Havis Amanda was capped today at 6pm and the May Day celebrations began! People popped their champagne bottles and the drinking started.
Havis Amanda is a nude female statue in Helsinki, Finland. It was sculpted by Ville Vallgren (1855-1940) in 1906 in Paris, but was not erected at its present location at the Market Square in Kaartinkaupunki until 1908.
A bus getting passengers and their bags. Took this from the train when it was at Louhela train station. The building seen here is a church and the people were seen loading their bags to the bus.
I've been in school the whole day doing my programming project that I haven't had any time to go places.
Restaurants and bars have started to have their terraces open for customers. Restaurant RataKivi offers breakfast and lunch buffets at reasonable prices. Lunch buffet is from 1030 to 1400 for 8.20€. It has a good selection of tasty food.
I saw these pretty flowers on my way home today. They were along the forest path that I take when I need to get home from the train station. It's not everyday that I take a slow walk and stop to smell the flowers.. today was such a day. Sunshine makes me smile :-)
A lot of Finnish people have dogs. (well.. defintely more than Singaporeans) Dogs are well cared for here. They have their own parks and now their own cakes. BonBone in Ullanlinna for your doggy needs.
SOL is a laundry service company. Stationed just outside Kamppi shopping centre for the recruitment fair.
Looks like Marimekko is advertising its spring collection. Pretty colours!
It's unfortunate that these beer bottle caps were found in the children's playground. But the kids have made something good out of a bad situation. Not to worry, the caps have been cleared.
Still have one more for the wire and recycle art. You can't see it clearly here but there is a bulb inside. It lights up as well.
I saw this scene near Martinlaakso bus station yesterday. I was curious why the police van was parked there directing traffic while this piece of 'box' was stuck on the street. I immediately took out my phone and took a shot from the overhead bridge I was standing. Then I looked on the other side of the bridge.
The guitar player. Besides these large figures, there are also smaller art pieces which can be used as keychains. Have a look at them tomorrow...
It's a radio! As you can see, it plays when connected to a battery. Nice!
As mentioned last week, here are more details about the wire and recycle art displayed in Ullanlinna School. Ullanlinna School is the kindergarden where I work part-time.
In the past months, there have been a lot of reports on the increase of beggars in the Helsinki city region. Most of the beggars are refugees from Romania. The government is worried that the number will increase in summer when the weather gets warmer.
I was at work today and the kids were making sandcastles in the park. Yes, it was a nice sunny day with temperatures about 7 deg cel and the snow is melting away slowly but surely.
This Month's theme is Water and here's a bottle of WATER.
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