JURNALE DE CALATORIE IN ROMANIA COMUNISTA. DESTINAȚIA: FINLANDA
TRAVEL JOURNALS IN COMMUNIST ROMANIA. DESTINATION: FINLAND

Summary/Abstract: During Romanian communism, one could witness the publication of several travel journals that facilitated the access of Romanian readers to information on Scandinavian countries, especially Finland. Despite restrictions on freedom of movement, several intellectuals managed to reach remote and often frozen Finnish shores. Two important aspects need to be pointed out at this moment; first,during communism, Romania has published considerably more writings on Finland than between 1990-2017. Second, one must notice that none of the authors has spent enough time on location, to have a first-hand assessment. They relied on information provided to them and their interpretation is, therefore, mechanical. Nonetheless, their works are correct, informative and educational. Maybe slightly too encomiastic in describing Finland in the detriment of Romania. However, these authors contributed greatly to bringing the two countries closer, otherwise Finland would have remained forever an unknown.

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