Keila-Joa is a village about 30 kilometers from Tallinn in Estonia. Keila-Joa boasts a well-known place of interest in Estonia: a waterfall located in a park of old manor house and a hydroelectric powerplant. Keila-Joa park, powerplant and manor house concentrate around the waterfalls that have been used for centuries. Read more…
The Toolse castle is a medieval castle located in the village of Toolse in eastern Estonia, right on the northern coast of the country. Drive to Toolse from Tallinn takes about 1,5 hours. The Toolse village can be found close to a small and sleepy town of Kunda. Kunda itself Read more…
This is the oldest and most central area in the capital of Finland. What?s in the picture? Let?s find out. The church in the top right corner probably looks familiar to most. It?s the Helsinki Cathedral, opened in 1852. It?s probably the most iconic building in Helsinki. Construction of the Read more…
I have been shooting photos since I was a kid. A little more serious photography hobby started in 2005 when I bought my first DSLR camera. (DSLR is simply put a proper digital camera with interchangeable lenses etc.) I used to carry my camera bag with the camera body, 3 Read more…
This is Pandju islet in the Tallinn Bay, Estonia. It?s a small island which is, as you see, connected to shore by a narrow strech of land that is baerly above water. At least during low tide. (Tides aren?t that dramatic in Baltic Sea.) You can find this place in Read more…
Estonia is known for it?s limestone coastline. As sea eats away at limestone shores, it has created a common sight on Estonia?s north coast: high limestone cliffs that fall vertically to the sea. Often the vertical walls look like they?re cut with a knife. This cliff and lighthouse at Pakri, Read more…
Red phone booths, or telephone boxes, are a classic sight in London and all over former British empire. But what are they needed for today, when everyone and their grandmother has smartphones of their own? Well, London seems to have come up with an idea: telephone boxes with WiFi! Sometimes Read more…
South Harbor in Helsinki is the packed bay right in front of the oldest part of the city. In the bottom of the bay you?ll have the Market Square, backed by the Presidential palace, Helsinki Town Hall and the embassy of Sweden. Large passenger ferries traveling to Estonia and Sweden Read more…
Neeme is a small-ish peninsula some 40 kilometers from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. How did I discover this beautiful place? I spend quite a bit of time in Estonia with my family. This time we were there on a summer vacation. My method of finding new interesting places is Read more…
This is Suomenlinna fortress island during sunset in Helsinki, Finland. The building on the foreground is the island church which also doubles as a fully functional lighthouse. In the background you?ll see 2 smaller islands belonging to it. They have residential buildings (yes, people actually live there!) and some buildings Read more…