Helsinki… sauna time in the world’s happiest city

Helsinki Often considered to be Finland’s only metropolis, Helsinki is well-known for its innovative art, culture, love of everything sauna-related and – according to the World Happiness Report 2020 – being the happiest city in the world! So the question is, why wouldn’t you want to travel here? From a personal point-of-view I’ve always loved Scandinavian …

Gyeongju… a South Korean cultural dream

Gyeongju A trip to South Korea has been on the books for me for many years. But if I was going to do the country justice, I wanted to see a bit more of it than just Seoul in the north. It led to my plans to travel around the country by train (similar to …