Kategorie: Westfinnland

Jukka Risikko Photography – Magical nature and wildlife photography from Lapua, Western Finland

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Finlands nature and landscape is a treasure of beautiful moments and moods. Jukka Risikko, a young nature and wildlife photographer from Lapua, Western Finland, knows exactly how to capture this beauty with his camera. For his amazing picture of a whooper swan family, Finlands national bird, he recently was honoured with the first prize of the ifolor Kuvakisa 2020 and he also won the ifolor photobook competition earlier this year. I was really impressed by the magic of his pictures, because each of it tells its own special story. And so I wanted to know, how he discovered his love for nature and wildlife photography and what he particularly likes about it. Weiterlesen  

Voutsa – A Powerful voice and stomach punching beats from Finland

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Mikko „Voutsa“ Voutilainen and Atte Pohjonen know each other from school. They started to make music together when they were teenagers. 2016 they came up with the idea to create powerful metal covers of famous pop and rock songs. Their first one was a Stig cover of the song „Niks ja Naks“ . One of the coolest metal covers so far is a Billie Eilish cover of the song „Bad Guy“ in an amazing Rammstein version. Now the two guys from Finland have published their own first double single. In an inspiring interview the two metal heads tell us more, about their two own songs „Syöksykierre“ and „Saatto“, about their band history and what they love about powerful metal beats and screaming vocal techniques. Weiterlesen  

Die Geschichte von „Pikku Jussi“ – Eine Finnlandgeschichte der besonderen Art

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Joachims Finnlandliebe begann vor 50 Jahren. Damals war er 12 Jahre jung und in seiner Heimatgemeinde Wehrheim am Taunus waren anlässlich des ersten „Wehrheimer Folklore- und Schützenfestes“ Gäste aus zahlreichen europäischen Ländern zu Gast. So auch Auvo und Olli von der Folkloretanzgruppe der Jugendorganisation „Mietoisten Nuorisoseura“ aus Mietoinen in Südwestfinnland, die damals bei Joachims Oma und Opa unterkamen. Ein Jahr später folgte der Gegenbesuch nach Mietoinen und Lieto in der Nähe von Turku. Dort war er bei Familie Haapakoski untergebracht. Das war der Beginn einer Finnlandliebe, die bis heute anhält. Mehr dazu erzählt uns Motorradfan Joachim im Interview und verrät uns auch, woher er seinen finnischen Spitznamen „Pikku Jussi“ hat und welche Regionen in Finnland sich perfekt für eine Motorradtour eignen. Weiterlesen  

A Finnish confiture made of wild roses – Delicacies from Finnish Plant in Vampula

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(Promotion)* Have you ever tasted a confiture made of wild roses? Tuuli and Matti Kotaja are cultivating them on their farm in Vampula, in Western Finland. But what makes their wild rose jam so special? I talked to Tuuli and Matti at the International Green Week in Berlin in order to get to know more about the secret of their extraordinary Rose Petal Confiture. Weiterlesen