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Background: Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its freedom and resist invasions by the Soviet Union - albeit with some loss of territory. In the subsequent half century, the Finns made a remarkable transformation from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is now on par with Western Europe. As a member of the European Union, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999.

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By carinzil
December 10th 2009

The start of the saison Europe » Finland

Karen

First there's n update on the website of where I am: www.akaskero.com (ein Update auf der Homepage von hier, sieht schoen aus) Unbelievable but there's going to be an update from far far away. I didn't have internet for a while and my time to actually do something like updating my blog is rather short. Anyway of course we do have a lot of snow by now and we're on sleds since a few weeks. Before the saison started we've already been on sleds and it's again like heaven to stand of one them having the dogs in front of you! [View Full Entry]

By AndyMac
October 23rd 2009

Lapland, Finland - Santa's Home Town! Europe » Finland » Lapland » Rovaniemi

Lapland

Read this article on EuropeUpClose at http://www.europeupclose.com/a-visit-to-finlands-santa-claus-village If you’re anything like me - single, with no young kids, and not 10 years old myself - then you might share my reluctance to admit any great excitement for Christmas. There’s something embarrassing about feeling giddy at the first sign of peppermint, and people look at you like you’re crazy if you sing along to carols in shops. Truth is, Christmas is for kids and most adults are proud to be cynical about the holiday. But in the north of Finland, in a region [View Full Entry]

By carinzil
October 20th 2009

16km - new training trail Europe » Finland » Lapland » Levi

on the walk with Ukon

Here I am again. I thought I change my weblog a little bit as it seems that nobody but my Mum and Steffy are actually reading it (oh and HeXe, she said she's reading it a little bit) ... even if there are 6 subscribers. So I'm going to write in English AND in German as long as I do short entries. Long entries are going to be only in English. It snowed again the last 2 days but not as much as last week :-( It'd be sooo good to get a hell of a lot of snow to finally [View Full Entry]

By carinzil
October 8th 2009

As time goes bye Europe » Finland » Lapland » Levi

Ayla

As time goes bye so much happened that I'm not able to even write everything at once :-) The official autuum training started and we train the dogs, of course not with sledges but with Quads. There are 14-20 dogs in front of a Quad and on top of the Quad we have a weight and we are two of us sitting on top of it. I'm working with Petra at the moment. She's working here since 3 years and she's from Germany. We work in teams of 3 at the moment so Celia from Switzerland is working with us as [View Full Entry]

By carinzil
September 19th 2009

First impressions and injuries Europe » Finland » Lapland

goodbye Germany

So here I go again from Finish Lappland. :-) So much happened that I’m only going to write briefly about everything, especially because I have only 9 fingers to type, but later more. First of all my new mobile number is +358 40 3650042 and my address is Melanie Kasueske Kurkkiomaa 99300 Muonio Finland I’m always happy to get some postcards/letters while up here. I only have internet every now and then. I’m busy most of the time and we’re sharing a internet stick between the whole house :-) The camp is great. They are about 500 dogs and we are [View Full Entry]

By Mackem
September 18th 2009

Skiiing 2009 Europe » Finland » Lapland » Levi

How cold!

What a Place Second trip to Levi for some winter sports. Great place but get ready for some cold weather. -25 or there abouts each day makes day to day things tuff. [View Full Entry]

By michel finn
March 24th 2009

Bilder Lappland Europe » Finland » Lapland » Ivalo

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Hier noch einige Fotos. [View Full Entry]

By michel finn
March 23rd 2009

Eisangeln Europe » Finland » Lapland » Ivalo

Motorschlitten

Der letzte Tag in Lappland war noch einmal ein wirklicher Höhepunkt meiner Winterferien. Er stand unter dem Motto „Ein Tag in der Wildnis“. Hauptaktivitäten waren eine 90 minütige Motorschlittenfahrt und das Eisangeln. Mit dem Guide waren wir zu dritt. Was ich vom Fahren mit dem Motorschlitten halte, hatte ich ja schon im vorigen Artikel geschrieben. Hier noch einige Infos zu den von uns genutzten Fahrzeugen. Ausgerüstet mit 120 PS Motoren und Automatikgetriebe sind das geradezu kleine Raketen. Die Handgriffe und Fußhüllen sind regelbar beheizt. Das Gewicht eines solchen Schlitte [View Full Entry]

By michel finn
March 14th 2009

Ausflug nach Inari Europe » Finland » Lapland » Ivalo

Postkasten

Nach diesen ereignisreichen Erlebnissen der letzten Tage war es Zeit für etwas Kultur. Ich hatte mich für das Museum „ SIIDA“ in Inari, das Zentrum der finnischen Saamis entschieden. Inari liegt am Inarisee (sechstgrößter Binnensee von Europa) und ist ein Gemeindeverbund von 22 Dörfern mit einer Gesamteinwohnerzahl von weniger als 7000 Einwohnern (Ivalo 3.379 Einwohner, Inari 459 Einwohner, Saariselkä 311 Einwohner, ...). Das bedeutet, bei einer Gemeindefläche von 17.334 km2 (etwas größer als Thüringen) eine Bevölkerungsdichte von 0,46 Einwohner pro Quadratkilometer (Wikipedia). [View Full Entry]

By michel finn
February 28th 2009

Rentierschlittenfahrt Europe » Finland » Lapland » Ivalo

Rentierfarm

Das traditionelle Fortbewegungsmittel der Bewohner des hohen Nordens ist der Renntierschlitten. Natürlich konnte ich daher nicht umhin, ihn auch auszuprobieren. Genau wie bei der Huskysafari wurden wir auch diesmal warm eingekleidet und vom Guide zur Rentierfarm gebracht. Dort spannte er die Rentiere ein und band sie jeweils an dem vorderen Schlitten fest. Ein „Schlittenzug“ bestand aus sechs Schlitten, in denen jeweils eine Person Platz hatte. Die Schlitten waren mit Rentierfellen ausgelegt und sehr bequem, obwohl sie nur aus Brettern bestanden. Die Schlittenfahrt könnt Ihr euch [View Full Entry]

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