just small villages and submarine tonnels.
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about a foreigner building a house in Finland - Vse.fi
Всё обо всём в Финляндии - Ivan Kuznetsov
Adventures in Finland and abroad - Filosof's Vox
That's a crazy, crazy world - Alex Savin
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Tampere-Oulu
Fri 24/06/2005 16:28
Fri 24/06/2005 16:28
On our way to Oulu it was raining cats and dogs. Many cars duffm stopped, because one can literally see nothing.
// Ivan
Introductions and explanations
Ivan: And now about our schedule. Me and Mila left Tampere on early morning of Midsummer's eve - 24th of June, 2005. Our destination was a small cottage on Muotkajärvi lake in Enontekiö, some 1200km north from Helsinki, where we are staying for a week. Then on 2nd of July Alex will come by train to Kolari, where we will meet to start the second part of our journey - see post about the map. So that is the plan. And let's see what the fate has prepared for us.
Oulu
Fri 24/06/2005 18:34 Oulun Eden (Nallikari)
Just 500km north from Tampere there is a beautiful town of Oulu. We arrived there on the eve of Midsummer (Juhannus). We stayed there overnight in Oulun Eden hotel at Nallikari. There is a spa in this hotel, so we had quite relaxing time. Late in the evening we met our old friend for dinner in the same hotel.
Juhannus
Sat 25/06/2005 08:28 Aftermath of Juhannus
Sat 25/06/2005 08:34 Nallikari
There was a huge party in the hotel last night. As usual on Juhannus everybody got really drunk. White night in Oulu (sun practically doesn't go below the horizont here during the summer), gulf of Bothnia (hotel is right on sea shore), strongest wind from the sea that raised in the air a lot of sand from the beach and created a sand storm effect, and lots of drunk people in the midst of it - it was the most surreal Juhannus I remember.
In the morning servicemen were cleaning the beach and surroundings, wind was still strong and we had another 500km ahead of us.
Travelling with a dog
Travelling with a dog is never easy. But it seems that our dog - Buss' - was born for it. He really likes to look from the car - what's going on out there and easily adapts to new environments.
From Oulu to Tornio and Polar Circle
Sat 25/06/2005 12:53 Apple trees in Tornio
Sat 25/06/2005 13:06 Buss' likes travelling
Day one - Arrival
Wooden sign to the cottage
Parking next to a swamp
Second day
Buss' is watching the fish
10 fishes in 20 minutes
June 27, 2005
Fishing under midnight sun
Fishing under midnight sun
Fishing under midnight sun
The good thing is that there's always sun in the sky. It doesn't set during few summer weeks. One can get really confused about day and night here. I think we are getting confused already.
The bad thing is that mosquitous are back.
Day three
Bonfire on the lake side
Buss' is enjoying wild life
June 29, 2005
Day four
Enontekiö airport
Nature center in Hetta
Radio Ga-Ga
Old radio
Do you remember old Queen song:
June 30, 2005
Day five - mökki päivä
Coffee and hot sandwiches with rieska (northern bread)
Strange tree
Midnight sun
Buss' is tired fighting mosquitoes
Sun reflects in the lake
July 01, 2005
Day six - Järämä
Reindeer on the road
Järämä museum
Kilpisjärvi
Kilpisjärvi
Kilpisjärvi
Tampere - Kolari
Fri 01/07/2005 22:56 Photo129
Alex: My train from Tampere to the place with strange name Kolari. Eleven hours of peaceful sleeping, and i'll be above the polar circle, in the place with eternal day. Let's the journey begin!
July 02, 2005
Day seven - last day in the cottage
Grilling mushrooms
Last sauna
Kolari and Inari
Reindeer herd on the road
Kolari railway station
July 03, 2005
Norway - Karasjok
Sami parliament
Alex and Mila argued about purpose of life
July 04, 2005
From Karasjok to the North
Reindeer in Sápmi park
Sápmi park in Karasjok
On the North Cape
North Cape tunnel
North Cape cabins
More from the North Cape
Buss' in the fog on the North Cape
Fog over North Cape
July 05, 2005
Hammerfest and Alta
Reindeer island
On the shore of the Arctic ocean
July 06, 2005
Tromsø
Mountains and Arctic ocean
Snowy mountain
July 07, 2005
Å i Lofoten
Snowy peak
Sun goes down over fjord
July 08, 2005
Umeå
Å
Thunderstorm is looming
July 18, 2005
From Umeå to Stockholm
Reindeers herd on the way to Umeå
Scandic in Umeå
July 19, 2005
Day in Stockholm and back home
Skansen's Aquarium
Drottninggatan
Bonus photos
The North Cape
A couple on the North Cape
