{"id":95,"date":"2020-04-06T13:20:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/?p=95"},"modified":"2020-04-06T13:20:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:20:44","slug":"travelling-on-the-ground-vol-2-getting-over-the-corona-and-travelling-in-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/2020\/04\/06\/travelling-on-the-ground-vol-2-getting-over-the-corona-and-travelling-in-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling on the ground, vol. 2: getting over the corona and travelling in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This post is a sequel for an older post from October 14th 2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/2019\/10\/14\/travelling-on-the-ground-alternative-ways-of-travelling-vol-1\/\">https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/2019\/10\/14\/travelling-on-the-ground-alternative-ways-of-travelling-vol-1\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The corona virus has closed borders, paralyzed much of the aviation industry and devastated many people who rely on tourism for getting their livelihood. In the previous post I was reflecting on how my view on flying has been suspect to change in the last years. This I tell about my thoughts about travelling in Finland this year.<\/p>\n<p>As a kid I travelled much around Finland in the summer. My parents are of the opinion that it&#8217;s necessary to know well what the home country has to offer. By doing it, it&#8217;s also easier to appreciate what you can find elsewhere. In my adult years I have travelled in Finland mainly because of football. However this year, when I get the chance, I want to do a trip around Finland. This mainly because I want to see new places and I want to also support people who are on dire straits because of corona virus.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a small summary of things one should do when travelling here:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Visit a fuel station in Finland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t like so much those megalomaniac modern stations with extensive opening hours that ABC, Teboil, Shell and Neste have, let&#8217;s put it straight. If possible, I visit small enterprises. The most charming ones are like time capsules. You get a glimpse of past times. Grab a cup of coffee and sit down with locals, play a round with slot machines, or test the meal options. Here is a list of my personal favourites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solf Service (Strandv\u00e4gen 594, 65450 SOLF): around 15 km southwest of Vasa, this station feels like watching a 1960&#8217;s American film.<\/li>\n<li>SEO \u00d6mossa (Bj\u00f6rneborgsv\u00e4gen 2300, 64440 \u00d6MOSSA): 120 km south of Vasa, lovely 70&#8217;s interior and atmosphere<\/li>\n<li>TB Viluksela (Turun valtatie 212, 31520 PITK\u00c4J\u00c4RVI): located in Somero, 80 km northeast of Turku &#8211; \u00c5bo, this station is also full of retro atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li>Vaskikello (Vaskikellontie 420, 86800 PYH\u00c4J\u00c4RVI): located on the way between Oulu and Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4, this place has a peculiar sight on its yard. Dozens of brass bells that are being played. Worth visiting just for the bells.<\/li>\n<li>Kiskokabinetti (Pirkanmaantie 1057, 38220 SASTAMALA): around 60 km from Tampere towards Turku &#8211; \u00c5bo, this fuel station has a historically interesting sight. A train carriage that used to belong to Marshall C.G.E. Mannerheim, the sixth President of Finland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those were just a handful of good fuel stations to visit. Naturally you will need a car to visit those places, but by following the tips I gave in the prequel, you can reach these places. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>More to come in the next post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Pekka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is a sequel for an older post from October 14th 2019: https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/2019\/10\/14\/travelling-on-the-ground-alternative-ways-of-travelling-vol-1\/ The corona virus has closed borders, paralyzed much of the aviation industry and devastated many people who rely on tourism for getting their livelihood. In the previous post I was reflecting on how my view on flying has been suspect to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/2020\/04\/06\/travelling-on-the-ground-vol-2-getting-over-the-corona-and-travelling-in-finland\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Travelling on the ground, vol. 2: getting over the corona and travelling in Finland&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travels","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs2.abo.fi\/pekkatoivonen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}