Pauline had to give a talk in Helsinki on Thursday so we took the train on Wednesday night and stayed until Sunday, visiting some friends and having a look around. It’s a very nice city and easy to get around what with trams, the metro and buses all accessible with an excellent app on one’s phone.
Cocktails on the three masted schooner Jan Mayen We met up with a friend at Teurastamo and had icecreams, they even had icecreams for dogs.Sumu really enjoyed his icecream!So did weCocktails on the schooner, was a pleasant way to end the evening.Jan Mayen, built of oak in 1914 in Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was used for smuggling alchohol from Sweden to Finland during prohibition, and was confiscated by the Finnish government, sailed under a Finnish flag for 90 years. She was an artic fishing vessel for a while, then a houseboat and now is owned by the Suomen Maritime Historical Sailing AssociationUspenski cathedral inaugurated in 1868It’s quite spectacular inside as wellWindows95man was the Finnish eurovision contestant, didn’t win unfortunately but was very amusing so I bought the tee shirt.Icebreakers on their summer holiday We had some nice dinners while we were here. This is a Cuban paella. We saw some baby geese while visiting Clare on her island Lauttasaari. It was a very nice visit, thanks Clare.The trams are coolThe public library, oodi, is quite dramatic. There’s even a cafe on the deck
They have robots to transport book boxes between the floors.
You can take out musical instruments with your library card and practice in one of the studios.Naturally there’s a makerspace.
It was nice to spend a few days in Helsinki, we are back in Turku now for our last week here. It’s been a great place to stay, we will miss it for sure.
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