Summer Rails 2026: Mänttä Art Festival and some serious hill climbing

From Tampere we took the Serlachius shuttle to Mänttä to visit the Art Festival,  the largest summer exhibition of Finnish contemporary art — our almost annual tradition since I don’t remember when, but it must have been before we moved to Singapore in 2008. This year’s theme was “On Being”, […]

July on Rails and Trails: Mänttä

The storm Ulla arrived in the evening of our arrival  to Mänttä, bringing heavy rains and strong winds with her. The strong wind still prevailed in the morning but we headed out for a run nevertheless. Trails were quite muddy and the grass wet, and fortunately we decided to wear […]