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Skiing in Moonlight by Heli Hyppönen

March 18, 2025 2:09 pm Published by

Finalist, MyFinlandPoster contest 2025! The artist presents her poster: My poster depicts a scene in Lapland, where someone is skiing in the moonlight and northern lights are glowing in the sky. The simple scene and harmonious color palette brings peace and relaxation to the viewer. With the bold typography I wanted to bring a hint […]

Loungers by Taina Meriläinen

March 17, 2025 7:08 pm Published by

Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2025 The artist presents her artwork: My poster is made with ink and brush and then finalized digitally. The illustration is based on my own experience. My friend and I were lying in the snow. The sky was infinite and we felt like we were floating […]

Ski Under Auroras by Titta Hinkkanen

March 17, 2025 6:51 pm Published by

Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2025 The artist presents her artwork: In the poster I created, there is a winter landscape with a ski trail and snow-covered trees. The northern lights shine in the sky above the ski trail. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely […]

Dip into the Northern Magic by Milla Kumpulainen

March 17, 2025 6:34 pm Published by

Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2025 The artist presents her artwork: My poster depicts one of my favorite things to do in the winter – dipping into a hole in the ice in a lake or the sea. It would truly be magical to see the northern light reflecting from the […]

Following the footsteps of a fox by Niina Rohm

February 27, 2025 6:59 am Published by

Runner-up, MyFinlandPoster 2025 (theme: Northern Lights) In the words of the artist: My poster is inspired by a snowy landscape nearby a small eastern Finnish town I grew up in. Wondering foxes and especially their footsteps can often be seen during the winter. And if you are lucky, northern lights are illuminating the scenery. I […]

Northern Lights Over the Cottage by Tiina Jatkola

February 26, 2025 5:39 pm Published by

Winner, My Finland Poster 2025! In my poster I wanted to capture the northern lights above a small cottage in the middle of the woods. Northern lights are hard to see in the city, but in the quiet countryside you can enjoy their mesmerising dance. Even the rabbits wonder at them while they eat the […]

Sauna view by Jenni Saukkonen

September 13, 2023 10:00 am Published by

Finalist in the contest My Finland Poster 2023. The theme was SAUNA. The artist presents his artwork: Well, this is for me all the feeling and the mood when I´m in sauna. Finnish summer from window in the silence. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in […]

Winter Lake by Katinka Reinke

September 13, 2023 10:00 am Published by

Finalist in the contest My Finland Poster 2023. The theme was SAUNA. The artist presents his artwork: I associate Finland with tranquillity, beauty, closeness to nature and a longing for seclusion. All this inspired me to create my motif. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in […]

Scenery from Koli

June 20, 2023 4:59 pm Published by

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, […]

Norvège by Schenk

January 11, 2023 5:16 pm Published by

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!

Late Summer Evening by Christina Hägerfors

March 10, 2022 7:34 pm Published by

WINNER in the My Norden Poster poster contest 2022! In the words of the artist: My poster was inspired by Scandinavian mid-century graphic design and Nordic nature. I was hoping to capture the special light and feeling of a very light summer evening in the Nordics. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from […]

Come to Norden as you are by Vesa-Matti Juutilainen

March 10, 2022 7:34 pm Published by

FINALIST in the My Norden Poster poster contest 2022! In the words of the artist: I wanted the poster to represent things and values that unite the Nordic countries. I chose not to highlight individual sights, because what the Nordic region can offer its visitors, still today, is a unique nature that is always close […]

Cloudberries by the River by Lily Liljefors

March 10, 2022 7:34 pm Published by

Runner-up in the My Norden Poster poster contest 2022! In the words of the artist: I find a lot of inspiration from nature. In my poster I decided to portray what I find interesting and unique about the nordic landscape and nature. The mountains, our vegetation, our rivers and the sea. Before globalization the sea […]

Poster of a sunny day in Hanko

The sunniest city by Emilia Kejonen

May 6, 2021 7:00 pm Published by

3rd place, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2021! In the words of the artist: I got the idea for my poster from Hanko’s beautiful villas and the beach. I have actually never visited Hanko, but I feel like I got to know the city when I was searching for inspiration for my poster. In […]

Poster of the sea in Hanko

Always sunny by Tirsa Toivonen

May 6, 2021 7:00 pm Published by

Finalist in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2021! In the words of the artist: To find inspiration for the poster I was travelling virtually on the streets of Hanko. It didn’t take too much time until I was at the seashore. I loved the combination of soft sand, sun warmed rocks and chilly waves and could almost […]

Poster of the beach in Hanko

Beach Hanko-Hangö by Karoliina Parkko

May 6, 2021 7:00 pm Published by

Finalist in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2021! In the words of the artist: The inspiration for my Hanko poster came from the beach, the well-known elements in the city and the atmosphere of the old posters. I’ve never been to Hanko, but after a few twists and turns, I found my idea in the water tower […]

Poster of sunset in Hanko

The Hanko-Hangö pine by Lotta Fors

May 6, 2021 7:00 pm Published by

Finalist in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2021! In the words of the artist: Last summer we went for a daytrip to Hanko. It was the first time as an adult. I liked the city with the old, beautiful treehouses, but it was the nature that really caught my eye. There was so much sand and pines! […]

Poster of Hanko

Mirror of Hanko by Lada Ismailova

May 6, 2021 7:00 pm Published by

Honorary award, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2021! In the words of the artist: The idea for my poster was provided by Hanko’s geographical position. I wanted to convey the city’s openness to the sea and to the sky the colors of which are intentionally merged to show the open space around the city. […]

Denmark by Rasmussen

April 5, 2021 6:52 pm Published by

In 1938, the Danish daily Berlingske Tidende announced a poster competition. The artist Aage Rasmussen participated and won. The year before, he had made his breakthrough as a poster artist with an effective poster for the most modern thing imaginable: an express train. Rasmussen, like many Nordic poster artists, was inspired by the Ukrainian-French poster […]

Nya tider – Nyktra seder

June 9, 2020 12:01 pm Published by

You know we love travel posters with our whole hearts, but did you know that the poster hunter also keeps other treasures, such as propaganda posters, in his archives? Since the prohibition period, efforts have been made to work for sobriety with the help of posters. The dangers of liquor have traditionally been warned by […]