Route Description: Lake Ladoga
This is an instant classic. Cycling around the lake makes perfect sense and allows you to see different kinds of regions in one trip. The downside is that you are, at times, forced to cycle on bigger roads. In other words this is not a bikepacking route designed to satisfy the needs of your sport-specific … Jatka lukemista Route Description: Lake Ladoga →
Route Description: Kola Peninsula
There is a lot to see in the Kola Peninsula. The Arctic megacity Murmansk and the closed military areas create such a contrast with the surrounding natural beauty. Here’s some routes for you to consider. Note that they are beta -versions only and not even been tested (by me, yet). Map / Route Planner Salla … Jatka lukemista Route Description: Kola Peninsula →
Route Description: Imatra – Petrozvodsk
This just might be my personal favorite. When we were cycling towards Petrozavodsk (Petroskoi for Finns) it felt like every decision was a risk taken in the last minute and every time it paid of. Another thing that struck me was the realisation that older people outside the old border spoke Finnish. Or Karelian but … Jatka lukemista Route Description: Imatra – Petrozvodsk →
Route Description: Areas Lost in the War
This is a beta-version of the route! COVID is still making travelling extremely hard and certainly not safer. This route goes through the Areas Lost in the War (Luovutettu Karjala). The Isthmus (Karjalankannas) is so close to Saint Petersburg that it’s partly inside its commuting area. The road network is way better than in most parts … Jatka lukemista Route Description: Areas Lost in the War →
Route Description: Olonets region
This is a beta-version of the route! COVID is still making travelling extremely hard and certainly not safer! This route is a roundtrip between Ladoga (Laatokka)and Onega (Ääninen), the two largest lakes in Europe. Olonets (Aunus) region is said to be the most Karelian part of Karelia. Map link (under construction) You can start wherever … Jatka lukemista Route Description: Olonets region →
Route Description: White Karelia
This is a beta-version of the route! COVID is still making travelling extremely hard and certainly not safer. Visit the villages of White Karelia (Viena in Finnish, Belomorskaja Karelija in Russian) where the majority of the material used in the epic tales of Kalevala was found. The distances between inhabited areas are rather big, but … Jatka lukemista Route Description: White Karelia →
Where is the Focus?
This is a hard one. Originally I thought I should only search for information on the areas Finns lost in the Second World War. This is what people are interested in, right? After we cycled through these parts and went further east – culturally, and in this case also geographicly – I realised that only … Jatka lukemista Where is the Focus? →
Pyöräilyreitit: Äänisen ympäri
Karttalinkki (hyvin vaiheessa) Kannattaa ehdottomasti katsoa Arvo Tuomisen dokumentti Äänisen vettä. Se esittelee Euroopan toiseksi suurimman järven ympäristön nähtävyyksiä Petroskoista myötäpäivään kiertäen. Samalla kerrataan alueen historiaa tekijälleen ominaiseen tyyliin. Perustiedot kohteista löytyvät myös Markus Lehtipuun käytännöllisestä kirjasta Suomalainen matkaopas, Karjala. Dokumentissa ei juurikaan näy Äänisen itäpuolella kulkevaa pääväylää. Koska se on reitti Moskovasta Murmanskiin, uskoisin … Jatka lukemista Pyöräilyreitit: Äänisen ympäri →
Jos et jaksa lukea, katso videoita
Viestit Karjala -uutisia karjalan kielellä Viestit Karjala eli karjalankieliset uutiset ilmestyvät Kanavalla Rossii TV1. Katseltiin jonain vuonna Petroskoin-reissulla teeveetä Essoilalaisessa stolovajassa eli ruokalassa kun Viestit Karjala pyörähti käyntiin. Surullinen musiikki, rauhallinen kerronta, kauniita paikkoja ja vanhoja mummoja. Aikamoinen kontrasti muihin Venäjällä nähtäviin uutislähetyksiin, joissa musiikin, kerronnan ja leikkausten avulla rakennetaan vaaran tuntua. Jos karjalan kieli … Jatka lukemista Jos et jaksa lukea, katso videoita →
Where Are We Now?
I’d say we are at the beginning, but: I’m stuck at work and the border is more or less closed. Not quite the ideal situation. Football fans returning from St. Petersburg brought the corona -question back to the table and it seems very unlikely I will do any cycling in Russia any time soon. Bad … Jatka lukemista Where Are We Now? →
Lataa…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Follow My Blog
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.
