Turku is showing it’s dark side

I went to the library to borrow some magazines. And I thought it was my lucky day when they had all the latest issues of Damernas värld and Amelia. I quickly grabbed two copies of each, but it was then that I noticed…
they all had little notes on them. And what did it say on [...]

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Saker som gör mig förbryllad

Jag upptäckte att även Åbo har en konstens natt. De gjorde reklam för den i veckans skräptidning. Med stor glädje skriver de att man efter kl 17 bara kommer att behöva betala 4 euro i inträde till konstmuseet. Och hoppsansa, om man är under 16 år slipper man in gratis! Museet håller dessutom öppet ända [...]

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Helsinki Manga Café

Today I want to open up a manga-rental in Helsinki. A place where you can rent a comic book and then sit down in a comfy sofa to read it. They have them everywhere in Asia and now, with the growing interest for manga in Finland, I think it’s about time that we get one here as [...]

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Heart manga

I’m totally fascinated by today’s teenage culture. How a whole generation can be turned on by the Japanese way of living. When you go through Kamppi/Kampen (a shopping mall) you see them everywhere. The girls dressed in lolita outfits and sporting Japanese hairstyles. The latter is also popular among boys and requires loads of hairspray. It’s [...]

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I’m loving it

So I must admit that I’m not a professional arts critic, the only art exhibitions I go to are free – there is the annual arts-night in Vasa when I visit Tikanoja’s and the new Kuntsi museum, and then it’s the occasional Friday when I have time to go to Tennispalatset and check out a [...]

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