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Anne Räisänen
A Pale View
Kazuo Ishiguro's plaintive novel A Pale View of Hills is marked by clarity and mystery at the same time. The main character Etsuko, who...
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More Than a Cartoonist
The film Tove tells the story of Finnish artist Tove Jansson, her search for her true artistic path, and her search for love. The milieu...
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Artist's Wife
Aino Sibelius, the wife of the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, was not a muse but an active figure in the creative work of her...
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Do not travel to this place!
Would you like to have thousands of noisy tourists messing around in your neighbourhood, making prices go up and possibly damaging unique...
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Blue Tea in Poznań
The charming town of Poznań in western Poland is a great weekend destination. The medieval market square in Poznań city centre is the...
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Sleepless in London
As expected, I felt a sting in my conscience as I booked flights to London. Do we have a right to enjoy life when there is war in Europe?...
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Travelling Light on the Azores
On the emerald islands of the Azores you can retreat into a unique, isolated world. You can relax in hot springs (even in the ocean),...
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Compartment No. 6
Our expectations concerning other people, trips, or life in general cause disappointments all too often, as we see in the film...
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Under the Tender Stars of Cuba
It is a warm night in December when I climb up the wide, paved stairs on to the famous terrace of the Casa de la Música in Trinidad,...
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Atonement
The British author Ian McEwan is able to describe moments, moods and psychological relationships with magical precision. Even very young...
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The Remains of the Day
Stevens, the venerable butler of an English stately home, goes through his life during a summer road trip in 1956, a story told in Kazuo...
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Traveller of the Century
A mysterious traveller arrives in Wandernburg, a vaguely placed town somewhere in the area of present Germany in the early 19th century. ...
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