Filmtown in Finland

From Filmtown to Candytown.

Many thanks to my Finnish friend Ion Mittler who has let me know that the Filmtown movie rental chain is stopping film rentals and becoming a chain of sweet shops called Candy Town.

Filmtown is the last movie rental chain in the country. There are currently forty Filmtown stores in Finland, and you can still rent films from four of them for the remainder of 2023 and 2024. The others have already become candy stores.

Ion called into one of the Filmtown stores last weekend and took these snaps. He noted that while there everyone was buying candies and that no one was renting movies.

It's fascinating seeing the change in consumer habits and looking at retail history. We've been to a fair few former video stores on our travels over the last few years.

Check out the Filmtown website for more information.

Gluten free Mike and Ike sweets

I've recently found out that some Mike and Ike sweets are gluten free. Great news as I have a really sweet tooth.

Some of the gluten free sweets from Mike and Ike

I haven't found many sweets to be gluten free, so it's brilliant to have new sweets from Mike and Ike to try.

Links:
- Mike and Ike website
- Mike and Ike on Twitter
- Mike and Ike on Facebook

Related blog posts:
- Gluten Free
- Coeliac