Viking Line Faces Investigation Over Open Bow Door
byAccording to Finnish national broadcaster, YLE, the Viking Line ferry, Rosella, left port in Åland with its bow door open. If true, the Finnish…
Travel
Daugavpils: A Complicated Latvian Future Haunted By The Soviet Past
byI’m aboard the Riga-Daugavpils train, and we’re rattling along in an unhurried way from Latvia’s capital to its second-largest city; a distance of roughly…
From Lahti to the Philippines: A Finnish Tiger Sandwich
byA unique exhibition of non-Nordic work by young Finnish photographers opened last week in Helsinki. “Tiger Sandwich” examines angels, bellies, fishermen, streets, dogs, gold…
Winter surfing . . . Estonian style
byPost by Martin Karja.
A Russian Range War (And an American Caught in the Middle)
byIn Russia, the only order is in nature. Ten men surround a mountain of gear and stare skyward as an Mi-8 circles and turns…
69° North, 33° East: Running from the Russians
byA Soviet-made helicopter is a grinding, oily beast which announces itself long before visual contact. The Mi-8s, the cargo and passenger transport machines, can…