Emilia Saukkonen has several years of experience in news journalism and has loved creative writing (especially poetry) her whole life. She let go of her home in Finland’s North Karelia and moved her whole life to Rovaniemi, where she was met with the utmost kindness and praise for her being. In Rovaniemi Emilia has immersed herself in a new cultural landscape with the Lappish way of living. As a foodie and art lover she has found tons of new favorites from the vast collection of her hometown’s restaurants and galleries. With just over a year of living in Rovaniemi (and many visits before that), Emilia sees the city with both insider and outsider eyes: what a local might want to enjoy and what a traveller needs to experience. As a highly sensitive person, Emilia approaches places and settings with overall feeling and with all her senses: she will tell you, if a certain venue has strong scents, noise or on the other hand – simply easy to be in. Her expertise is with culture, food and daytime city life. You can spot her in local thrift stores and art exhibitions or out in nature with her Shetland sheepdog.

