Finnish Recipes: Salmon soup and Vorschmack
Posted On Wednesday, March 7, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Finland, Gastronomy, Gastronomy in Finland
Salmon soup from Finland
500 grams of salmon
5-6 potatoes
2 carrots
2 onions
1 piece of leek
8 dl fish broth
2 dl of cream (or whole milk)
Bay leaves 2-3
chopped fresh dill
About 10 balls of black pepper
salt
First peel and chop vegetables. Then remove the skin from the fish and cut the salmon into small cubes.
Boil the fish ...
Finnish Recipes
Posted On Wednesday, March 7, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Finland, Gastronomy, Gastronomy in Finland Tags: Finnish dishes, Finnish food, recipes from Finland
Salmon soup from Finland
500 grams of salmon5-6 potatoes
2 carrots
2 onions
1 piece of leek
8 dl fish broth
2 dl of cream (or whole milk)
Bay leaves 2-3chopped fresh dill
About 10 balls of black pepper
salt First peel and chop the vegetables. Then remove the skin from the fish and cut the salmon into small pieces. Continue reading ...
Vorschmack
2 kg of boneless lamb
250 gm of boneless beef
6 anchovy fillets (or 1 can)
5 onions
unsalted beef broth or water
3 to 4 tablespoons tomato puree
4-5 cloves of garlic
To accompany:
baking potatoes baked
pickles into chunks
pickled beets into chunks
sour cream
Cut the lamb and beef into ...
Finnish Cuisine in each season
Posted On Monday, March 5, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Finland, Gastronomy, Gastronomy in Finland Tags: Food in Finland, Gastronomy in Finland by seasons
The Finns are known for their hospitality in large rural spreads and the different dishes are offered according to the cycle of the seasons, creating a rich natural Nordic gastronomic calendar.
For example, January is in Finland the month of the fish called "burbot", of the fish roe and the Russian blinis. In February, the specialty ...
Nordic Walking
Posted On Saturday, March 3, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Finland, NORDIC CULTURE, Nordic Sports Tags: Nordic Sports, Sport in Scandinavia, Sports in Finland
Nordic Walking is a type of physical fitness training which is based on regular walking. The key difference is that Nordic Walking utilizes specially designed Nordic Poles to enhance the walking experience. With the use of these poles, Nordic Walking allows users to exercise or train more parts of their ...
Finnish personalities: Mannerheim, a Finnish President and Marshal
Posted On Friday, March 2, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Finland, HISTORY, History of Finland, MONOGRAPHS Tags: Marshal Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland
Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim (born in 1867 in Finland, died in 1951 in Lausanne, Switzerland) was the sixth President of the Republic of Finland (1944-46), Marshal of Finland, and one of the most important personalities in relation to the history of the Finnish independence, being the Regent of Finland in 1918-1919 ...
A comical situation between Princess Mary of Denmark and husband of the Finnish President
Posted On Saturday, February 25, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, Finland, News from Finland Tags: Husband of the president of Finland, Pentti Arajarvi, Princess Mary of Denmark, Princess Mary's cleavage
The husband of the current President of Finland, Pentti Arajärvi protagonizes a funny moment at a Danish official dinner in early February, when television cameras captured him looking at the cleavage of the Princess Marie of Denmark. The Crown Princess realizes the unfortunate incident forcing the Finnish first gentleman to a clear and comical dissimulation.
Travel to Finland
Posted On Saturday, February 18, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Finland, Flights to Finland, Hotels in Finland, TRAVEL, Travel to Finland
Flights to Finland
Hotels in Finland
Why Travel to Finland!
Rent a Cottage in Finland
Where and how to travel in Finland
The best season for travelling to Finland
Airport Transports in Finland
Finnish cities
Travel to Lapland
Travel to Helsinki
Travel to Rovaniemi
Travel to Turku
Travel to Tampere
Public Transports, train, bus and subway in Finland
Cruises in the Baltic Sea
Finland by ...
Finnish Gastronomy
Posted On Friday, February 17, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Finland, Finnish Culture, Gastronomy, Gastronomy in Finland Tags: Finnish food, Food in Finland, Gastronomy in Finland
The most mentioned Finnish gastronomy highlights are probably its tasty herrings, the stewed reindeer meat or the amazing wild berry desserts, but actually the Finnish cuisine is a lot more to that. The four seasons of the Northern Europe have marked the whole Scandinavian area. In winter a lot of ...
History of Finland Part 1
Posted On Friday, February 17, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Finland, HISTORY, History of Finland, NORDIC CULTURE Tags: History of Finland, Winter War
Finland's history begins some 10,000 years ago when the territory of the current Finland started releasing from the thick ice that had covered its surface during the ice age. That is when the area now known as Finland was inhabited by the first settlers who came from the south and east. Throughout the prehistoric era, until the end of the Viking Age around the year 1050, Finland was ...
Finland Country Profile
Posted On Friday, February 17, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Country Profile, Culture in Finland, Economy, Finland, Finnish Culture Tags: All about Finland, Finland country profile, Finnish population, information on Finland
Name in Finnish: SuomiForm of government: Republic, parliamentary democracy, elections every four yearsHead of state: President, elected for six yearsPopulation 5.2 million, 17 inhabitants per km2Official languages: Finnish (93%), Swedish (6%)
Dimensions: is the fifth European country regarding the surface, 338,145 km2,10% of the surface are covered with inland waters and 69% of forestApproximately 190,000 lakes,The most vast archipelago of EuropeApproximately 100,000 ...