Streets of Helsinki - very personal calendar for next year

one summer walk with camera down streets of Helsinki, capital of Finland

more walk to Munkkiniemi with camera - Easter'09

it looks like Munkkiniemi shots are popular - here is more pleasure for searchers from past walks with camera

old photosets from 2008

I have (finally) uploaded recently few photo-sets made in summer 2008 around Helsinki downtown. Enjoy ;)

Harbours, ships, markets and streets of Helsinki


another photowalk into Munkkiniemi Helsinki


P.S. there are still photos which didn't make yet they travel from hard-drive to Flickr, so check it up time to time ;)

caddies continue to follow me...

last time I wrote about caddies, I thought they might read me, and eventually stop stalking me... well, they didn't

wild caddies on Helsinki streets

for last 9+ years living in Greater Helsinki area, I have seen only very few abandoned shop caddies on the street - coin in lock made them "magically" returned to closest shop

so I didn't pay much attention apart from little "woah" first time and making shot


second time it was late evening, coming out with friend from local pub - I got little puzzled... and shot it again.


and last time it was two days ago - on the corner of office building


looks like they are surrounding me... or trying to say something? ;)

more Helsinki walks with camera

I have missed last week photo set to publish here, so... And yes, I am *in love* with old dark-red bricks :D

Last week Sunday photo walk


And yesterday's walk on Helsinki streets

war and peace and ... WoW

Sometimes making photos on the streets of Helsinki makes me wondering what is related to those pictures. Today I made few shots here and there, and two of them were in the heart of hearts of Helsinki - in front of Stockmann central shop towards City-käytävä passage on the other side of street, and inside passage itself.

Now, I've been walking down this passage hundreds of times, and it was always (relatively) peaceful part of downtown. But quick search on

City-käytävä

and voilà! About year ago this place was something of local drama... Sort of :)

As fellini1981 put it,

Massive amounts of finnish WoW fanatics gathered in City-Käytävä, Helsinki for a World of Warcraft Burning Crusade launch event held by Tilt Gamestores, Vivendi and Blizzard. Event started at midnight and this video was taken around 8pm before the event!

I have heard stories that when it comes to electronic entertainments, Finns are eager to gather into unusual crowd. But this time the crowd was somehow... here. War and peace and ... WoW :)