April 28, 2023

This special paint has been the most common paint for the outer walls of Ostrobothnian farmhouses and outhouses. It is to this day a good alternative when the facade is getting painted. The paint is cheap to make and easy to renew. And it is sustainable, since it lasts up to 20 years and do… Continue reading The Nordic Red Ochre Paint

This traditional Finnish course is a kind of meat and vegetable soup – with the addition of wheat “nuggets” that are boiled in the soup. In older times, this was party food indeed, usually followed by a sweet barley grain porridge. At all the bigger events at Stundars, klimpsoppa is still served, either cooked over… Continue reading Klimpsoppan or ”the Nugget Soup”

Summer, autumn or winter, no matter the season, the que is long to the market stall selling fresh, still warm sugar pastries, the famous Stundars “jam pigs”. The rumour of the sheer joy of biting into a hot jam pig spreads like wildfire in the region. And like the comfortable people we are, we might… Continue reading The Stundars Jam Pigs

During the Artisan’s days at Stundars, it is possible to bargain for some of the artisan’s produce. Someone admires the gleaming accessories from tanned fish skin, while two ladies argue whether some of the shoe soles made of reed would be something to give the geezers at home, while a third lady casts her eyes… Continue reading The Stundars´ rye bread

Sometimes, there’s not much you need to have fun. Just a cup of water, some baking soda and a squeeze or two on the dish soap bottle. And then a stick, a piece of yarn or wire, and your whole world will soon shimmer in all the colours of the rainbow. With these simple ingredients,… Continue reading Soap bubbles