A 24-part television series premiered on Finnish television in December 1, 1997 at Yle TV2 channel, shown after Pikku kakkonen (1977). Although the series is in a form of televised advent calendar, the "official" calendar from Yle that year was Joulukalenteri (1997).
The series was shot in the attic of the old head office of Verkatehdas factory, Tampere, Finland. The building is now also known in Finnish as "Matkailutalo".
The ending sequence in each episode uses 3D computer graphics.