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Off-topic / Re: Currently in Finland, travelling by gravel roads, asking for advices

« on: September 14, 2024, 01:43:49 PM »

I dont use discord but will have a look to the link this evening or tomorrow (currently driving) and contact you this way.

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Off-topic / Re: Currently in Finland, travelling by gravel roads, asking for advices

« on: September 14, 2024, 10:46:40 AM »

@Plotinus, @Erkka, @Bert Preast: thank you.

* Salmiakki, Salmiakki Koskenkorva, cloudberry liquor and cloudberry schnapps: if it is given by finnish people it will be interesting to taste.
* unusual tastes: I have tried Metsän Henki which, I was told, has a "tree taste": it's good.
* I have seen a reference to Mesimarja liqueur too.
* Alko: I was thinking about that when I wrote "hidden"!
* Savumuikku, Sahti: I will look for that.
* Kalakukko: not sure if it can last the travel back to France but I will try it if possible
* about cities: they add some stress for me when they are big: traffic jam with limited vision angles when I have to find my way in a coutry where rules and signs can be different; it's not easy to park the car which is pretty big. Good point is the behavior of finnish drivers which is so neat compared to the french one.

For Alko and supermarkets, it's not so intimidating as there are some in the suburbs.

In Inari it was easy to access everything for example the SIIDA museum but the city is not a big one. I skipped the Artikum museum in Rovaniemi because I understood most things are closed on mondays and I hope I will have another opportunity going back to the swedish border.

For this kind of visits I will decide at the last moment depending on the context; so thank you for the suggestions.

@Erkka: just tell me how and when to reach you the coming days if you are in the mood.

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Off-topic / Currently in Finland, travelling by gravel roads, asking for advices

« on: September 13, 2024, 10:53:51 AM »

Hello,

I am in Finland, travelling by gravel roads (when possible), not main roads, so I haven't had so much interactions with people, or shops and cultural places to visit and I am looking for finnish souvenirs for family and friends, in particular food and beverages which some of them are pretty hidden for a foreigner, and of course I cannot read finnish.

I am looking too for any advice for something I should not miss.

Any ideas ?

After going to Salla from the swedish border, I went up North to Inari by the east side (then to Cape North) and then South by the west side. I am currently near Vaasa, hoping to go to the South East and then up again to Salla and the Swedish border before going back to France (and before the cold).

Such a travel in the backcountry lacks a cultural part, but I experiment new feelings, immersed in so massive forests and landscapes with low human density : great !

Thanks.