Koli on Lake Pielinen is one of Finland’s absolute gems that never goes out of travel fashion. For over a hundred years, tourists have flocked to this national romantic landscape. It’s not surprising. It was here that greats like writer Juhani Aho, artist Eero Järnefelt and composer Jean Sibelius found their inspiration. In the 1950s, […]
We asked photographer Kai Nordberg to tell the story behind this poster in his own words: ”In the summer of 1958, I was 22 years old then, I worked as an assistant at the photo studio Aho & Soldan. When summer was up I told photgrapher Heikki Ahtola that I’m heading for Savonlinna for a […]
In this French-language poster for Norway, the (unknown) artist with the signature ”Schenk” has used the sky to illustrate the smallness of the tourist and woman & man. Thru the poster we reverently admire the mighty mountain world. The slogan in the poster reinforces the message: Norway is a true natural wonder!
The artist presents her artwork: Helsinki is full of surprises for tourists and offers inspiration for locals. I gathered some symbols that are hard to miss in the city.. The granite sculptures at the Central Railway Station greet everyone who come to Helsinki by train, parks with blooming Rhododendrons and cherry trees are popular backdrops […]
Finnish Travel Poster of the year, 2020, 3rd place! The artist presents her artwork: My poster was inspired by autumn walks on the seashores of the Töölö neighborhood where the amazing Sibelius monument is located. The poster combines vector illustrations with vintage paper textures. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? […]
Travel Poster of the year, 2020. Runner-up! The artist presents his artwork: I drew my inspiration from the old days. I love the styles, textures, and use of colours from the 20’s to 60’s. Other big inspirations while creating this poster were Captain Haddock, Tove Jansson, 1940’s in general, and of course one of my […]
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. […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the popular route Helsinki-Tallinn. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to travel by boat, not by airplane, between these cities. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product […]
This poster belong to the series of four original art works that the poster hunters from Come to Finland found in 2013. They were made by Gunnar Forsström for the Helsinki 450-year celebration in 1950, but were never published. So this is true unique poster art. We are therefore proud to bring you these high […]
This poster belong to the series of four original art works that the poster hunters from Come to Finland found in 2013. They were made by Gunnar Forsström for the Helsinki 450-year celebration in 1950, but were never published. So this is true unique poster art. We are therefore proud to bring you these high […]
