Summer is calm with lots of sunshine and splashing in the water? That’s correct! But if you are a poster hunter, it is so much more. If you are a poster hunter, the summer of 2022 was a hunt – on three fronts. First: It was a quest for an end. At an end where […]
By ferry to Stockholm! It is difficult to come up with something more classic in Finnish travel history. And in the summer of 2022, there is an extra important reason to jump on board. Why? I will reveal that soon, but first a little background. As early as the middle of the 19th century, the […]
This year spring really took its time. But now, finally, spring has sprung even in Finland! And that’s why we have a poster treat for you. One can wonder what the spring in 1949 was like? Because that is when the artist Gunnar Forsström created five different Helsinki posters, and chose one of them as […]
And finally the Poster Hunters can say … Welcome to our brand new show! Our new travel poster exhibition lets you experience how early tourists were drawn to travel to and around the Nordic region, by way of steamboat, train or plane, between the 1890s and 1960s. Back then, illustrated travel posters were used as […]
A visual flight of fancy through the Nordic countries as envisioned in travel posters! This is what can be expected when our playful design exhibition opens at Nordiska museet in Stockholm. To put it simply: The poster hunters at Come to Finland are almost too excited. Our exhibition, that we arrange in co-operation with Come […]
Click to buy your favorite Lapland poster! Last month, the Poster Hunter stared at his poster collection. He was looking for the crackling colours of autumn. Although, in the 1950s, Finland liked to market itself either as the promised land of skiing (Finland for wintersports!) or as a summer country of happiness (Finland for holidays!), […]
In his previous life, the Poster Hunter was not fan of crayfish. Yes, to be honest, he avoided crayfish as much as he could. There was too much formality and too much tradition. How do you actually open up those damn crayfish? And what? So much struggle for such a small amount of food …? […]
It’s finally summer! And your humble Poster Hunter has once again managed to combine his two favorite activities: traveling in Finland and collecting classic travel posters. So join the expedition now! Let’s start on the west coast of Finland, in the medieval city of Raumo. The poster hunter is like everyone else: he has been […]
Two tired men are sitting in a room. They stare out into the emptiness, both listing seemingly random numbers in different languages. One of them is holding a gavel. Have they totally lost their grip? Are they confused? No. Quite the opposite! They have full control – and they are sitting on a treasure. A […]
So Christmas is over and a new year has begun, and with that comes what we in Finland call Tipaton tammikuu! But what is Tipaton tammikuu all about? Straight translated it roughly means dry January. This is our version of sober October – you see, we Finns of course prefer to do this it when […]
