Hello there, after two years of living and working in Rovaniemi, I’d want to share my brief experience with you! Thank you for taking the time to read this story with me. I’m Frey, and I’m coming from Vietnam.
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Kainuu: A land of possibilities
I had the fortunate opportunity to take part in a trip to Kainuu region in the beginning of October 2021. The purpose of this trip was to examine the literary tourism products and practices in the region. The theme for a majority of these products was the Finnish epic Kalevala. The epic is a collection…
Read moreTourism as a Way to Escape Reality
Who’s this? Hello World! Name’s Kristian (but just call me Kris), born and raised in a village right outside St. Petersburg, Russia, by an Estonian father and a Russian mother before moving to Finland and ending up in Lapland studying tourism. Kinda international, huh? Since my birth, I have moved around quite a bit, both…
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Tourist to Locals and Local to Tourists
Hi, it’s Vivian, your ordinary Vietnamese girl, and I basically end up being a tourist to locals and a local to tourists in Rovaniemi. Wonder what it means? Let’s me explain it to you by my experience as a foreigner living in this Santa Claus hometown.
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Opportunities When Moving to Helsinki
If you read my previous article on how I turned a mistake into a big opportunity, you will understand what I mean. Once again, my name is Phuc but people call me Patrick. I will tell you how Finland helped me accomplish my desire career.
Read moreUnplanned life
Hi! I am Marc, fourth year student of Tourism in Lapland University of Applied Sciences. Originally from Barcelona, Catalonia. I grew up in a multicultural environment in my own house. My dad from Barcelona, always outgoing, positive, loud, passionate and my mom from Finland, ethic, logical, introverted, self-sufficient. I studied different careers and had different…
Read moreThinking outside the box
Who am I? Hello dear readers! My name is Niko and I am currently a fourth-year tourism student at Lapland University of Applied Sciences. I have been living in Rovaniemi for just over three years now. Originally I come from a small and quiet little village near the Russian border called Salla. I love learning…
Read moreA New Journey is about to Start!
Hello fellow classmates and teachers! It’s really nice to be here sharing with you more about myself, about what’s happening in my life and about the new journey I’m heading to. My name is Leslie, and I’m currently 21 years old, from Viet Nam.
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The Part of A Journey to Becoming An Adult
Hello, my name is Pham Duy Bao; everyone calls me Jun. I am a young man who is growing up and discovering himself. Let me first share my journey with you! Back to the good old days of the journey! After 18 years of life encapsulated from home to high school, the day I got…
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Ricky: “What is it outside the walls?”
Chapter 1: I have a dream Everyone has a dream, don’t they? Do you have one? Two? Or more? When I was in primary school, the art teacher gave me a drawing exercise as homework. The task was to draw what I would like to become in the future. I still remember that I was…
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