Tag: Finland

August 15, 2021 (day 17 of 19)

In the spotlight

562 km / 349 miles 🚗 🚢

Ferry from Helsinki 🇫🇮 to Tallinn 🇪🇪

Helsinki is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland.

Tallinn is the most populous, primate, and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn administratively lies in the Harju maakond. Tallinn is the main financial, industrial and cultural centre of Estonia.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T3

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome 64

The pictures

Parked for the night 🇱🇹

The gear

Camera:
Xiaomi Mi 10

The pictures

August 14, 2021 (day 16 of 19)

In the spotlight

515 km / 320 miles 🚗 🚶

Haiharan Kartano, Tampere 🇫🇮

Haihara Manor in Tampere is haunted by The Blue Maid, former maid of the manor.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
LomoChrome Metropolis

The pictures

Sanatoriumintie Nurmijärvi, Röykkä 🇫🇮

An abandoned hospital in the village of Röykkä is told about rumors of paranormal phenomena, like the windows of the building show mysterious lights, and on the edge of the roof there is a woman who commits suicide by jumping down.

There is also a rumor that the hospital might be haunted by the spirit of a girl who died there at a young age.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
LomoChrome Metropolis

The pictures

Bodominjärvi, Espoo 🇫🇮

The Lake Bodom murders is one of the most infamous unsolved homicide cases in Finnish criminal history.

On 5 June 1960, at Bodom Lake, 15-year-old girls Maila Irmeli Björklund and Anja Tuulikki Mäki and 18-year-old man Seppo Antero Boisman were killed by stabbing and blunt-force trauma to their heads, while sleeping inside a tent. The fourth youth, Nils Gustafsson, then 18 years old, was found outside the tent with broken facial bones and stab wounds.

Despite extensive investigations, the perpetrator was never identified and various theories on the killer’s identity have been presented over the years. Gustafsson was unexpectedly arrested on suspicion of committing the murders in 2004, but he was found not guilty the following year.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
LomoChrome Metropolis

The pictures

Parked for the night 🇫🇮

Found an old, abandoned mill to spend the night.

The gear

Camera:
Xiaomi Mi 10

The pictures

August 13, 2021 (day 15 of 19)

In the spotlight

400 km / 249 miles 🚗 🚶

Olavinlinna, Savonlinna 🇫🇮

By far the most famous story of Olavinlinna is the tragic love story of the Finnish maiden.

The daughter of the castle’s Lord was in love with a Russian soldier and one night she opened the castle gate to let him in. But she was betrayed by her lover when he brought more soldiers with him. The Russian forces were fought off and the traitorous lover was killed in the attack. The maiden was sentenced to death for treason and buried alive in the wall of the courtyard.

Shortly afterwards a rowan tree grew on the burial spot and the white flowers which bloomed on the tree were said to be symbolic of the girl’s innocence.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
LomoChrome Metropolis

The pictures

Russian borders, Änkilänsalo 🇫🇮 & Pajarinkylä 🇫🇮

This is as close as I could safely get to the Russian borders in Finland.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T3

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome 64

The pictures

Parked for the night 🇫🇮

The gear

Cameras:
Fujifilm X-T3
Xiaomi Mi 10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

The pictures

August 12, 2021 (day 14 of 19)

In the spotlight

567 km / 352 miles 🚗

Parked for the night 🇫🇮

The gear

Camera:
Xiaomi Mi 10

The pictures

Hiljainen Kansa, Käpylä 🇫🇮

The Silent People is an art installation produced by Reijo Kela. The first time for this installation was in 1988 in Suomussalmi. The installation provokes the travellers and motorists to stop and wonder about these ”people”. In this 1994 launched art installation the figures standing in the middle of the field causes curiosity and disorientation.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T3

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

The pictures

On the road 🇫🇮

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T3

Camera lenses:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR
Fujinon XC 50-230mm II f/4.5-f/6.7 OIS

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome 64

The pictures

August 11, 2021 (day 13 of 19)

In the spotlight

635 km / 395 miles 🚗

Porsangmoen/Halkavarre skyte- og øvingsfelt (SØF) 🇳🇴

The Garrison of Porsanger, based at Porsangmoen in Porsanger, located in the Norwegian county of Finnmark 18 km from the city of Lakselv. The garrison is located immediately adjacent to Halkavarre, the largest military training area in Norway.