This is a thread where I'm going to regularily dump all sorts of urban pictures taken by me outside Helsinki downtown. (Edit: page two has some Tln stuff, but that's exception) As Jarmo showed with his thread that Tallinn is not just high-rises and Old Town, my purpose is to show that Helsinki is not just Senate Square and few (mostly ugly-looking) high-rises. I'll start of with Torkkelinmäki hill in Kallio district.

As you might remember, Kallio is the place where my apartment is. It's known for its fair share of drunkards, pubs, prostitution and drunk junkees. In 1970s, it was called "a place not fit for human beings". Plenty of things changed in the 1980s as all of a sudden thousands of students started pouring in, changing the face of Kallio. It's still all different from all other districts of Helsinki and as close to a slum in Helsinki as you can get, some suburbs excluded.

There are plenty of godawful looking buildings in Kallio, especially near and around the Hakaniemi square, but on Torkkelinmäki hill, 100 meters from my apartment, is a beautiful park-like area from the 1920s. The following pictures were taken there last Friday. It's my favourite place in Kallio.








View to my apartment window from the backyard of another building.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/taloja3_.jpg












This is what "socialized" housing looked like in 1920s -- quite different from 1960s >>

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/taloja_.jpg










http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/taloja2_.jpg
























http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/taloja4_.jpg









http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/talo8_.jpg









http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/talo7_.jpg












http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/talo9_.jpg











http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/talo6_.jpg










http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/talo5_.jpg












http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/talo4_.jpg













http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/talo3_.jpg














http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/talo2_.jpg













http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/talo1_.jpg










http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/kulma_1.jpg







Love the colours:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/ikkunat_.jpg







View from the park :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/ilmanzoomia_.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kallio_urban/kaunisview_.jpg



Next time something else.


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Now playing "Bourne Supremacy soundtrack"

i would love living there! :)

i'm sure this will become a very interesting thread, thanks Ober!

Thanks to you, Jarmo. I wouldn't mind living in those old, charming "villa-like" buildings either. Torkkelinmäki doesn't feel a bit like Kallio. :)

What I forgot to say was this: anyone with pics from Helsinki metropolitan area can participate (as long as they're not taken in the immediate vicinity of the downtown).

What I forgot to say was this: anyone with pics from Helsinki metropolitan area can participate (as long as they're not taken in the immediate vicinity of the downtown).

But I guess it's okay to just throw in some comments?:D
Probably.;)

It's nice that you opened this thread, I personally like to see the less-known parts of the cities much more than those shown to tourists.:)

I really like 1920'ies social housing!! It reminds me of Torshov, a kilometer northwest of my place.

Yes, you're free to comment if you want. :D Thank you, both of you!



Last august, Devilution, sdes and me visited Kivenlahti, a suburb in western Espoo, 15 kilometers from downtown Helsinki. It was built in 1970s by the sea and contains two tall residential buildings, Reimarintorni and Meritorni.



Reimarintorni


(c) Devilution
http://www.24.fi/jansq/1.jpg



(c) Devilution
http://www.24.fi/jansq/2.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kivenlahti/reimarintorni_seina.jpg



From the 20th floor of Meritorni:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kivenlahti/reimarintornimeritsta_toni.jpg




There's not much to say about it, so let's move on to something more interesting.




Meritorni
(c) Devilution
http://www.24.fi/jansq/4.jpg






(c) Devi
http://www.24.fi/jansq/6.jpg





http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kivenlahti/suburb2.jpg









Quite a contrast, eh? :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kivenlahti/contrast2.jpg




(c)Devilution
http://www.24.fi/jansq/7.jpg



(c)Devilution
http://www.24.fi/jansq/9.jpg









http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kivenlahti/wall.jpg






http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kivenlahti/meritorni3_toni.jpg




Getting inside Meritorni was easy - we waited by the main entrance for some residents to come, which happened very quickly, and walked in after them.




(c)sdes

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/thread/Meritorni.jpg

The elevator command panel which was funny. "Oh, look at all those buttons! So many of them!" Same thing with the board that contains the name of all residents.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kivenlahti/hissi_toni.jpg






Kivenlahti from the 20th floor
(c)sdes
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/thread/Reimari.jpg


Some another Espoo suburb

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/cloudsketchers/CityPhotos/Espoo/suburbs.jpg






http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kivenlahti/meritorni_toni.jpg





So, that was one relatively normal (aside from 60+ high-rises) Finnish suburb. :)

Thanks for posting the photos of Kivenlahti. :)

""The elevator command panel which was funny. "Oh, look at all those buttons! So many of them!" Same thing with the board that contains the name of all residents.""
Yep, I remember that :D

Few photos from that same trip, Toni and I visited in Itäkeskus too. :)

http://img62.exs.cx/img62/3657/Maamerkki2.jpg
Maamerkki, currently the tallest building (87m) in Helsinki.

http://img62.exs.cx/img62/1622/Maamerkki.jpg

http://img62.exs.cx/img62/7611/Maamerkki3.jpg

wow cool, man, u gotta take me there :drool: :drool:

To the Kivenlahti?
Hmm....
What do you think Ober, is it too far away?

2x thx :)

I dunno, it really depends on how much time we've got. If we go to Kivenlahti, I think in that case we'll have to forget the trip to SysOpen Tower / Itäkeskus.

Ok.
So ch1le and others who are coming, it's up to you.

seems a bit too far away, that kivenlahti, lets stick with Sysopen then :)

The following pics were taken by sdes in southern Helsinki last August.



Ruoholahti, a newly built district in south western Helsinki.



When we were walking away from Ruoholahti to Lauttasaari, a van carrying Japanese tourists stopped by the street. Suddenly, they took out their cameras and started photographing Itämerentori. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/4-Japanise.jpg



Headquarters of Kemira, a manufacturer of special chemicals.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/3-Kemira.jpg






The construction site of a 12 story hotel.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/6-hotel.jpg




One of the HTC Helsinki office buildings.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/9-htc.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/10-htcdetails.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/11-htcdetails.jpg



These buildings are fairly tall

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/12-htcs.jpg



Someone couldn't help photographing Itämerentori while he was in Ruoholahti. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/13-sitra.jpg



At least this pic shows some buildings from Ruoholahti

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/14-sitra.jpg




A residential built into an old beverage factory

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/18-koffi.jpg






Modern office building

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/15-GrowHow.jpg




Walking toward downtown



Agricola church

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/19-Agricola.jpg




Interesting residential from 19th century

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/21-talo.jpg



Another one

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/22-tahti.jpg





Johannes church

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/23-johanneksen.jpg





Kaivopuisto park

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/24-ttorninmaki.jpg



As we approached downtown, we also came near an area favoured by embassies. Photographing there is strictly limited, but sdes managed to take few shots.


American embassy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/26-usa.jpg




Estonian embassy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/27-embassy.jpg



And Italian embassy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/28-italy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/keskusta/30-italy.jpg





So, these were sdes' pics. :)

Oberleutnant, thanks for the pics from Ruoholahti.

I'm also trying to add some Ruoholahti photos here. but i i'm doing it for the first time and not sure that it will succed.
Photos are scanned from printed paper, so quality isn't the best. They are shoted about 3 years ago.

As first - Sinebrychoff brewery. I don't know anything about it. But i like the way how old and modern is united there.

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\helsinki-ruoholahti\helsinki-sinebrychoff-01
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\helsinki-ruoholahti\helsinki-sinebrychoff-02
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\helsinki-ruoholahti\helsinki-sinebrychoff-03
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\helsinki-ruoholahti\helsinki-sinebrychoff-04
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\helsinki-ruoholahti\helsinki-sinebrychoff-05

Sorry, didn't remember to reply to you when I noticed your post. Unlike on some older forums, on SSC you cannot upload pictures from your harddrive straight to the forum. In order for you to be able to show your pics, you need to upload them to an accessible place in the internet.

One such place for hosting your pics is www.imageshack.us

Registering an account there isn't neccessary, but it allows you to later view the pics you've uploaded there and delete them.

Imageshack's handy service automatically generates the tags and the like for you

[IMG]http://img33.exs.cx/img33/2100/yliopisto.jpg
(one of the buildings belonging to the university of Helsinki)

It even creates thumbnails if you want to use them:

http://img33.exs.cx/img33/2100/yliopisto.th.jpg (http://img33.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img33&image=yliopisto.jpg)

BUMP so that the thread gets a seond page (going to post something big later today)

Heh, the italian embassy looks more like ordinary apartments

let me guess US embassy had sniper on their rooftop? In estonia the embassy wants dunno, to bring Tanks to its front lawn...

Don't know about the sniper, atleast they had guards and there's always finnish police car in front of the embassy. :)

Here's a bunch of never before seen Tallinn pictures from my daytrip there on November 16th. Sorry for the fact that they mostly contain buildings and places you've seen before.

Oh, sorry about the size of this post, too. What can I say, 56kers? Suck it hard! :D


Edit: deinlined all pics that don't show lesser known areas to reduce loading times



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/2554/dacity.jpg


http://img116.exs.cx/img116/9670/alkohol_apteek.jpg


http://img116.exs.cx/img116/9509/3taloa.jpg


http://img124.exs.cx/img124/8421/kaunista2.jpg


http://img126.exs.cx/img126/5458/vanha_k2.jpg


http://img124.exs.cx/img124/7329/lamppu.jpg


http://img126.exs.cx/img126/7726/ransistynyt.jpg


http://img124.exs.cx/img124/4066/korkee_kirkko.jpg



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/8913/kirkon_alinosa.jpg



http://img126.exs.cx/img126/8501/vanha_k.jpg



http://img126.exs.cx/img126/4849/vanha_k4.jpg



http://img126.exs.cx/img126/9531/tori2.jpg


http://img126.exs.cx/img126/2871/vanha_k5.jpg


http://img126.exs.cx/img126/6006/vanha_k6.jpg


http://img124.exs.cx/img124/668/katot.jpg



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/9337/kaunista.jpg



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/8585/kuvausta.jpg


http://img126.exs.cx/img126/5985/oldtwn_tvtower.jpg



http://img126.exs.cx/img126/6404/tln_otherskyline.jpg


http://img126.exs.cx/img126/5989/trees.jpg


http://img124.exs.cx/img124/8266/kuvia2.jpg



http://img126.exs.cx/img126/5531/suburb.jpg



http://img126.exs.cx/img126/954/suburb2.jpg



http://img116.exs.cx/img116/737/badpart.jpg


http://img124.exs.cx/img124/4628/lokki.jpg



http://img116.exs.cx/img116/4061/autumnlove.jpg



http://img126.exs.cx/img126/7237/orthodox.jpg




http://img126.exs.cx/img126/5584/vanha_k3.jpg


http://img116.exs.cx/img116/2354/crane.jpg


http://img124.exs.cx/img124/4601/kirkko2.jpg


http://img126.exs.cx/img126/9348/viruhotel2.jpg



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/9968/embassy2.jpg



http://img116.exs.cx/img116/7730/eeppinenvalo.jpg



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/379/kyltti.jpg



http://img126.exs.cx/img126/4177/muuria.jpg



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/1248/torni.jpg



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/4471/kavelya.jpg




http://img126.exs.cx/img126/9777/youknow.jpg



http://img126.exs.cx/img126/6047/viruhotel.jpg



http://img116.exs.cx/img116/9708/citypla.jpg



http://img126.exs.cx/img126/2567/mainos.jpg



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/152/flowers2.jpg



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/8002/itko.jpg

I need to get my butt to Tallinn!

http://img116.exs.cx/img116/9670/alkohol_apteek.jpg
Alcohol and drugz in the same shop? How convenient:lol:

That's what you gotta do indeed. :) I'll keep those pics here with [img] tags for some time, then I'll remove the tags, leaving jus the links. Otherwise this page gets too slow to post more pics.

About the Hki embassy... There's often marines patrolling the fence, and one marine sitting in the guard booth by the gate, eating a donut. :)

Various pics from different Helsinki districts, outside the downtown




KRUUNUNHAKA DISTRICT


http://img25.exs.cx/img25/6846/pohjoisranta.jpg




A school

http://img25.exs.cx/img25/2198/koulu.jpg





http://img25.exs.cx/img25/9726/kruunuh.jpg






http://img25.exs.cx/img25/2876/kulma.jpg









KAMPPI DISTRICT



http://img25.exs.cx/img25/1812/kamppi3.jpg




http://img25.exs.cx/img25/1719/kamppi2.jpg









TÖÖLÖ DISTRICT

http://img25.exs.cx/img25/5412/Image790.jpg




http://img13.exs.cx/img13/4190/density.jpg




http://img50.exs.cx/img50/3267/toolo2.jpg




http://img50.exs.cx/img50/4900/toolo.jpg





SOUTHERN HKI



http://img25.exs.cx/img25/1931/summer5.jpg



http://img25.exs.cx/img25/411/south_hki2.jpg





http://img13.exs.cx/img13/3853/friendscar.jpg

hey orb whats this i hear are you planning another gettogether in helsinki with ch1le .....and you didnt tell anything to mee :eek2: :bash: i will get you for this :)

^
As it turned out in our MSN discussion, karachkhal hadn't noticed the date when earlier discussion had taken place. ;) Heh, it's ok. No worries.



More Kruununhaka

http://img74.exs.cx/img74/8999/kruunh2.jpg


http://img74.exs.cx/img74/8910/kruunh1.jpg





Katajanokka district


http://img74.exs.cx/img74/4563/katajanokka.jpg



Icebreakers


http://img74.exs.cx/img74/295/icebreakers2.jpg

http://img74.exs.cx/img74/2671/icebreakers.jpg






And a view to Merihaka

Beer bottle over board! :D

http://img74.exs.cx/img74/3016/beerbottle.jpg






The reason why I originally started this thread was to prove that Helsinki has got old buildings outside the downtown, too . I had noticed that some forumers were under impression that everything old had been teared down. This, of course, is not the case.

OBER, you took a pic of the Brazilian embassy not the Italian one. The Italian embassy is located on Tehtaankatu/Fabriksgatan in a very beautiful & ornate building.

Are you sure designwise?

Italian Suurlähetystö

Itäinen Puistotie 4
00140 Helsinki

Brasilian Suurlähetystö
Itäinen Puistotie 4 B 1, 00140 HELSINKI
Suuntanumero: 09

You are right sdes....The Italian residence is on Tehtaankatu. I have been there many times as the son of the former ambassador is a friend of mine.

aah, ok :)

What a super nice series, Ober! :applause:

Both the Tallinn and Helsinki photos are just wonderful! :okay: Both cities are just SO alluring and inviting, each in her own way. :cool:

sdes, LOVE your avatar! :happy: Too bad it didn't win the photo contest ... it should have, it's just so charming and unusual! :)

Thank you, WH. Your comments are, as always, much appreciated. :)


Another exception to "no pics from downtown" rule: the Finnish Parliament photographed on my way back to my place from a lecture:

http://img94.exs.cx/img94/9018/parliament.jpg




Enough with old buildings for a moment, most of the following buildings are post-war.




More of Kamppi district

Kamppi is near my "school" and since I carried my camera always in my backpack, I have quite a few pics of the area.


http://img94.exs.cx/img94/6278/kamppi_a.jpg




http://img94.exs.cx/img94/4048/kamppi_c.jpg






Sorry about the noise in this pic:

http://img94.exs.cx/img94/5471/kamppi4.jpg






A picture I took in Kamppi while waiting for friends

http://img94.exs.cx/img94/5268/kamppi1a.jpg











Hartwall Arena in Pasila, last August. It was a hot day, so hot actually that on the night before around midnight the temperature in Helsinki downtown was over 20 degrees celsius. It felt weird to walk at night in the city with just your shirt on.

http://img94.exs.cx/img94/4803/hartwall.jpg

Very good pix, Ober !!!!!!!!! I love the Kamppi ones and the Parliament & Hartwall Arena ones are very cool too !

Tänks.


Few more pics before I'll take a short break from updating this thread for a while. These pics are from districts situated north of Helsinki:


The main entrance of Biomedicum, a building operated by the University of Helsinki as well as the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa.


http://img65.exs.cx/img65/3239/biomedicum2.jpg



More of Biomedicum

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/2941/biomedicum.jpg





Pikku-Huopalahti district

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/7276/lillahoplax.jpg







Terassitalo residential building in Pikku-Huopalahti

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/1971/terassitalo.jpg





Military hospital Tilkka from the same district

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/9884/tilkka.jpg








Another Pikku-Huopalahti building: the headoffice of McDonald's Finland Ltd.

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/6757/makki.jpg

cool pics... Mcdonalds.. Mmmmmm

^
They had a restaurant on the first floor of that building - me and sdes ate there. :)


This area is basically part of the downtown, but meh . . .


http://img64.exs.cx/img64/2401/hellsinki2.jpg


http://img64.exs.cx/img64/9392/hellsinki1.jpg




I wonder what this bizarre language is? :) A monument from the Old Church Park:

http://img64.exs.cx/img64/6193/eesti.jpg






From northern Helsinki again, a building overlooking Mannerheim street

http://img64.exs.cx/img64/5524/mannerheimt.jpg







Modern Pitäjänmäki district (the one that has SysOpen Tower -- on the left)



http://img64.exs.cx/img64/2272/pitajanm2.jpg



http://img64.exs.cx/img64/9728/pitajanm3.jpg



http://img64.exs.cx/img64/7920/pitajanm4.jpg



http://img64.exs.cx/img64/3366/pitajanm.jpg






And the less-than-shinier Merihaka housing area, entirely built on top of a concrete deck

http://img64.exs.cx/img64/271/merihaka2.jpg



http://img64.exs.cx/img64/1112/merihaka6.jpg

:runaway: @ that last picture

Kinda reminds me of this, about 1,5 km from my home. I hope it is okay to post it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/northstar77/P1010005.jpg

Awesome pics, Ober !!!!!!!

*NOW PLAYING*

Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood

kewl pics, i really like that plaque... :) OOOOOld, of if only the freedomwars efforts had been kept... and our independace saved... we would be, MMmmmm

Tack!

@ Arvid

It's okay, no worries. :) As you said in MSN once, there's one thing what Hki and Oslo have in common: some ugly "high"-rise buildings!



@ ch1le

True . . . to people who don't read Estonian: it's a monument dedicated to Finnish soldiers who fought in the Estonian independence war.

Here's some photos from last June's "Helsinki day". The Navy had an open doors day on their ships docked in the harbour, some people from the Army and Air Force were also present.






http://img149.exs.cx/img149/7421/3hesap3au.jpg






http://img149.exs.cx/img149/6675/5hesap5pb.jpg




http://img149.exs.cx/img149/5770/8hesap9ow.jpg






AA missile unit.

http://img149.exs.cx/img149/3924/10hesap6jq.jpg







Hamina-class semi-stealth missile boat "Tornio" and an older Rauma-class missile boat.

http://img149.exs.cx/img149/4823/hamina6on.jpg






http://img149.exs.cx/img149/4737/4hesap0kz.jpg






http://img149.exs.cx/img149/3576/7hesap4xx.jpg





Border Guard demonstrates how to rescue people from the water with a helicopter

http://img149.exs.cx/img149/1079/2hesap7ob.jpg

cool pics, i really like military equipment(thinking about Estonian current ww II ships)

Thx. :)



And now, year old pictures of the Bronx of Helsinki, the infamous Kallio district.


http://img57.exs.cx/img57/2683/bronxofhki28fm.jpg


http://img57.exs.cx/img57/337/bronxofhki9sx.jpg


http://img57.exs.cx/img57/47/verotorni8oh.jpg


http://img57.exs.cx/img57/9383/savua3va.jpg



Kallio library on the right

http://img57.exs.cx/img57/3389/kallioyolla0rk.jpg

Those military pics are amazing!

Cool Kallio pics! :) Especially the first three ones really give a cool vibe ;)

Thx


First four pics are from Töölö district in Hki, April 2004, taken without a tripod


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/trash/tooloillala.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/tavara/sairaala.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/trash/tooloillalla2.jpg



Opera

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/trash/opera2.jpg










Kallio from Töölö

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/tavara/kalliotoolosta.jpg






Kaisaniemi area in central Hki

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/tavara/kaisaniemi.jpg





And a renovated 1950s building in Kamppi, April 2004

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/tavara/betteryes.jpg





And, at the risk of showing the same places too many times . . . western Hki, last summer, from my friend's car:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/summer/helsinkijuhannus2.jpg

I know this thread is Ober's project, but since it doesn't have any pics from around here (mid-west Helsinki), I'm gonna chip in. Sorry...just until u're gonna post yours. So here are some pics of Munkkiniemi. I don't have any really good ones, sorry for that, too.

(c) someone
http://www.jroller.com/resources/lasse/MunkkiniemenPuistotie640x480.jpg
Puistotie (Garden Road). The trams (light rail..whatever) ride in the middle.

http://www.kolumbus.fi/av.caesar/pics/munkka.jpg
The same from up high.

http://www.kolumbus.fi/av.caesar/pics/munkka2.jpg
Over the rooftops towards Pasila and the Terassitalo.

What I forgot to say was this: anyone with pics from Helsinki metropolitan area can participate (as long as they're not taken in the immediate vicinity of the downtown).

And as a late change to the "rules", feel free to post also downtown pics if you're in the mood, and if you've got more stuff from Munkkiniemi or the surrounding areas, post 'em too. :)