The Future Looks…

…uncertain.

Keep Rowing…

…straight.

Crime Scene…

…that might be too difficult even for Mma Ramotswe.

Finland-Sweden Athletics Competion…

…is held here in a month.

The two day athletics competition has been held annually almost every year since 1945 (first one already in 1925) and it is one of the highlights of the sports year although it has been losing its significance.

What makes the competition really interesting is that every single performance counts since the competition is about points. The battle for places 5 and 6 can be just as exciting as the battle for places 1 and 2.

The Plague Park (Ruttopuisto)…

…around the Old Church.

In 1710 more than a thousand victims of a plague epidemic were buried in there. These days lots of young people hang out there with their friends during nice warm summer days.

Number Ten from…

…VJS…

…at Helsinki Cup 2010…

…against HJK…

…in a game that VJS won 2-0. In the final they were beaten by KäPa.

Uspenski…

…cathedral.

It was built between 1862-1868 and it is said to be the largest orthodox church in Western and Northern Europe although only about 1% of Finns are members of the Finnish orthodox church.

See an earlier interior photo from the cathedral or winter photo of the highest dome.

Residential Building…

…from Suomenlinna seafortress.

Amur Leopard Cubs…

…from Helsinki Zoo.

A View from Tervasaari to…

…mainland Helsinki.

Tervasaari (tar island) was connected to the mainland in 1939 and it was opened for the public in 1970s. In the past there were warehouses on the island but today it is a very nice park island.

It was safer to store things like tar on an island due to the risk of fires.