Näppärää! Ikean uudessa mallistossa on tarjoiluastia vihreille kuulille. (Taidokas kuvankäsittely minun, jotta visio välittyy.)

Miksi tämän tapahtuman nimi ei ole Saloween?

This bus card reader is absolutely thrilled to be here. 😈

Two peas in a pod: Rauma Water Tower and a Minecraft Ghast

Wo lohnt sich eigentlich #Interrail? Eine Frage, die immer wieder auftaucht: Welche Länder sind perfekt für den Bahnpass – und wo seid ihr mit normalen Tickets besser dran? Schauen wir uns die Sache einmal an 🧵

Rauma hasn't had regular passenger trains since the 80s, only freight. As a teen, I felt mocked when locomotives blocked the crossing just to reverse, as if teasing me for not being able to take a train from my hometown. On my visit, I found nothing had changed in 30 years.

Visiting my hometown Rauma, Finland, my kids jokingly asked if we had returned to Astrid Lindgren's World theme park in Sweden. Old Rauma was lucky to survive the 60s modernization plans.

#Finland bubble I need your help. My bike has been stolen 30 minutes ago in #Tampere. Between Korkinmäki and Turtola. If you see it please report to the police. Can be easily spotted by the red cable ties. Please repost.

20 straight days with 30 °C in Finland! Truly unprecedented heatwave still in full swing with maximum today about 32-33 degrees. Even the Arctic regions (e.g. Sodankylä Tähtelä) have seen three weeks above 25 °C, and may rival tomorrow their August heat records.

En kannata Trumpia, mutta hänen lopettamisensa menisi silti liian pitkälle.

Turku vuonna 1957: Bore III tuomassa matkustajia Tukholmasta, raitiovaunuja kaduilla, paatteja ja hevoskärryjä Aurajoen varrella, yliopisto torin laidalla sekä iloisia, elämänmyönteisiä ja toimeliaita kansalaisia ympäri kaupunkia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRgr...

Beim ESC ist #Finnland mit zwei Acts vertreten. Neben seiner eigenen Kandidatin, Erika Vikman, schickt es auch das Trio KAJ ins Rennen – für Schweden. Mit ihrem Sauna-Song zählen sie zu den Favoriten. Aber warum singt eine finnische Band auf Schwedisch für Schweden? 🧵 #ESC2025 #Eurovision

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

Two years ago today: Interrailing on our Magical Mysterail Tour. Woke up in Carbis Bay in Cornwall. Had a nice seaside walk to St Ives, where seagulls stole @sebwilken.net's Cornish pasty straight from his hand. Took the train to Penzance and boarded the cozy Night Riviera to London.

Good that I have my bucket! yle.fi/a/74-20157424

An artist name worth considering: Mullet Star! 💇‍♂️🌟🎸🎤🕶️

I interrailed to Spain fast. After my internship, I returned at a more leisurely speed. What's the easiest way to plan the route and book seats, some ask me. I think it's having @sebwilken.net as your boyfriend & travel companion. He: - There is a picturesque route via the Pyrenees - Me: - I'm in!

In Fuengirola, my view was ok.

Seville is so lovely, artsy and colourful. Why does Seville Santa Justa train station look like this? Where are all the beautiful Andalusian tiles?

I loved Seville almost as much as young Sevillians love trendy cookies.

End of February: I visited Seville for a long weekend and was charmed by it even if it was raining most of the time.

I was freezing in the south of Spain in Feb and March. As a Finn, I am used to it being cold outside but warm inside. Here it was the other way around (due to hot summers). No heating, single-pane windows, stone or tiled floors and surfaces. I called the houses marble igloos and slept in a sweater.

Málaga, Spain: A cat café co-working space! And it's called 'Paws for a Moment'! They are onto something here. 🐱💻☕🐾

On my later trips to Madrid, I also got a closer look at the tropical garden inside Atocha station.

By train from Málaga to Madrid. Loved this sunrise over misty olive groves.

When I arrived in Spain, I was confused by the airport-like high-speed railway stations. (Trains: high-speed. Stations: slow.) Funny thing is, during my internship at a travel agency, my job included escorting our customers to Madrid and back on those same trains. I basically became a train guide.

Moving to Fuengirola, Spain doesn’t mean giving up your Finnish favourites.

When I first arrived in Andalucía from Finland, it took me a while to stop thinking 'oh, someone dropped their groceries' whenever I saw citrus fruit on the ground.

I got some likes and followers through my travel report below, and then left you all once I arrived in Spain. Lo siento! I was busy and overwhelmed trying to get used to a new job, language and culture. I posted on IG: www.instagram.com/virpiflyg Now I’ll post some updates on Bluesky, too.

Everything reminds me of it #Melodifestivalen

Kuriose Situation: Schweden entscheidet nächste Woche über seinen ESC-Teilnehmer. Von den 12 zur Wahl stehenden Songs ist einer auf Schwedisch. Und der kommt von einer finnischen Band! Dabei wissen viele Schweden nicht mal, dass man auch in Finnland Schwedisch spricht. yle.fi/a/74-20145473

Tonight in Melodifestivalen: the Finnish trio KAJ! www.svtplay.se/video/eb3Yva...

One of the first phrases a language learner should be taught is: 'Do you want a bag?' You can be confidently shopping in a foreign country until that question trips you up and shatters your façade.

Today, I’m starting a train trip from Stockholm to southern Spain. Unfortunately, there won't be much time for sightseeing, as my internship will start on Monday in Fuengirola. My route: Turku – Stockholm – Berlin – Paris – Toulouse – Girona – Madrid – Málaga – Fuengirola. Updates to follow! 🧵

A wolverine was caught today near Turku railway station. I felt the map needed more details, so I added the train and the wolverine. I think I am slightly better at drawing wolverines than trains. The news: yle.fi/a/7-10071244

Trump puheessaan - otan panaman - laajennan usan territoriota - drill drill drill baby - bye bye pariisin ilmastosopimus - kaksi sukupuolta - hätila meksikon rajalle Eka asiantuntija lausunto A-studiossa ”Yllättävän pliisu puhe, ei mitään kovin radikaalia”

En tiennytkään, että yksi englanninlakuista on taudinaiheuttaja.

What I've learned about sounds during my years of putting kids to bed: snoring – they're sleeping yawning – they're awake coughing – could be sleeping sneezing – they're awake laughing, talking, walking, farting – could be sleeping swallowing – awake

Watching The Holiday (2006). The daughters' names showing up separately in their parent's phone implies they each have their own phones. In the early-to-mid 2000s. At 4-6 years old.

@sebwilken.net: – How does it feel like to own two Interrail passes? Me: – You should know. It's the average number of your Interrail passes at any given time.

If you see this, post a mountain picture!

Interesting face memory test that becomes quite challenging towards the end: www.bbk.ac.uk/psychology/p...

On a promenade in the Greater Stockholm area: amazed that these houses were built in 2024 and not a hundred years ago. Like Vasastan has come here to Nacka.

Turku, take note!

"Papi, was sind das für Zugvögel?" "Das sind E-Roller! Endlich ziehen sie davon. Ist es nicht ein schöner Anblick?" – "Glaub schon." "Sie haben uns entdeckt! Sie kehren um!" – "Lauf! Lauf!" Quelle: www.instagram.com/p/DAVimkpN-Fq/

A bog-scented September Sunday in Kurjenrahka National Park in Finland. My hairdresser once spotted a bear there. This time the only crouched foragers were cranberry-pickers.

A recently completed two-year study in Finnish daycares found that air purifiers reduced children's illnesses by 18.2%, suggesting that a significant portion of diseases are airborne. Air purifiers proved to be a cost-effective way to prevent illness. yle.fi/a/74-20089670

How 5 of history’s worst pandemics ended. The Black Death went on for 7 years and resurfaced 40 times in the next 300 years. www.history.com/news/pandemi...

Sports during covid: Members of Sweden's cross-country skiing team caught covid but were cleared to compete: 'I don't see any risks.' Halfvarsson: No energy or focus. Fell on his face. Andersson: - How am I even going to get up the hill? (a machine translation miss)

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