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{{coords|lat=61.498023|lon<div style=23.764859}}[[Image:2009"text-05-31 hitchhiking jyvaskyla-tampere in finland.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Near [[Tampere]] in [[Finland]]. 31.5.2009]][[Imagealign:Paldiski_auringonlasku1_2007-06-03.jpg|460px|thumb|right|[[Paldiski]], [[Estonia]] - 06/2007]]center;">Terve! <smallh3>(''hello'' in finnish)Hey all!</smallh3> My name is Mikael Korpela - I'm a hitchhiker from [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]. I'm also a graphic designer and web-developer. I'm behind the [[:fi:Etusivu|finnish edition of Hitchwiki]].

==Currently==In January 2010 [[Lithuania]], [[GermanyFile:Mikael-korpela-corfu-greece.jpg|300px]] and at ''some point'' [[Spain]].

You can read more about me from [http://www.mikaelkorpela.fi mikaelkorpela.fi]. '''See you!'''</div> ==ExperienceHitchhiking==I've traveled & hitchhiked mostly in Been hitching since 2006.[[Finland]], but I've hitchhiked also in [[Estonia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[LithuaniaPoland]], [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[PolandNetherlands]], [[Slovakia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Moldova]], [[Ukraine]]. Only travelled: , [[United Kingdom]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]], [[Serbia]], [[Spain]], [[Turkey]], [[Portugal]], [[Montenegro]], [[Albania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Croatia]], [[Kosovo]], [[Cyprus]], [[Greece]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Malaysia]], [[Laos]], [[Thailand]], [[Sweden]], [[Indonesia]], [[Singapore]], [[USA]], [[Mexico]] and [[Japan]]. What is living somewhere more than just another stop between travels? I did rent a flat at quite a few countries however: [[Finland]], [[Lithuania]], [[Spain]], [[Malaysia]], [[Turkey]], [[Portugal]], [[USA]]. Been to [[Hitchgathering]]s in Ukraine 2009, Lithuania 2012, Slovakia 2013, Albania 2014 and France 2015. See [http://www.mikaelkorpela.fi www.mikaelkorpela.fi] for more and [http://www.wanderlust.lt/ photos].

Anything you want to know about Finlandhitchhiking, maybe you are coming to hichhike here? [http://www.ihminenmikaelkorpela.orgfi/wanderlustContact me!] I do also [http:/en/what-is-thiswww.mikaelkorpela.fi/media/ Contact memedia contacts and interviews]. If not myself, I can direct your requests to lots of people from different countries.

I can speak english and finnishProfiles: [https://www.trustroots.org/profile/mikael Trustroots], [http://www.facebook.com/mikael.korpela Facebook], [http://www.bewelcome.org/members/mikael BeWelcome], [http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/simison/ CouchSurfing] — don't hesitate to connect if we've met!

==Homepages==* ''I'm one of the [[::Category:Tech team|dudes]] working on this wiki (as well on [httphttps://www.ihminentrustroots.org/wanderlust/en/ WanderlustTrustroots]''' - My blog about traveling and hitchhiking {{en}}* ''', [[http://www.ihminen.org/portfolio/ Portfolio & CVnomad:|Nomadwiki]]''' - Selected works from my career. {{fi}}* '''and [[http://wwwtrash:|Trashwiki]]).ihminen.org www.ihminen.org]''' My homepages & blog {{fi}}

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