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A Non-Halloween Concert
We attended a jazz concert in Musiikkitalo on Halloween night.

Kathryn Crowley
Nov 3, 20255 min read


Day Trips from Helsinki: Porvoo and Suomenlinna
Porvoo Shore Houses (Photo courtesy of Visit Finland website) There are at least three lots of visitors coming to visit with us in...

Kathryn Crowley
May 27, 20253 min read


Hurtling Towards Santa Claus
House of Santa Claus in Rovaniemi, Lapland In a sense, once we ring in the New Year, wherever we are in the world, we are inevitably...

Kathryn Crowley
Mar 24, 20253 min read


St Patrick's Day Celebrations in Helsinki
Photo from https://www.myhelsinki.fi/places/helsinki-cathedral/ Happy St Patrick's Day, everyone! One of my favourite 'blessings' is: As...

Kathryn Crowley
Mar 17, 20253 min read


Six Things I Did Last Week
Photo of Oodi, the Central Library of Helsinki, courtesy of the Oodi website I don’t want to give any oxygen to an unelected billionaire...

Kathryn Crowley
Mar 10, 20257 min read
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