Posts from 2025

Last Meet-Up

As Christoph was leaving Finland in the week before Christmas, we decided to have a small farewell evening on the Monday before.

Sauna

One evening, Christoph reserved the sauna in his building and invited us over.

Christmas Market

As part of our Each One Teach One activities, we visited the Christmas market in Tampere to get a closer look at Finnish Christmas traditions. During the visit, we also talked about how Christmas markets and traditions differ in Germany, the Czech Republic, and Finland.

Night walk in the snow

On the evening of December 14th, we decided to go for a walk in the snow. It had been snowing throughout the day, and by the time we went outside, the streets were covered with a thick layer of snow. The city was unusually quiet, and there were only a few people around

Hockey Evening in Tampere

One evening, I went with Laura and Christoph to watch a hockey game in Tampere. The home team was Ilves, playing against another team whose name I unfortunately don’t remember — I’m not a big hockey fan, so I focused less on the teams and more on the experience itself.

10 Christmas celebration and farewell: 13.12.2025

We met in the common room at Lukonmäki to celebrate Christmas together and to meet each other one last time before some of us would leave Finland. Berk will leave on Tuesday, while Jasmin and I will stay a little longer before going home.

6 Brunch & Cinnamon buns: 09.11.2025

On this Sunday morning Jasmin came over to my place and we brunched together. I baked a so called “Zopf” (something like a Sunday bread in Switzerland) for the both of us to enjoy.