Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the capital city of Helsinki has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. This poster uses the Swedish name of the city, Helsingfors, still used today by the […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is the castle of Olavinlinna in eastern Finland. Despite sterling contributions from the Finnish commercial graphic artists, there was still a force that grew ever stronger: photographs. Suddenly one could show things ‘exactly’ as they looked in reality! No exaggerations! No room for interpretation! This is what it actually looks like in Finland! Many […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In 1952 the Olympics were heading for Helsinki and it was time to market the wild nightlife of this Great Metropol. Problem was… no one, not even the locals in Helsinki, knew we had a night life to boast about. So they left it all to the poster artists…
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.
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like wild and exotic Lapland. 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 you think […]
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…?
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the harbour city of Kotka in the southeast 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, […]
