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Overview

  • 19 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning Russian, Swedish
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Journalist, media researcher
  • University
  • From Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
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About Me

Helsinki based journalist and traveller. Let's talk about anything - I never get enough of meeting new people and learning from them! I'm a huge pop culture enthusiast, vegetarian and proudly queer. Born in the gorgeous city of Helsinki, happy to show it to you (yes, you!).

Interests

Movies, music, pop culture and all arts, travel, writing and reading, politics, veggie cooking, bouldering, long walks, minorities, getting acquainted with different people, learning about life.

  • arts
  • writing
  • cooking
  • vegetarian
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • bouldering
  • music

Music, Movies, and Books

Only scratching the surface here:

Movies: Some Like It Hot, Get Out, Moonlight, Pulp Fiction, Vertigo, Trainspotting, La La Land, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Fight Club, Moulin Rouge!, Velvet Goldmine, A Clockwork Orange.

Books: Crime and Punishment, And Then There Were None, Lauren Bacall by Myself, Our Lady of the Flowers, The Buddha of Suburbia, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Sun Also Rises.

Music: (in alphabetical order because!) Blondie, David Bowie, The Doors, Green Day, Hanoi Rocks, Jimi Hendrix, Lana del Rey, Madonna, Manic Street Preachers, Nico, Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sexmane, Suede, The Velvet Underground, The Weeknd.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've overcome some huge obstacles in my life. What were they? Ask me in person!

Teach, Learn, Share

Everyone is interesting, unique and worthy exactly the way they are.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland

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