Thanks for an interesting view on an interesting place, Nathan. I haven't been
to Helsinki "proper" for 30 years, and on that visit time was extremely short
(Since then, only in transit to Moscow or Tallinn, though the airport is a
pleasure to use). You show a city which is European, but "different",
encapsulating Finland very well. The name Stockmann is well-known to me, as
they also had branches in Moscow from 1989 until very recently.
Chris, I can say "Thank you" and "Auditor" in Finnish, no more, which might
give you a clue as to the business on that visit 30 years ago! Finnish is a
Finno-Ugric language, very close to Estonian (the Finns liken that to
Shakespearean English) and related to Hungarian as well as Sami. Not only has
Finnish nothing in common with the Scandinavian languages (Danish, Norwegian,
Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic) the Finno-Ugric group has nothing in common with
the other European languages which are Indo-European.
Piers
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From: olympus <olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
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Sent: 30 October 2019 11:09
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Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 28/10/2019: cold and empty streets
That’s interesting, Nathan. I can only imagine the temperature, since we’re
not really getting too chilly in the UK yet.
Do you speak any Finnish? I had a Norwegian boss once who told me how
different it is from the Scandinavian languages.
Chris
> On 30 Oct 19, at 06:13, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am in Helsinki right now, a short business trip before flying on to
> Copenhagen and a few days’ vacation later today. I arrived in Finland on
> Wednesday night, and rather than having dinner with my colleagues (we are 5
> people from the office here), I spent the evening walking around,
> re-discovering the city I used to visit very frequently in the late 1990s but
> had not visited since 2001. I felt a certain pleasure recognising the
> familiar places, despite the bitterly cold temperature—it was below freezing
> even though we are only in October. For that reason, the streets were
> virtually deserted after 9 p.m. Four images from my walk.
>
> Stockmann is a grand old department store in the centre. I remember that
> there was a nice bar in the basement where I sometimes sought escape from the
> cold:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4kvVKNs/A
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4kvVKNs/A>
>
> The main Esplanade connecting the centre with the harbour. I used to stay in
> Hotel Kämp, one of the buildings on the left:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hpWz7xd/A
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hpWz7xd/A>
>
> Helsinki City Hall:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vqd3ZQz/A
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vqd3ZQz/A>
>
> Sofia Street with the Lutheran cathedral in the background:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RVMqpXs/A
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RVMqpXs/A>
>
> Of all the cities I have visited, Helsinki is the one that changes the most
> from winter to summer. On a July day when the sun barely sets, these streets
> look like a Mediterranean town.
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