Last week we celebrated the 300th jubilee of Vestlax Mellangård to commemorate 300 years of farming in the same place past down from one generation to the next. We celebrated over two days to also acknowledge that Kasper took over the farm in 2014 as well as a major birthday for Rabbe and important life Read More
Hello friends and cottage guests! I am happy to announce that we have partnered with our friends at Gropa Stall to offer horseback riding lessons and tours for our cottage guests. Gropa Stall is in the village of Pederså on Kimitoön, about 13km away from Kimito centre. It is a family run Read More
Kasper and I went on a mini-vacation to Bengtskär this weekend. We left on Friday morning taking the cruise boat which leaves from Kasnäs and makes a stop at the Rosala Viking centre. At Rosala we learned about Viking history and ate delicious fish soup. The dining hall is meant to reenact a Viking-dining Read More
Every sunny Wednesday I get the urge to make a short trip to the market-square in Dalsbruk on the south-side of Kimito island. Dalsbruk is a very small town that was historically known for its iron-industry. More recently, the town has become known as the place where FN steel went bankrupt in 2012. Read More
Throughout July and August we worked on a project with Visit Finland and Kimitoön to bring international travel bloggers to the island. The purpose was to get the word out internationally about the beauty of the archipelago region so that we can attract more tourists to Kimitoön. We had 8 visiting bloggers, two Read More
I’ll start off by saying that I think it’s great that there are a lot of energetic people organizing events and happenings in rural areas. This is something that at first actually surprised me when I moved to the countryside; there are actually interesting things that are happening here. Art exhibitions, conferences, festivals and pop-up Read More
Towards the end of July there is usually wild berries and mushrooms in the forest that are just dying to be picked. You generally find blueberries easily but since its been such a dry summer, they are scarce this year. It’s funny how nature works though because the raspberries seem to be loving this long Read More
We have three chestnut trees on Mellangård; two on either side of the driveway in front of the main house, and one off to the side in front of the small cottage where we live. Chestnuts can live to be very old but need to be regularly pruned and checked for fungus every so often. Read More
Discovering a hidden gem Last week we took a boat trip to Rosala and stumbled upon Westergrannas where we thought to stop for some lunch. We didn’t know what to expect from the restaurant since we had never been there before but we were all rather hungry after a day out on the sea. Read More
An aspect that I have especially appreciated since moving to the countryside is the countless number of opportunities to get your hands dirty and do something practical. I cannot claim to be a practical person really since I still do spend the majority of my day behind my desk, but on most days I make Read More