Posts with tag ”finland”

From Gothenburg to Tokyo by train

Going from Gothenburg to Tokyo by train is one of the longest routes available, as it spans across nine time zones and seven countries. The largest part of the journey is the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to the Pacific, the world’s longest railway with 9238 kilometers.

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.