Kate, where are you going in Suomi? If you are heading to Helsinki, looks like mostly nice weather, not the unbearable heat we have had most of the summer. If...
... Yay -- it's sure heating up here in the Hudson Valley. I'm looking forward to the cool Finnish nights. I leave Sunday and return next Sunday. A short ...
Yay -- it's sure heating up here in the Hudson Valley. I'm looking forward to the cool Finnish nights. I leave Sunday and return next Sunday. A short visit,...
... I thought I might bring a light sweater and a light wool cape. It's handy as it doubles as a picnic blanket etc. ... Oooh -- thanks! I didn't know about...
Friends in Moomin Valley, I'm not sure that Kate's query got an answer, but this link to the Finnish National Opera may help those in and outside of Finland. ...
Thanks for this, although it appears to be a Moomin Voices concert and not the opera, Muumioopera, which I have found out is by Ilkka Kuusisto. Here's a link...
Hello all Moomin aficionados, I saw the discussion about several Moomin Opera-related items. Here's what's going on: 1. The Moomin Voices Ensemble (...
Hi everyone. I am lucky enough to be going to Helsinki for a week in August. Can anybody tell me the easiest way to get to Moominworld, please? Do I travel by...
Yes from Helsinki if you take a train to Turku (it takes about 2 hours) and then get a bus Turku to Naantali. Or if you are feeling rich, you can get a taxi...
Train is the most cost efficent. If you plan to travel Finland quite a bit, you would be wise to purchase the pass. Its ?100, but well worth it, and ...
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Sorry for asking, but caqn anyone help in finding one of Tove Jansson's picture books "SKURKEN I MUMINHUSET" ? Thanks:) In addition, let me invite everyone to...
Nothing less than extraordinary. http://finnfancies.googlepages.com/yamaka32 <http://finnfancies.googlepages.com/yamaka32> The 60th anniversary of the creation...
I like all the characters, well, all the main characters, 'cept maybe snorkmaiden and little my, they sometimes get on my nerves Mine are Snufkin, and The...
Oooh -- I got my advanced copy of the new Moomin comics collection forthcoming from Drawn and Quarterly. It looks so nice! I'm sure it will get more folks...
Great topic.... I empathise with...sorry to say Haisuli (Stinki).He is an outcast enev if he chooses not to realise it. This is not that the Moomins would...
Well, being as I am Pikku Myy, she is my fave... Next, probably Groke. I think he is just difficult for the rest of the muumin to understand. He probably has...
... I love My & Mymble as well, but I think my favourite is Snufkin. I love his individualism. Everyone I know says I *AM* Moominmamma. ... I always thought...
Sorry, Im used to living in the land of gender neutral, everyone is "han", be it he or she.... I also have been writing in Finnish majority of the day, so...
Hi Cassi, I read somewhere that The Groake is Female (perhaps someone can confirm or deny this) . Is this a "Freudian" identification ? Take care, Stinky (I am...
He ... I always felt bad for the Groke, even as a small child when I still found her scarey. I think she's just VERY VERY lonely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be...
My #1 favourite is the Groke and then the hattifatteners. I also like the hobgoblin a lot but wouldn’t have though of him until someone mentioned him. Then...
In Poland The Groake is female. M. Torger Kielland <torgerk@...> wrote: Hi all! ... That has always been my understanding atleast. -Torger ... All-new...
Thanks for the update, Kate - can't wait for the publication! Talking of more releases, when I heard about this collection I wrote to Drawn & Quarterly to...