Snapstadi - Tram 6 birds - Helsinki

Snapstadi - Tram 6 - Helsinki

Musiikkitalo

Helsinki Music House lies just by the main railway station, locally better known as Rautatieasema. Music House or Musiikkitalo as it is called in Finnish is the concert hall built mainly for RSO Orchestra's and Sibelius Academy's needs. But there are more composers and conductors in Finland than just Janne 'Jean' Sibelius. Look at the picture with the magic wands of Finnish conductors of the 21st Century. Did you know the names already?

Circus came to town

Every year from about October up to November at Kaisaniemi park you will find the best Finnish circus in the whole Universe. Sirkus Finlandia.

Snapstadi, Kulttuurisauna

One might wish I would translate the subjects to English, but Finnish isn't really that hard, I mean Kulttuurisauna is what it says - A culture sauna. You'll find the contemporary architectural gem at the far end of Merihaka. This isn't the most common type of sauna found in Helsinki, but it is open for public Wednesday through Sunday from 4 pm to 9 pm. Last entry at 8 pm.

Snapstadi, Baana

Old freight train route was transferred into walking path and a bicycle passage. Over six hundred thousand users have already passed by, I checked the counter myself today.

Mustang

So, maybe I'm slipping a bit from the basic Helsinki theme here, but you really can't go wrong with a Mustang pic, now can you?

A moomin? No, a pony called Midi at Helsinki Old Town.

Unfortunately last year was the final year when Vossikkadriver (a horse taxi) Rede Kuhakoski rode around Helsinki and kept his fine Finnhorses and carts professionally at Annala. There are still some ponies left. Hats off to Rede, a true local hero.

Skating in Helsinki

Usually at december or january the Old Town Bay gets the icing and suddenly there are large open spaces for winter activities.

Helsinki Old Town Bay, Vanhankaupunginlahti

Night and day. Helsinki Old town bay.

Snapstadi soundtrack

Sturenkatu

Verkkosaari

Pitkäsilta

The Long Bridge of Helsinki

Kallion kirjasto

The public library of Kallio.

Pengerkatu

This building at Pengerkatu used to be a police station with cells and all. Nowadays it's a place to study art. There are ceramics classes and graphics classes and to dot the i's - photography dark rooms in old jail cells.

Luotsikatu

I used to live in this building in the 1990's. Now this building hosts a teddy bear hospital. Really. No kidding. Well, also Tove Jansson from Moomin troll fame lived on this street in her childhood, so I guess a teddy bear hospital fits here just right.

Katajanokka

In Helsinki you can easily find yourself in the middle of a snowy winter day in a latter half of March. Katajanokka is almost complete Jugend / Art Nouveau style part of Helsinki. There are lots of beautiful buildings from late 1800's and early 1900's.

Kaisaniemenlahti