Last week the package was redesigned (new in the bottom):

What’s your favorite Finnish snack? (btw, I hate Salmiakki)

These pictures of Doña Julia Golf are actually in the winter. It’s sunny all around the year, yay!. That’s why it’s called Coast of the Sun.

Don’t miss the comments in Youtube hilarious

The county governor of the provinces of Uusimaa and Häme, the perpetually inventive Gustaf Fredrik Stjernvall, presents the idea that Helsinki should become the capital. On 25 October 1810 Stjernvall duly wrote to State Secretary Mihail Speranski, in which he outlined his idea:

“Helsinki’s location between the new and old Finnish towns turns out to be favourable. The city also has an excellent harbour. Helsinki is ideally suited not only to be the capital of the Grand Duchy, but also a flourishing centre of foreign trade”, Stjernvall wrote in his letter, which he headed “A Most Humble Memorandum”.

The problem, however, was that Helsinki’s centre had been destroyed by the great fire of November 1808. Nonetheless, reconstruction brought with it new opportunities:

- “In order to have the appearance that befits its status, the city must be rebuilt in stone”, Stjernvall continued.

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On 8 April (27 March on the Julian calendar), the Emperor signed the edict according to which Helsinki would become the Finnish capital.

Although Alexander I’s orders were followed, the decision provoked intense resentment in Turku.

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Photo an text from http://www.helsinki200.fi

It’s a mini-novel of Juhani Aho, from 1889, called Helsinkiin.
Juhani was one of the first professional writers in Finland. A statue of Juhani Aho en Eira, Helsinki:

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.

Os invito a sumergiros en Helsinki, en la vida del día a día en la capital de Finlandia de mano de 4 andaluces muy apañaos.

Es con diferencia uno de los mejores reportajes de Finlandia en español que he visto. Enseña todas esas cosas que los expatriados que vivimos aquí siempre contamos a nuestros amigos y familia. Y sin caer en los tópicos finlandeses: Santa Claus, la nieve, el frío, renos, etc

http://www.canalsuralacarta.es/television/video/helsinki–finlandia/8948/12

The Norrménin house, also known as the Norrmén castle and palace, was a red brick residential house representing the neo-renaissance architecture, situated for 63 years in Katajanokka, Helsinki, Finland, opposite the Uspenski Cathedral. It was designed by architect Theodor Höijer for the chairman of the Helsinki city council, Alfred Norrmén, who ordered the building plans from Höijer in 1896.

(From Wikipedia)

Now

Designed by Alvar Aalto, was built in the place of Norrménin talo. It was completed in 1962.

(more info)

The dismantling of the house has been criticised ever since the year of its dismantling, and many view Aalto’s new building in its place as completely unfit for the façade of Katajanokka, and the dismantling of the Norrmén house as one of the greatest wrongdoings in the history of Helsinki. Some have even proposed that Aalto’s building should be dismantled and a replica of the Norrmén house should be built in its place.

This is a goal from Mikael Granlund, against Russia, that will pass to the history of Ice Hockey.

Ice hockey championship was celebrated in Slovakia so today was a special celebration to receive to the Finnish lions.

I’ve never seen so crowded the South Harbour of Helsinki and KauppaTori marketplace.
Here a little video clip of the crowd I recorded, with the noise of 3 Helicopters that were flying over our heads.

Update: A 360º view from those helicopters: