Sauna!

Almost every finish persons have a sauna at home. Some of them usually stay in the sauna drinking beers. Other ones usually go outside and stay there as long as they feel cold and return again to the sauna several times. This difference of temperatures improves the circulation:)

Cold Beer!

We don't need a fridge. Just put the beer in the snow!

Frozen lake!

Now the lake is completely frozen.




This is a picture of the same lake. It was taken in the middle of September.

Good Morning!

This is the sight from my window!

Today it's snowing:)

Oasis of relaxation!

This is my meaning of bedroom.

Good Night!

Snow Road!

This picture was taken in front of the University of Jyväskylä.

Cold!

Now we have lots of snow and frozen lakes:)

Good Night!

Ice Bar
Helsinki

Temperature: -5 degrees

Have a nIce evening!

Come back again!

Riihivuoren Vuokrokit
Riihivuori
40950 Muurame

I spent this weekend on this cottage with friends. You can find some information in http://www.riihivuori.com

Kaamos!Polar Night!

Kaamos is a Finnish word meaning the period of winter darkness in Lapland. The polar night is the night lasting more than 24 hours, usually inside the polar circles.

Eight days ago was the beginning of Kaamos in Utsjoki.

Utsjoki is located in Lapland and it is the northernmost municipality of Finland. In the next three months this polar night will reach the arctic circle.



We will have people living in the night during three months.

Nordic Opening 2005!Lapland-Kuusamo-Lapónia!

Today I'm going to take a night train to Kuusamo. The Nordic Opening 2005 will be there.

http://www.nordicopening.com

See you next week:)

Seven Mountains!

There are seven mountains in Äkäslompolo.

Äkäslompolo and Ylläs!

Äkäslompolo and Ylläs Location

After Polar Circle in Sweden I came back to Lapland (Finland). Äkäslompolo and Ylläs were the selected places to visit.

The First Snow!

The first snow came last night:)

Return to Finland!

Arctic Circle Map

Polar Circle Point Sweden

The Arctic Circle is the southern latitude where the midnight sun can be seen at the summer solstice.

During a period of 40,000 years the Arctic Circle moves southwards and northwards within an area 180 km wide (A). During a period of 18,6 years, it also moves within an area 570 m wide (B).

The Arctic Circle will reach its northernmost position in the year 12,000, return here in 22,000, to reach its southernmost position in 32,000 and so forth.

Welcome to SwedenTornionjoki River

We are now in Sweden. On the other side of the river we can see Finland. Tornionjoki River defines the border between Finland and Sweden.


After Keminmaan we cross the bridge after Ylitornio to visit Arctic Circle in Sweden.

Welcome to Lapland! Bem vindo à Lapónia!

in Foreca

We are now in Keminmaan. You can see Keminmaan location in the previous post.

Keminmaan is located in Lapland. In the next posts I'm going to show you the other visited places in Lapland.

Departure: JyväskyläDestination: Keminmaan

In the old times Keminmaan was more important than Kemi because of its water proximity. When the sea went down Kemi was founded and became the main place.

Kemi has the world's largest snow castle. You also can have a good time spending a night at the Mammut Snow Hotel where the temperature in the hotel rooms is a crisp -5 degrees, but you nevertheless sleep warm in a Ajungilak sleeping bag:)

Good Morning!

in Yllas Arctic Hill
Lapland
Lapónia

Lapland Lapónia

in National Geographic

During this weekend I'm going to Lapland. I'll be back soon:)

Have a nice weekend!

Russian Moment!

My neighbor brought me a russian beer from St. Petersburg.

Good Night.

Spy Museum

Spy Museum in Tampere

Spy Museum's exhibition gives a good cross-section about world wide espionage.

The collection includes items from western and eastern organizations.

From KGB we have spy cameras, a PSM-pistol which can pierce a bulletproof vest, an agent cape, a series of classified maps and a portable microfilm device from the 1980's.

Good Morning!

Pegwell Bay, Kent - a Recollection of October 5th 1858
William Dyce

Doctor Honoris Causa

Tomorrow my Univeristy will confer the dignity of doctor honoris causa in order to distinguish Kofi Annan in Political Science, Law and International Relations.



Links:

New University of Lisbon

United Nations

Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing

Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing in Tampere

Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing presents workers' living conditions from the shared kitchens in 1800's to the 1970's.

The museum consists of five residential and four outbuildings. All of the former lie in their original positions as do three of the outbuildings.

Rupriikki Media Museum

Rupriikki Media Museum in Tampere

The Rupriikki Museum provides an insight into the history and the development of mass communications and sheds light on how news is put together. Rupriikki also provides real, up-to-date information about the media and information on the background of various forms of communications.

in Rupriikki Media Museum

Central Museum of Labour

The Steam Engine Museum is the home of the Sulzer steam engine that was used as a power source at the Finlayson Factory. This giant of an engine is the biggest steam engine ever used in Finland.


This engine was manufactured by a Swiss company called Gebruder Sulzer in 1899 and at the beginning of the 20th century it generated energy for the spinnery as well for the new weaving mill.


At the time the Finlayson factory was the biggest factory in Finland (3000 employees).

The Factory gained its energy rather equally from three different sources: water turbines, the Sulzer engine and other steam engines in the Factory.

Central Museum of Labour in Tampere

Finlayson at night!

The visit of Czar Alexander I to the Tammerkoski on September 10th, 1819 had a favourable effect to the founding of the Finlayson Cotton Mill.

Finlayson in Tampere

In the old Finlayson textile mill, Panimoravintola Plevna is the most enjoyable place to dine in Tampere.

Finlayson

The cotton mill industry started spinning in Tampere thanks to James Finlayson. The know-how and expertise of the Finlayson cotton mill soon made it Finland's first large scale industrial company and it became a city within Tampere with its own church, hospital and school.

Finlayson in Tampere

Today Finlayson area is an attractive destination for visitors. Inside of this little city I visited the Central Museum of Labour, the Rupriikki Media Museum and the Spy Museum.

Good Night!

Arts and Crafts Center in Tampere

Tampere Tourist Office

Tampere Tourist Office

All major Finnish towns have a tourist office with helpful, English-speaking staff, English-language brochures and excellent free maps. Most offices publish a mini-guide to their town or region and all have a website (which usually http://www.NameOfTheTown.fi/).

If you are panning to visit some place in Finland, you could send an e-mail to the Tourist Office asking for brochures and free maps. They will answer you sending the required information for your home.

Manchester of the North!

The Swedish King Gustav III signed the founding document of the City of Tampere on 1/10/1779.

Tampere grew and became the main industrial centre of Finland in the 19th century.

The town's industrial nature in the 19th and 20th centuries gave it the nickname 'Manchester of the North.'

Tampere

Most of the Industries have now been transformed into superb cultural centres, bars and restaurants.

Tampere

Tampere Town Hall

Tampere is the biggest Finnish city outside the Helsinki area and the biggest non-coastal Scandinavian city. Tampere is known as the Finnish Manchester because of its history of cotton and steel industry.

Portugal has moved up 2 places in the World Economic Forum's 2005 competitiveness rankings.Finland remains the most competitive economy!

Portugal has moved up 2 places to 22 in the overall rankings.

Finland remains the most competitive economy in the world and tops the rankings for the third consecutive year in The Global Competitiveness Report 2005-2006. The United States is in second position, followed by Sweden, Denmark, Taiwan and Singapore, respectively.

...Finland:)

This is my first international post:) I came to Finland to work in a project during a couple of months. During these months I'm going to publish in English, so everyone can understand me:)

And the next hop is...