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Tag: Etelä-Pohjanmaa

A Guided Tour of Art & Culture Centre Kalevan Navetta

26/05/2021 Mark Wiltshear

In April 2021, myself and Glenn Murray visited Art & Culture Centre Kalevan Navetta in Seinäjoki. This building has a varied history, an re-invigorated present and, surely, a long future bringing art, craftwork, culture and community to Seinäjoki.

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World Record Ice Carousel & Ice Festival on Lake Lappajärvi

18/03/2021 Mark Wiltshear

On Saturday 27th February 2021, myself and Glenn Murray, The Nordic Tourist, were invited to a special event on Lake Lappajärvi in Etelä-Pohjanmaa, to witness an attempt at the world record biggest ice carousel. What is that? Read on and I’ll explain all…

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Road-Trip Photo Blog #2: Pohjanmaa, Vaasa Archipelago

18/09/2017 Mark Wiltshear

Satu and I, accompanied once more by Boris the Dog, enjoyed our first road trip so much, we decided to go out exploring a different part of Pohjanmaa once again.

Here is a photo blog of our road trip, the second in this series: Pohjanmaa: Merenkurkun ( (Raippaluoto & Björkö)

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Road-Trip Photo Blog #1: Pohjanmaa, Kokkola-Pietarsaari-Ylistaro

03/09/2017 Mark Wiltshear

Satu and I, plus Boris the Dog, took a drive to explore parts of Pohjanmaa that we don’t know so well. We made a photo blog of our road trip: Seinäjoki–Kokkola–Pietarsaari–Ylistaro

Hopefully, the first is a regular series.

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