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Christmas coming …
Sunday November 20th, 2011. 11:44 AM. Published under Funny, Music, Photos, Spain, Winter, helsinki. No Comments.
Having a walk today on Sunday in Helsinki we found a small celebration: Helsinki’s centre was lit up with the annual Christmas Street opening. In this article of YLE says that this year Helsinki’s Christmas Street Aleksanterinkatu is illuminated with LED lights for the first time.
Can you see the red-dressed chorus?
It was quite original that one of the songs was a rap with beat-boxing. Poor guys were freezing and my hands too, sorry for the shaky image.
Finnish people are used to this, but foreigners could not know that in winter, when temperature starts to go below 0, means that it’s time of long underwear (kerrasto).
Coming back to home, sunset already at 5 PM.
I will spend this Xmas in Finland, so probably I will post more pictures, hopefully white Christmas again like last year.
South Harbour Helsinki - Eteläsatama
Friday October 22nd, 2010. 12:29 PM. Published under Photos, Winter, helsinki. 1 Comment.
Really nice panoramic view of Sourt Harbour Helsinki.
Credit: Found in Naturagate (number 2). See there more great panoramic views and photos of Finnish nature. (via www.elblogdefinlandia.com)
Photo is from February, Here is a webcam view of this moment. (Refresh the page to see again or see in real time in portofhelsinki.fi)
Autumn
Sunday October 10th, 2010. 11:09 AM. Published under Autumn, Music, Photos, Winter, helsinki. 3 Comments.
Summer in the city
Monday July 5th, 2010. 11:37 AM. Published under Photos, Summer, helsinki. 6 Comments.
Let’s rescue a hit from Summer’66, while we watch some pictures:
The Lovin’ Spoonful - Summer in the city
Juhannus weekend was very nice in a cottage with our friends Stefan and Catta and the playful Faro. Thanks for invitate us! Who wouldn’t like to spent a weekend with friends in a place like this?
Let’s say clearly. Finland in summer is
(Taken from a shop-window in Helsinki)
Other photos from Helsinki:
Yeah! Beaches, boats, barbacues, warm weather, even a Samba/Carnaval day.
So this post goes for people who doesn’t know Finland:
Finland is not only snow, reindeers, sauna and Santa Claus.
This other side of Finland is worthy to be discovered.
Related: Last year I was in Tampere in the summer and I talked about the looong summer days with very few hours of night. Good memories & friends from that time 
And now, excuse me, but probably I will publish very few posts until summer ends.
Buen verano!
Aurora Australis From Space
Thursday June 24th, 2010. 08:38 AM. Published under Photos, Spain. 1 Comment.
Photograph courtesy Johnson Space Center/NASA
Beautiful southern Polar light (or Aurora Australis). Here in Helsinki is ¿impossible? to see Norther Lights, you will have more chances to see them the norther you go and better in February/March.
In winter of 2007 I was in a trip to Lapland… close to Rovaniemi and we were lucky to see in action these magic lights. They move more slowly that I thought, and also if you want to take a picture of them you will need a camera where you can set a long exposure time (or some cameras with fireworks-mode can do the trick).
Related: Northern lights time-lapse videos.
Gazpacho
Friday June 11th, 2010. 11:33 AM. Published under Photos, helsinki. 4 Comments.
Spanish temptation in K Market, Ruoholahti.
Estepona
Monday June 7th, 2010. 11:46 AM. Published under Music, Photos, Spain, Winter. 1 Comment.
A couple of pics from Estepona, my hometown. It was great to go see family and friends. It’s definitely the hardest part of being away.
Green Kaivopuisto
Monday June 7th, 2010. 11:26 AM. Published under Photos, Spring, Summer, helsinki. 2 Comments.
This is Kaivopuisto, an old Helsinki park, close to the Embassys and the harbour. Perfect place for a picnic… maybe in some days, still is 15-18º only.
Only 3 months ago, kids where in the same place sledding with their “pulkkas” on Laskiaissunnuntai.
Delicious Korvapuusti, that Päivi and me prepared at home this Sunday. Yum!
Winter Finishing
Monday April 12th, 2010. 09:54 AM. Published under Photos, Winter, helsinki. 5 Comments.
At least in Helsinki. Very few snow left in the streets. Still there is ice pieces floating in the sea. Sunset at 20:00, 21:00… and temperatures about 10º. Yes. plus ten degrees.
Finnish people like ice cream, they are leading consumer of ice cream in Europe. And they start early in the year. You can see already long queues on Sundays in ice cream shops in the harbour. They wear cap and gloves.. but eating ice cream. Such a contrast.
Now the good weather is coming. Spring is just around the corner. 
Karhu, one litre can beer
Wednesday March 24th, 2010. 12:49 PM. Published under Finland culture, Funny, Photos. 12 Comments.
Beginning this year Karhu (bear in Finnish) had started to sell in Finland 1 litre-cans.
You can see a normal size can next to it. And also a taller 0.5l format.
Like my friend Stefan already told me, perfect to make jokes with sentences that include “Only one beer and…”