Posts with tag ”finland”

From Gothenburg to Tokyo by train

There’s something ridiculous about stepping onto a train in Gothenburg with nothing but a backpack and the vague ambition to end up in Tokyo. Nine time zones. Seven countries. Endless buckets of hot coffee.

Lonely day in Helsinki

Helsinki isn’t the kind of place that throws itself at you. No loud cheers, no fake smiles. It stands there, quiet and desolate, like a Finn at a bus stop in February with a fur coat zipped high, eyes stoically fixed on some distant point beyond the horizon.