Terve!

I am Antje from Northern Finland. Or actually I am from Northern Germany but live in Oulu since 2002. I am working here as a Biologist, wilderness guide and freelance journalist.

Why Finland?

I have been travelling in Scandinavia since my childhood. I just love the nature, large woods, wild mountain areas up here. During my studies in Biology I got also interested in the Northern nature in a scientific sense. During the summer of 1999 I had the great possibility to work at the Swedish mountain research station Latnjanaure. We lived in small lodges far away from civilisation. That was a special experience!

In the following year I went to Rovaniemi (Finland) as an exchange student participating in the "Arctic Studies Program". During that program we learned a lot about various aspects of Northern regions and went on two interesting excursions. During the long summer holidays of 2001, I went to Svalbard to work there as a guide. After all those experiences in the North I did not want to return to Germany ...