Featuring Finland is an online travel guide to Finland. On this website you may find practical information about travelling to Finland, travel guides for different regions of Finland, and feature articles about the most exciting experiences in Finland.

Featuring Finland was launched in 2021 by two experienced travel journalists, Mr. Ville Palonen and Mr. Antti Helin. Both of us have been working as travel writers and photographers for almost 20 years, contributing for leading Finnish magazines, newspapers and guidebook publishers. In 2013 we founded a Finnish online travel media Kerran elämässä (Once in a Lifetime), which has about 150 000 monthly visitors.

Our company, Paradise Reporters Oy (FI26662635), received FUNDING FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN DISRUPTIVE CIRCUMSTANCES from Business Finland in 2020. This funding was used for creating Featuring Finland.

Ville Palonen
Ville Palonen
Ville Palonen (born 1976) is a freelance photographer and travel writer who loves mountains, wildlife and road trips. He has visited more than 80 countries and travelled in adventurous destinations like Amazon, Himalaya and Borneo. One of Ville's favourite places is Northern Norway, and he has written a travel guide book about the region. In Finland Ville spends his time photographing, hiking, fishing, hunting and mushrooming. Ville's favourite destinations in Finland are treeless fells of Lapland and wild parts of East Finland.
Antti Helin
Antti Helin
Antti Helin (born 1976) is a Finnish freelance writer and photographer who has travelled and lived in Southeast Asia for the past decade. Every time Antti is visiting Finland he can see his native country through the eyes of an tourist – definitely an advantage when it comes to recommending the best places to visit in Finland! Antti is an expert with cultural and family attractions.

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Marimekko Helsinki

Shopping in Helsinki – From Nordic Cool to Vintage Finds

Antti Helin
Helsinki may not scream “shopping paradise” at first glance, but look closer and you’ll find a city full of original design, sustainable fashion, vintage...
helsinki finland

Helsinki Travel Guide – What to See, Do, and Know

Antti Helin
Helsinki isn’t a city that shouts. It doesn’t dazzle with size, and it won’t try to impress you with grand gestures. Instead, it whispers...
Sibelius Ainola

Visit Ainola – The Home of Jean Sibelius

Antti Helin
Just north of Helsinki lies Lake Tuusulanjärvi, one of Finland’s most culturally significant places. In the early 1900s, many of Finland’s Golden Age artists...
Sibelius Monument Helsinki

5 Must-See Statues in Helsinki – From National Heroes to Granite...

Tammisaari Finland

Ekenäs – Discover Finland’s Most Unapologetically Cute Wooden Town

Old Rauma – Explore Finland’s Best-Preserved Wooden Town

Loviisa – A Secret Worth Sharing

Akseli Gallen-Kallela – The Man Who Painted Finland’s Soul 

Mannerheim Finland

Mannerheim Sites to Visit in Finland

Kalevala Finland

Kalevala 101: Finland’s National Epic of Shape-Shifting, Sorcery, and Awkward Heroes

Hamina Finland

Welcome to Hamina — Finland’s roundest little secret

Best Cities to Visit in Finland 

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