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As I already mentioned so many times before, I’m originally from Sweden, but what I haven’t mentioned is the fact that I’m half Finnish. Both my parents were born in Finland and almost all of my relatives live in Finland. This of course means that I’ve spent a lot of time in Finland over the years. Unfortunately I haven’t had chance to visit there for a few years so I think It’s time to go again soon.

Meanwhile I’ll live on my great memories from there; one of them being my auntie always taking me to Pippurimylly, one of my favourite restaurants. It’s located on a street corner a bit outside of the city heart. Without knowing about it you would probably not find it, but it’s worth a visit for their well priced and tasty food.

Another of those memories is The Market Square. I always bought sweet peas in such huge amounts that it should have lasted a whole year.  Of course you can find a lot more stuff than sweet peas, it’s actually filled with all kind of discoveries to be made.

Not mentioning Finnish design in a post about Finland would almost be a crime and of course it’s a big part of my Finnish childhood memories. My mum, who loves design, dragged me through all these designer shops like Iittala and Marimekko. That’s not very fun when you’re 10 but I love these shops today as I really appreciate Finnish design now.

Finland might be a small country but there’s definitely a lot to discover and it’s well worth a visit.

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Although I’m London based, I’m lucky enough to live with people from other countries such as Portugal and Greece. The house is a big melting pot and I really enjoy it. To us, it is indeed one more way to share and discover things we don’t know in London but also things from our respective countries and cultures.

One of my flatmates has recently come back from holidays in Greece (Athens to be exact) where he heard about a collective of artists and designers called White Box.

What I really like about the White Box concept is its double-objective: first, they have a showroom to both promote craft industry and organise exhibitions by artists and designers from Greece and, then, they try to facilitate the communication between up-and-coming designers and the public. To do so, some of them contribute to the blog Athenwears.

They always have great collection of bags, clothes and jewelleries that you can be sure you will never see on anyone else but you, as the Moldy Peaches used to say.

I really fancy to go to Athens now. Who’s coming?

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Ten days ago I was off to France for the wedding of my best friend. As we’ve known each other since we were ten years old I was the bridesmaid. That was fantastic news.

But as you know going to a wedding means that you have to find nice things to wear. So before I left I needed to find the right outfit: this meant I could go on an exciting shopping spree without feeling guilty to spend money. For once I had a good excuse! I’m sure you know what I mean…

I found the dress and the shoes rather quickly but I wanted a special bag (I’m in love with bags!) to perfectly complement my outfit. I decided to try my luck in some trendy vintage stores around Brick Lane and Shoreditch. My steps led me to Old Street, where I discovered a really interesting shop called Sneaker freaks. This might not exactly be the right place to find smart and girly handbags but there was some very cool clothes and shoes! Eventhough I didn’t find my bag in there I found some nice shoes for my brother.

I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to dig out some nice stuff for your boyfriend or your brother as well. Have a look, I’m sure you like it.

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