https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/tracks/Recent content in Tracks on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/cross-country_skiing/Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/cross-country_skiing/<p>At the moment, Finland is a paradise for cross-country skiing. Lots of snow and thousands of kilometers of cross-country ski-tracks (in the capital region almost 1000 km, most of which are easy to reach by public transport). A 13 km circular track starts just in front of my apartment at the old city district (Vanhakaupunki), and the picture for this post has been taken from this track. My sister Claudia maintains an excellent blog about Helsinki ( <a href="https://claudiashelsinki.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://claudiashelsinki.com&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> ) which mainly targets tourists and her last blog post featured cross-country skiing in Finland (and specifically in Helsinki). Her blog is very informative for everybody who wants to visit Finland and specifically Helsinki. However, Claudia writes in German ( <a href="https://claudiashelsinki.com/2019/02/02/langlaufparadies-helsinki-und-finnland" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://claudiashelsinki.com/2019/02/02/langlaufparadies-helsinki-und-finnland&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> ), but of course, there is Google Translate, which makes the information available, albeit it sometimes hurts: <a href="https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fclaudiashelsinki.com%2F2019%2F02%2F02%2Flanglaufparadies-helsinki-und-finnland%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fclaudiashelsinki.com%2F2019%2F02%2F02%2Flanglaufparadies-helsinki-und-finnland%2F&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> </p>