Photos from the Finnish Capital
…(from face-to-face) is a person who contacts people at busy streets and happenings in hopes of getting donations or memberships for NGOs like Unicef, Greenpeace, Amnesty International etc.
They have appeared to Helsinki streets in larger numbers a few years. Usually they don’t bother if you avoid eye contact but today it was sad to read a tweet about a Greenpeace feissari that began insulting a passer-by.
…sinki! To celebrate the occasion, a photo of the Statue of Three Smiths taken during an unusual moment.
To see some of my personal favourites from the past, have a look at galleries from
For the blog readers a Finnish classic: Kiitos ja anteeks! (Thank you and I’m sorry).
Big thanks also to those of you have commented the entries and especially to those who have submitted many comments during a long period of time like Steffe, bagnidilucca, Irina, Leif Hagen, JM, Gunn White, Babooshka, Hilda, Jees Helsinki Jees, Tash, Arctic Dreamer, White Oleander, Kim, Jacob, Jilly…
…and 1950′s if the paint job of the Finnair plane is to be believed.
HEL certainly felt warmer than Iceland. Have a look at a photo collection I made of the trip.
…was one of the first internationally recognized Finnish artists.
You might have seen his portrait of Louis Pasteur that is his most well-known work abroad. Finns probably recognize better some other paintins like Luxembourg Garden.
…from last summer.
…peacock.
…reflected on a car window.
…for late night eating on the way home from a bar.
Some traditional choices include lihapiirakka (Finnish meat pie) or makkaraperunat (“sausage fries”).
…have been mentioned as one of the threats to Finnish nuclear power plants.
In reality Finns are more worried about the Russian Chernobyl-type Sosnovyi Bor power plant that is only about 70km away from both St. Petersburg and Finland.
It was a great day when Lithuania announced that a similar nuclear plant in Ignalina had been closed. Without the closure European Union wouldn’t have accepted the Baltic state as a member.
…in spring.
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