Along the way
“It’s almost a miracle how nature has the energy to be reborn after so many months of frost”
Ever since I moved to Oulu from Northern Italy back in 2013, I have admired the connection people here have with nature. In the beginning, I thought it to be something innate in the Finnish culture;...
Oulu2026 – The Cultural Capital of 33 Municipalities
The implementation area of the Oulu2026 cultural capital programme includes 32 other municipalities in addition to Oulu, which is a lot when looking at the history of European Capitals of Culture...
A small world
Having lived in Oulu for eight months, I’ve met enough people to make amazing daily discoveries of how everyone is connected. Let me give you an example: in early March I did an interview with Juha...
A tour through Europe: Plovdiv 2019
Plovdiv was European Capital of Culture (ECoC) in 2019 together with the Italian city of Matera. Plovdiv is also the second largest city in Bulgaria with a population of around 347 000, as...
A tour through Europe: Matera 2019
Matera was one of the two European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) in 2019 together with the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. The city is located in the Basilicata region in Southern Italy and has a...
A tour through Europe: Leeuwarden 2018
The Dutch city of Leeuwarden was European Capital of Culture (ECoC) in 2018 together with the Maltese capital Valletta. Located in northwestern Netherlands, Leeuwarden has a population of...
A tour through Europe: Avignon 2000
Avignon was one of the nine European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) in 2000. The town is located in the Provence region in southern France, on the left bank of the river Rhône, and has a...
A tour through Europe: Brussels 2000
Brussels was one of the nine European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) in the year 2000. The city is known as the capital of Belgium and also as the administrative capital of the European Union....
Winter in Oulu
We’re having an amazingly beautiful winter in Oulu. For two months now, the city has looked like a Christmas postcard, buried under extreme amounts of snow. On some days it’s like a frosty scene...
A tour through Europe: Santiago de Compostela 2000
Santiago de Compostela, located in northwestern Spain, was one of the nine European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) in 2000. The city is the political and administrative capital of Galicia, was...