Secret Helsinki

Name: Secret Helsinki
Brand: Leskinen, Milla
SKU: NW-9782387150028
Price: 18.95 EUR
Availability: InStock

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Note biographique Milla Leskinen has a Master's degree in History and has undertaken extensive research in the fields of Folkloristics, Ethnography, Finnish History and Art History. An avid traveller and bibliophile, she enjoys visiting historical sites in Finland and beyond. Her special interests include military history, photography and local flora and fauna. Jiri Keronen is a well-known and widely read Finnish blogger, Internet personality and author. He writes on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the history of the occult to current political events. Jiri's main fields are technology journalism and financial technology. ,PrésentationFar from the crowds and the usual clichés, Helsinki is filled with hidden treasures revealed only to residents and visitors who leave the beaten path. A dog that managed to catch 108 criminals without human help, a statue to a homeless alcoholic, the anti-aircraft defences where Tom of Finland became a war hero, a plaque in honourof somebody who never existed, swimming naked in the country's oldest swimming pool, the only church in the world that doubles as a lighthouse, a walk through the water to a secret island, a hidden Kalevala-scene fresco inside the Old Student House, a natural waterfall within the city, the location of Star Wars' Princess Leia's necklace, "Short Island' – the antithesis of New York's Long Island, a church turned nightclub turned church again, the only statue of a Russian tsar outside Russia ... Afficher moinsAfficher plus

Leskinen, Milla

Secret Helsinki

18,95 €

Le Pitch

Note biographique Milla Leskinen has a Master's degree in History and has undertaken extensive research in the fields of Folkloristics, Ethnography, Finnish History and Art History. An avid traveller and bibliophile, she enjoys visiting historical sites in Finland and beyond. Her special interests include military history, photography and local flora and fauna. Jiri Keronen is a well-known and widely read Finnish blogger, Internet personality and author. He writes on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the history of the occult to current political events. Jiri's main fields are technology journalism and financial technology. ,PrésentationFar from the crowds and the usual clichés, Helsinki is filled with hidden treasures revealed only to residents and visitors who leave the beaten path. A dog that managed to catch 108 criminals without human help, a statue to a homeless alcoholic, the anti-aircraft defences where Tom of Finland became a war hero, a plaque in honourof somebody who never existed, swimming naked in the country's oldest swimming pool, the only church in the world that doubles as a lighthouse, a walk through the water to a secret island, a hidden Kalevala-scene fresco inside the Old Student House, a natural waterfall within the city, the location of Star Wars' Princess Leia's necklace, "Short Island' – the antithesis of New York's Long Island, a church turned nightclub turned church again, the only statue of a Russian tsar outside Russia ... Afficher moinsAfficher plus