Lantern Carriers…

…from below.

The Helsinki icons are more recognizable from this angle.

I Was Left Almost Empty-Handed…

…during this autumn of photography. Hopefully next year I will have more time to capture the colors and the light.

United Buddy Bears Have Left…

…Helsinki. This was taken during their last night on Senate’s square. From the official site I was not able to find the next location of their world tour yet.

The capital’s main square is empty most of the time and normally locals have no reason to stay there so all kinds of happenings are always welcome.

The National Bird of Finland…

…is whooper swan (laulujoutsen) and the national tree is silver birch (rauduskoivu, commonly just koivu). The tree is easy to understand as you can see birches everywhere but Finns almost killed the whooper swans half a century ago.

There were only 15 Finnish pairs left in 1949 but thanks to education and conservation work they are now counted in thousands.

The swans you see in Helsinki are likely to be mute swans. The yellow color is the most distinct difference if you compare this whooper swan to a photo of a mute swan that I have posted earlier.

Tervasaari Amphitheatre with A View…

…to Merihaka.

It’s depressing to think that nobody probably noticed that this was taken with a compact camera and not with a lot more expensive DSLR camera like the majority of photos in this blog.

Bus 69 has Just Gone…

…past Linnanmäki amusement park.

Moonlighting in Construction Business…

…has worried the Finnish parliament.

I’m not suggesting that NCC would operate in the black market. They are currently renovating the Finnish parliament.

Travellers…

…in front of the central railway station.

It Was Quiet at Kamppi…

…shopping center.

Finally I Have Seen…

…the white man. He is probably hiding most of the time after all the things he has done in Africa, Americas, Australia and Asia.