Hiking in Finland

17/11/2023

Pssst, Hyperlite Mountain Gear just launched a new 666 g light pack, the Waypoint 35 => https://bit.ly/3R1K9So

08/11/2023

I love the enchanting embrace of autumn 🍁🍂 This made my recent escape to Luxembourg 🇱🇺 all the more magical as I reveled in the breathtaking charm of its colourful forests during my second favorite season. Amidst intermittent sunshine and refreshing showers, I found solace in the Éislek Pied hiking trails, each step a testament to the region's stunning allure. I’m sharing a curated collection of my hikes, showcasing the pinnacle of the first "Leading Quality Trails – Best of Europe, Region" the world has to offer! As a Leading Quality Region, you can rest assured that you'll find your way effortlessly, with a plethora of accommodation options and indispensable amenities tailored to hikers. Whether seeking a brief weekend getaway or an extensive hiking vacation, the Éislek Region of Luxembourg promises an unforgettable journey, yielding precious memories to be treasured for a lifetime.

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16/10/2023

Nights spends with a tripod standing in the cold and loving it.

12/10/2023

That night I took Laura on her first ⛺️ trip.

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27/09/2023

This is probably my favourite image from the hike I did with Jotaro in Kamikōchi and the Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. It’s taken looking west on the Sunset terrace of the Hotakadake Sansō Mountain Hut, and besides me there were only two other gentlemen standing in the wind looking at the layers and layers of mountains and clouds. It was beautiful, lonely and cold.

27/09/2023

I was very fortunate to go on an amazing 3-day hike with Jotaro from LOCUS GEAR, and it was even more beautiful than I could imagine.

► ABOUT THIS HIKEIn September 2023 I hiked three days with my friend Jotaro in the Chūbu-Sangaku National Park in the Northern Alps of Japan. We started in t...

25/09/2023

In case you're wondering what hiking on Yakushima is like... it's 💚

Hiking on Yakushima is 💯💜Yakushima Deer let you get close for amazing moments, and just when you think that it gets too hot on this subtropical island off ...

22/09/2023

Fitting three weeks in Japan 🇯🇵 into nine images…

📍 Sunrise ☀️ at the Hotakadake Sanso Mountain Hut
📍 Dawn over Tokyo from my Hotel in Ginza
📍 The famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo
📍 Full Moon 🌕 illuminating the mountains as seen from the Konashidaira Campground in Kamikōchi
📍 Summit Selfie with Jotaro San on Hotaka-dake, Japan’s third highest mountain ⛰️
📍 Japanese Macaque monkeys on the hike out. One of the most special moments 🐒
📍 Catching a silent moment at Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto ⛩️
📍 Summit of Mt. Kuromidake, Yakushima
📍 Our amazing pre-summit group and guides on Yakushima 💜

I’ll share more in the future. Needless to say, Japan has captured my heart. It’s the people who make this place so special, and I am fortunate to have such amazing friends old & new whom I was able to share these adventures with. Miss you all 💜

11/08/2023

Good morning ☀️😍

What’s better than one sun star? Two, obviously 🤣 Waking up at the mirror-like Alauddin Lakes on our last full day in the mountains of Tajikistan ⛰️🇹🇯

31/07/2023

Have you heard of Samarkand?

I hadn’t before my trip to Central Asia, but images I saw online made me really excited! Lonely Planet even wrote that “if you’d visit only one city in Central Asia, make it Samarkand!”.

After having visited it I can say it’s definitely worth a visit, as the old mosques 🕌, madrassah and mausoleums are gorgeous to behold. The skill and craftsmanship which went into these buildings hundreds of years ago is fascinating, and there are many gorgeous details to be found on all of the buildings.

Our favourite location was the Shah-i-Zinda Mausoleum. It’s a collection of tombs through the ages, all with beautiful mosaics, amazing ceilings and the whole complex is just calm, relaxing, beautiful and very, very beautiful.

📷 1 Inside courtyard of the Sherdor Madrassh.

📷 2 Standing on the Register Square and looking at the Ulugh Bek Madrassh.

📷 3 Jessie taking in the courtyard of the Ulugh Bek Madrassh.

📷 4 The beautiful Bibi-Khanym Mosque.

📷 5 Looking down the long road of Mausoleums at Shah-i-Zinda.

📷 6 A tomb at Shah-i-Zinda.

📷 7 Jessie being fascinated by the ceilings.

📷 8 Mausoleum ceiling at Shah-i-Zinda.

📷 9 Golden Details at the Amir Temur Mausoleum Gur-i Amir Сomplex.

📷 10 Outside of the Amir Temur Mausoleum Gur-i Amir Сomplex.

Be aware that Samarkand is ☀️🔥🥵 in the summer and the best time to visit is between September and November when it is cooler. We had temperatures above 35°C and it was scorching, we pretty much kept to the shade whenever possible and drank heaps. But Samarkand in Uzbekistan is definitely worth a visit - best more than a day 🤣😎

-iAmirСomplex 🇺🇿

25/07/2023

To get to the Fann Mountains we were driving through Tajikistan, which was very scenic! I made a relaxing Video about the different drives we made =>

https://youtu.be/pWim0l1ISsU

Driving in Tajikistan is adventurous! In this video you can enjoy the landscape while we first drive from Dushanbe to Panjakent on the M34 main road, which i...

22/07/2023

Photo Dump

I’m now since a week back home and still think all the time about the amazing moments I shared with our Guides Karomat, Fasli & Borbad and my friends Jessie and Val while hiking for ten days through the Fann Mountains ⛰️ of Tajikistan. There were lots of ups - climbing up a pass a day :) - and also some downs (my iron stomach couldn’t handle whatever it was that made me sick 💩).

This was a trip of a life-time and I loved it. Hiking with local guides Fasli and Karomat meant we were invited into every yurt along the way for yoghurt, tea 🫖 and bread, they knew the best camping spots ⛺️ (see image 4!) and surprised us with delicious vegetarian meals for dinner and breakfast. Our main guide Borbad didn’t get tired answering our questions and helping us learn Tajik, and Val & Jessie were superb travel companions whom I loved sharing this adventure with 💜

📷 1 - Selfie on the 3786 m high Alauddin Pass.

📷 2 - Our trustworthy donkeys 🫏 on the road to Zimtud village.

📷 3 - Apricots were growing everywhere and were a great snack.

📷 4 - The best Camping Spot ⛺️ in the World at Night.

📷 5 - Alauddin Lakes from the Air

📷 6 - At the Mutiny Lake looking up to Chimtarga.

📷 7 - Hiking down the valley from Alauddin Lakes.

📷 8 - Last morning ☀️

A big thanks goes out to USAID who covered our flights, the International Finance Corporation for our transportation, and Faridun & the travel companies Panjakent-intour and Rasul Tour who took care of us in the Fann Mountains, Dushanbe, Panjankent and Samarkand!

Expect a Video on Youtube and a blog post in the near future =)

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30/11/2022

“I find Social Media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation.” - Wednesday Addams

Which is coincidentally also how I feel about it.

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03/10/2022

Time for our trip report from Liechtenstein! Green meadows, white mountain tops, beautiful trails - this small country had it all!

The story of our autumn hiking trip through Liechtenstein on the Route 66 and the Liechtenstein-Weg.

19/09/2022

A teaser from our hike last fall! https://hikinginfinland.com/2022/09/impressions-from-liechtenstein.html

Fürstentum Liechtenstein

Bikepacking | Climbing | Packrafting | Skiing | Mountaineering | Hiking

02/02/2022

See you on the other side… logging off from the Metaverse for the next month or so ❄️⛺️⛷🏔

24/01/2022

Good views, good company, good snow!

20/01/2022

Tutorial for taking photos of the ! 💾 Save this Post for reference!

With almost any camera you can take photos of the Northern Lights ⭐️🌈 - if you know the right settings! I made an in-depth video (find it via the link in my Bio) if you want more infos, otherwise just follow follow this tutorial and settings and start taking photos of !

1. Switch Camera to M / Manual
2. Switch Focus to M / Manual
3. Switch Focus Magnifier On
4. Switch Focus Peaking Colour On (Red)
5. Adjust Exposure Time according to need
6. Adjust Aperture - smaller Number is Better
7. Adjust ISO - between 400 and 1.600
8. Turn OFF Noise Reduction + Image Stabilization
9. Set White Balance to Sunny

As for exposure time - anywhere between 2 - 4 seconds if it’s a strong shows to 10 - 30 seconds for weaker Northern Lights is fine. Shorter exposure bring out more shapes in your images, longer ones make them visible and big. What you pick depends on your own artistic preference.

This photo was taken with the Sony GMaster 14 mm f/ 1.8 Lens, which is absolutely fantastic. Currently I am using the 12 - 24 mm GMaster 2.8 Lens, which is equally fantastic.

If you have additional questions or tips - just leave them in the comments.

10/01/2022

Sliding into the new week like Matti here a couple of years ago on Kvaløya.

17/12/2021

A few weeks ago I was hiking in the Fürstentum Liechtenstein with my best friend Martin, and while this photo does look very wintery it actually was still autumn 🍂! We were considering hiking an high-alpine route 🏔 but with pretty high snow early in the fall we decided to go a lower route - thankfully public transportation in this wee country is fantastic and there’s also very many great trails so it was easy to find an alternative hike! More about Liechtenstein in the spring and soon in my Insta Stories 🎥

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10/12/2021

Good memories of with ! Can’t wait to return to Vorarlberg in the near future and enjoy their fantastic snow, ski resorts and ski-touring possibilities!

10/12/2021

Get in the mood for winter & ski holidays in Warth-Schröcken!

Are you in the mood for ski holidays? Then I can only recommend skiing in the secret spot of Warth-Schröcken!

26/11/2021

Swiss 🇨🇭 Vibes from earlier in the autumn:

https://hikinginfinland.com/2021/11/swiss-impressions.html

Switzerland. Adventure Travel Trade Association

Lush alpine valleys with traditional stone houses, high-alpine adventures and travelling by train and Postbus - we got to experience Switzerland's prettiest places in great autumn weather!

19/11/2021

Zipping on my reTyre Gravel Chaser Skins and hitting the backroads!

With reTyre switching bicycles tires is as easy as zipping a flysheet closed - and with the Gravel Chaser you get a skin for all your offroad bikepacking trips!

06/11/2021

Saturday morning and I’d rather be hiking in the Valbona Valley 🇨🇭🏔☀️ than cleaning up my garden to make it ready for winter 😁

We had a great wee hike with Chloe, Claudia, Kristen and Olivia, and I am looking forward to return to Ticino to see more of its valleys and mountains!

What would you rather today than what you’re doing?


 


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23/10/2021

An early autumn day in the Maggia Valley in Ticino, Switzerland 🌧🇨🇭


 

19/10/2021

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Bikepacking | Climbing | Packrafting | Skiing | Mountaineering | Hiking

10/10/2021

I like Swiss Mountains 🇨🇭🏔💜


 







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01/10/2021

What are your favourite settings for a cloudy ☁️🌥🌦🌧🌨 day?

Serious question, please comment with your 📷 settings!

30/09/2021

Admire me, I am a good human.

29/09/2021

I did not camp here ⛺️

But it made for a nice photo.

Which helps us remember: It is not all as it seems.

28/09/2021

Drones are overrated. I mean, who really sees these landscapes from this perspective except the Eagles and Gyrfalcons living here?

(On another note, the DJI AIR2S is pretty nifty, as it’s a tiny package and doesn’t weigh too much - 2111 g to be exact, all in)

27/09/2021

The worst thing about Northern Lights is the lack of sleep.

(However, autumn is a far better time to go stand outside to see them as you are not freezing your ass completely off)

25/09/2021

Here’s another FOMO generating post, because that’s what Instagram is all about.

(Ruska is pretty much over in Northern Finland, so head for areas a tad further south).

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23/09/2021

I penned an article about my bikepacking/ cycle-touring setup => https://hikinginfinland.com/2021/09/2021-bikepacking-and-bike-touring-gear-setup.html

Bikester

Find out how I transported all my gear on my bikepacking and cycle-touring trips this year!

14/09/2021

Last day in for a while and took our amazing guests up snowy Saana. Views on the way up were insanely good, the oranges, yellows, reds, browns and greys of forests & fjells and the deep blues of the lake are simply a joy to look at, also in the rain.

Oh, yeah, it also snowed ❄️💜😆

Tomorrow we head on to Norway once more, can’t wait for it!

04/09/2021

❄️❄️❄️ has arrived in the North 💜

The last nights it has snowed in the higher altitudes of the mountains of , and . I can’t wait to head out into the wild with my ⛺️ and be surrounded by the beauty of the changing seasons 🍂❄️ later this weekend!

These three images have been shot with the FE 135 mm f/ 1.8 GMaster on a .nordic A7R IV body, and I am totally in love with this setup 🥰

31/08/2021

Photo-dump of the past two days here in Finnish Lapland. Beautiful Huskies, , gorgeous autumn 🍂 colours, rain, sunshine and rainbows 🌈

All shot on the .nordic A7R IV 📸 with various GMaster lenses in all kinds of weather ☀️🌧💨⭐️

29/08/2021

⛰ or 🌳🌲?

Swipe and let me know what you prefer!

Both images shot on the .nordic A7R IV 📸 with the FE 1.8/ 135 GMaster lens 💯💜

28/08/2021

The next three weeks in Lapland will be glorious. I kicked this trip off with sleeping a night outside on a little visited mountain top and enjoyed absolutely perfect weather, as this 💯 Sunset next to the Duos 2P ⛺️ shows 💜

Everyone participating in the Event tonight - enjoy it, and may you see some Northern Lights and many beautiful Stars!