In order to watch some matches at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships, my wife and I stayed in Helsinki in May 2022 for four days. As the matches were originally scheduled for Hartwall Arena, I went for a location…
IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2022 at Helsinki Ice Hall
In mid May 2022, my wife and I went to Helsinki for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships. The organizers were quite heavily hit by the Russian attack on the Ukraine as they had to change the Helsinki venue some…
Finnair Business Lounge Non-Schengen Helsinki Vantaa (HEL)
Before heading to the United Arab Emirates in February 2022, flying with Finnair from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Dubai (DXB) gave me the opportunity to have a look into the Finnair Business Lounge in the Non-Schengen area. I already shared…
Sports Museum of Finland (Helsinki)
Paavo Nurmi, Matti Nykänen, Mika Häkkinen or the Floorball National Team – there have been various globally well-known Finnish athletes, who wrote sports history. They are honored in the Urheilumuseo – or: Sports Museum of Finland. As I am a…
My Top 15 Airports Flown – With Some Brief Thoughts
Even though I do have a couple of airport reviews on Flyctory.com, I so far missed a lot of the places I do use frequently. For example you do not find nay airport review about my Top 5 travel hubs.…
Visiting Jokerit Helsinki at Hartwall Arena
One of the venues of the Floorball World Championships, which is going to happen during the week of publishing this posting – or home ground for Germany’s (and other nations’) matches at the Ice Hockey World Championships 2022 – the…
Car Rental Review – Hertz Helsinki Airport (HEL)
In the recent past, I had two car rentals with Hertz from Helsinki Airport (HEL). This review is reflecting a rental I had in September 2021, when I needed a car to cover the Tennis Davis Cup tie between Finland…
Watching Helsinki from the Olympic Stadium Tower
Even though it hosted the Olympic Summer Games of 1952, Helsinki Olympic Stadium is still in use, e.g. for home matches of the Finnish soccer national team. Thus, the area around the stadium is still somehow vibrant. One of the…