Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the famous resort town of Hanko (Hangö in Swedish) has done here with one of its landmarks – the water tower. Yes, there’s a lot of tennis being played here. The idea was naturally to lure […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the famous cathedral in the city of Turku has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, […]
As early as 1915, the chairman of the Finnish Tourist Society thought it was high time to brush the dust off the old canoe and head off to exlore Finland. However, it was only at the end of the 1920s that promotional efforts were directed at foreigners and brochures and posters started to proclaim the […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the popular resort town of Naantali. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so please write us if […]
That’s the castle of Olavinlinna you can see through the window – the location where the famous Opera festival is arranged every summer. The artist for this artwork is unknown. But we continuously seek more information about all posters and images in our product range, so please write us if you think you know something […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the popular resort town of Naantali. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so please write us if […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the popular resort town of Naantali. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so please write us if […]
When a city turns 600 years it’s really worth a celebration. And how do you celebrate properly? With a poster, of course.
Redan år 1915 talade ordförande för Turistföreningen om att det är dags att plocka fram den gamla goda kanoten och bege sig ut på upptäcktsfärd i Finland. Men först i slutet av 1920-talet vände man sig till utländska turister med broschyrer och affischer om de oändliga möjligheterna som Finland ju faktiskt kunde (och kan) erbjuda. […]
It was at the end of the 1930s that the Finland Travel organisation decided to raise their profile in Sweden and call upon a bard, the great Finno-Swedish poet Elmer Diktonius to be exact. He was set to formulate the new siren calls from the east in the new brochure, while top graphic artist Aarne […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the city of Kuopio in the region of Savo has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the great Lake Päijänne has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so please write us […]
One of the most active producers of poster art and graphic travel brochures in Finland was the Finland Steamship Company. The artist for this artwork is unknown. But we continuously seek more information about all posters and images in our product range, so please write us if you think you know something interesting about this […]
Finland today for many younger Danes feels like a peripheral Nordic country, but it was different before. With a direct boat connection between Copenhagen and Helsinki and long-standing traditions in commerce and tourism, Finland had many friends down in the Nordic south. In this brochure from the 1950s, Danes are encouraged to visit the country […]
This poster is one of the creations of Raimo Raimela and Osmo K. Oksasen. It was made for the Finnish State Railways in 1958, when these two advertising artists shared a studio in Helsinki.
This card advertises the casino (in practice not a casino in the modern sense, rather a restaurant by the sea) in Koivisto. Koivsto used to be a part of Finland, but during the war with the Soviets, Koivisto was captured on 18 June 1944 and transferred to the Soviet Union as part of the Paris […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the city of Viipuri has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to this quite international city. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so […]
Recently our favourite poster hunter called us: he had found a unique original print of this Lahti poster. What do you reckon, did we buy it or not…?
When Helsinki turned 400 years in 1950 it had to be celebrated with a poster. Luckily artist Gunnar Forsström was around and this wonderful poster was chosen. He also made four other posters (never published) that the Poster Hunters from Come to Finland re-discovered in 2013.
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the city of Mikkeli in the region of Savo has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product […]
