Hi folks,

I was wondering why nobody creates such thread were we could post pix. So here we gonna have it :D

First of all, the basic allows:
1) You're allowed to post here any picture related with northern europe
2) No pornography ;)

The basic disallows:
1) You're allowed to post up to 10 pix in one reply.
2) You're not allowed to post 2 or more replies with pix at one time (wait, until posts somebody else)

I'll start with mine ;)

The shots of Vilnius

This shot was taken from my friend's yard
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/IMGP0270.JPG

"The rise of moderns"
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/IMGP0278.JPG

http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/IMGP0285.JPG

http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/mini-View1.JPG
The new Ecotel hotel in Vilnius
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/IMGP0297.JPG

The panorama, of the green bridge
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/panorama1.jpg

Kilpisjärvi, Finland :

http://www.nicklaskoski.com/isdalen/pics/backen.jpg

This is where "Poor Leno" (Röyskopp video) comes from.

http://www.nicklaskoski.com/isdalen/pics/molnen3.jpg

Jukkasjärvi, Sweden :

http://www.head-space.org/ice/img/minus25.jpg

http://www.head-space.org/ice/img/hillfrommist.jpg

http://www.head-space.org/ice/img/ruthandsky.jpg

Mantaz , awesome photos !!!!!! Europa & the new town hall look great !! :guns1:

Originally posted by designwise

Mantaz , awesome photos !!!!!! Europa & the new town hall look great !! :guns1: I also thini they are great ;) Btw, the pix of Finland are awesome as well, I just love that nature :)
And how can I translate "Jukkasjärvi"? As I can understand it's a name of a "Jukkas" lake

Originally posted by Mantaz
And how can I translate "Jukkasjärvi"? As I can understand it's a name of a "Jukkas" lake

Yeah, it means jukka's lake. :D

The queen of Sweden is celebrating her 60th birthday there right now at an ice hotel. ;)

Great photos, guys! (:

The Meteorite Crater of Kaali, in Saaremaa, the biggest island of Estonia.
http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/pics/kaali.jpg



http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/pics/k-aed.jpg

http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/pics/tuulik.jpg

Saaremaa is a great place in summer ! :okay:

Great photos too. Love the first one & the last one.

I always loved this shot of church in Kaunas :D Don't like the church itself tho :tongue3:

http://www.globalgeografia.com/album/lituania/kaunas.jpg

Vuosaari, Helsinki.

Service building Albatross
http://www.sukkula.net/Albatrossi4.jpg

Vuotalo library and shopping center Columbus. The Vuosaari tower will rise behind the shopping center Columbus.
http://www.sukkula.net/Vuotalo.jpg

Apartment building in Aurinkolahti (Sun bay)
http://www.sukkula.net/ssc/12lasit.jpg

Leikosaarentie road.
http://www.sukkula.net/ssc/1leikosaarentie2.jpg

Very nice idea, Mantaz. Let’s just hope that the thread doesn’t get too choppy. :)

Here are misc. pics from last summer. Some of them you might be familiar to, some are never-before seen.




Savonlinna, Eastern-Finland
summer 2003


http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/miscstuff/savonlinna.jpg

Olavinlinna castle at sunset.


http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/miscstuff/savonlinna_street.jpg

If I didn’t know better, I’d say this photo was taken in an American town somewhere in the Mid-West. :) It has fifties-look to it.




Helsinki region
summer 2003

http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/miscstuff/hienoauto.jpg

Yes, I like BMWs. :)



http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/miscstuff/konebuilding.jpg

Kone Building in Keilaniemi, Espoo


http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/miscstuff/photographer.jpg

“The High-Rise Photographer” (in Keilaniemi during the Hki meet-up ;))



@ sdes

I take it that those are your photos? Great! :okay:

Vuosaari looks much better than I thought it does.

Originally posted by Oberleutnant
@ sdes

I take it that those are your photos? Great! :okay:

Vuosaari looks much better than I thought it does.
Thanks!
Yeah, I took them.
Well this is the center of Vuosaari, the other areas are just a typical finnish
suburban areas, with those 5-storey element boxes. :D

I like that Kone tower pic:)

Borlänge, Sweden:

Tallest building in town:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/AtlanticaC5/Bilder/skanna.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/AtlanticaC5/Bilder/banverketnatt.jpg

Old Watertower:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/AtlanticaC5/Bilder/skanna0001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/AtlanticaC5/Bilder/skanna0003.jpg

new freedom clock in Tallinn
http://veeb.tallinn.ee/ajaleht-pealinn/data/vabakl.jpg

nature
http://www.online.ee/~pinge/Soomaa/7469904b.jpg
http://www.online.ee/~pinge/Soomaa/7469902b.jpg
http://www.online.ee/~pinge/Soomaa/7469907b.jpg
http://www.online.ee/~pinge/Soomaa/7470028b.jpg

slum(IMO the most worstest slum I have seen in Tallinn)
http://www.it.ee/images/ul/Pesu%20pikese%20kes.JPG
http://www.it.ee/images/ul/Treiali%20tnaval.JPG
http://www.it.ee/images/ul/Kompositsioon%20maja%20ja%20puu1.JPG
http://www.it.ee/images/ul/Munakiviliin.JPG
http://www.it.ee/images/ul/Kompositsioon%20koeraga.JPG

Good idea to travel around the Northern Europe in a single thread ;)

Konstitucijos Avenue, Vilnius, August 2002
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/177img_0j020.jpg

Tallinn and its weird trolley-buses, August 2003
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/177img_2237.jpg

Main pedestrian street, Siauliai, Lithuania, April 2003
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/177img_0950.jpg


Historic town of Trakai, Lithuania, June 2003
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/177img_1827.jpg

Riga, May 2003
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/177stb_1461.jpg

And continuing Oberleutnant's theme about "high rise photohraphers" ;) Helsinki, August 2003
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/177img_2318.jpg

Hahahaha that photo of me & Toni is hilarious !!!!!

Some photos from around Finland :

http://www.moco.fi/images/08.jpg

FORUM shopping center

http://www.moco.fi/images/21.jpg

metro station in the suburbs

http://www.moco.fi/images/10.jpg

Nokia HQ

http://www.moco.fi/images/06.jpg

Steven Holl's award-winning Kiasma. To the left is the statue of marshal Mannerheim & the Finnish parliament.

Very nice thread :)

Some photos of modern GDANSK:

http://www.polnord.pl/www/obiekty/g_hevel01.jpg http://www.polnord.pl/www/obiekty/gf_bgcentrala01.jpg http://www.polnord.pl/www/obiekty/g_radiogd01.jpg http://www.polnord.pl/www/obiekty/centromor01.jpg http://www.polnord.pl/www/obiekty/g_heveliusz01.jpg

New shopping center opened in Gdansk city centre at the end of this year:

http://www.papaj0.republika.pl/z1797051G.jpg

Some photos of historic GDANSK:

http://startbilder.cfasp.de/einzelbild.php?id=103361&quality=80&maxpixel=800&identifier=1358a9f459 http://www.portgdansk.pl/port/gallery/3.jpg

Hm... do we have to post our own pics?

Anyway, this has to be seen - Christmas firework on the Vilnius TV tower (from www.Delfi.lt):

http://g.delfi.lt/images/pix/file3436469_TVbokst.jpg

Some more photos from Gdansk.
http://www.wiezowce.bajo.pl/inne/gdansknoc2.jpg
http://www.wiezowce.bajo.pl/inne/gdansknoc1.jpg
http://www.wiezowce.bajo.pl/inne/gdanskpan3.jpg
And one interesting of proposed for Gdynia
http://www.architektura-murator.pl/images/C_NABRZEZE_PREZYD.jpg

I've been to my former hometown Utena (pop. 36,000) for week and, of course, took a camera with me :D So, let's begin

View from my gf's window (the very corner of town):
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/mini-IMGP0612.JPG

http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/mini-IMGP0613.JPG

View from my window (also the very corner of Utena ;))
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/mini-IMGP0690.JPG

http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/mini-IMGP0691.JPG

The old soviet meat terminal:
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/mini-IMGP0693.JPG

My street:
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/mini-IMGP0699.JPG

http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/mini-IMGP0746.JPG

And my commie :D
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/Nuotraukos/mini-IMGP0747.JPG

I found picture of City Plaza(new high-rise building in Tallinn)
http://www.emporis.info/en/il/im/?id=235771

Hm, looks like a scan-made photo. But looks nice :okay:
Btw, are there a photographer among estonian forumers :?

Originally posted by Mantaz

Hm, looks like a scan-made photo. But looks nice :okay:
Btw, are there a photographer among estonian forumers :?

JunoRe has digicam.

This is a nice thread, I hope it stays alive for a long time:)

Okay this isnt particulary building related, but none the less... here are some I took home in Kristiansand this weekend.


First some of the siberian tiger-baby that was born in the zoo there this summer. We sneaked in while there was no people there. Both me and my sister have earlier worked there for years in summers, so we know how to get in :D
http://www.pbase.com/image/24850508/large.jpg
It wasnt shy at all, and walked right up to us, and I played with it with a small branch:)

These next ones are taken just one kilometer from my homeplace
http://www.pbase.com/image/24852562/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/24852811/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/24852843/large.jpg

These were nice :okay:

I'd love to own that small house behind the lake- and that kitten too :)

Originally posted by vytauc
and that kitten too :)

:D me to! But not for long though. Now, 6 months after its birth its already 30 kg, and in a few years time it will be a full sized 300 kg siberian tiger.

hehe cute :)

Originally posted by NorthStar77

:D me to! But not for long though. Now, 6 months after its birth its already 30 kg, and in a few years time it will be a full sized 300 kg siberian tiger.
or 500kg siberian tiger :D
i got to pet one of those kitties once...
it was really nice and cute until i pulled it on the chain... It was little, maybe 4 months old, but scared shit out of me :) So i decided not become trainer of those cute things... :cool:
And the scenery... oh, it's beautiful!

great photos!!!!

Today was one of that bright days, so decided to take some walk around ;)

Next to stadium
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP0935.JPG

Concerts and Sport palace
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP0936.JPG

"Electricity"
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP0937.JPG

Gediminas' Hill
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP0940.JPG

Mindaugas' Bridge over river Neris
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP0942.JPG

President's palace behind the corner
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP0948.JPG

Snowy path
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP0953.JPG

And Vilnius' Bridges ;) Mindaugas'
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP0954.JPG

Vilnele's
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP0955.JPG

And Zirmunai's
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP0956.JPG

Anything related to the Baltic/Scandinavian countries? Well okay.

Here's a famous Estonian and his car from last year. (:
http://www.autoportal.pt/imagens/pilotos/marko_martin_2002.jpg

http://www.freeweb.hu/carpage/carpagerally/backgrounds/focus52-2.jpg


Here's a photo of Stockholm. I think it's rather old.... but beautiful.
http://www.blazingphotos.com/gallery/images/stockholm-l.jpg


Hallgrimskirkja ( ? ) in Reykjavik.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/ukpidgeon/greenland/big/reykjavik-hallgrimskirkja.jpg


A village in Greenland. It belongs to Denmark so it should be okay to post a photo of ths island here.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/ukpidgeon/greenland/big/tasiilaq-night.jpg
Another one from Greenland.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/ukpidgeon/greenland/big/icefishing1.jpg

A nice view on the Old-Town of Riga.
http://www.latvia.eolas-net.ne.jp/city/img/riga.jpg

Another view, this time it's on Klaipeda, my uncle says it's the prettiest city of the Baltic countries.
http://www.qsl.net/ly2fe/images/klaipeda.jpg

Again, Klaipeda.
http://www.kalendoriai.lt/Images/Klaipeda/klaipeda_5.jpg http://www.kalendoriai.lt/Images/Klaipeda/klaipeda_12.jpg

And finally a few nice ones from Vilnius.
https://fuchsia.site-secure.net/inyourpocket/Lithuania/images/sunset.jpg

:colgate:
https://fuchsia.site-secure.net/inyourpocket/Lithuania/images/hotlips.jpg

Oh man, sorry for posting 12(!) pictures... Well, next time I'll post only 8. (:

Hehe, who is she and why is she holding Utenos beer ;)? (Btw, your post has 12 photos, it's out of limit. But you may keep'em there :|)
https://fuchsia.site-secure.net/inyourpocket/Lithuania/images/hotlips.jpg

I guess she's just a Lithuanian....
By the way, see my second post, Mantaz.

Snow, so beautiful! I'm so happy I'll see it again :happy:

9 more pics from 3 Baltic capitals, no descriptions (you have to realize yourself which city is shown in each picture) ;)

http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/IMG_1480.jpg

http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/IMG_2291.jpg

http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/IMG_1435.jpg

http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/IMG_0116.jpg

http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/IMG_2470.jpg

http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/IMG_0140.jpg

http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/IMG_1421.jpg

http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/IMG_1901.jpg

http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/IMG_2248.jpg

Great pix, John :okay:

Some pics of Tallinn, i took them with my step-father's digicam in August 2003 i think

http://www.zone.ee/muuvistorage/tallinn/HPIM0438.jpg

http://www.zone.ee/muuvistorage/tallinn/HPIM0442.jpg

http://www.zone.ee/muuvistorage/tallinn/HPIM0446.jpg

http://www.zone.ee/muuvistorage/tallinn/HPIM0447.jpg

http://www.zone.ee/muuvistorage/tallinn/HPIM0451.jpg

http://www.zone.ee/muuvistorage/tallinn/HPIM0452.jpg

http://www.zone.ee/muuvistorage/tallinn/HPIM0453.jpg

http://www.zone.ee/muuvistorage/tallinn/HPIM0455.jpg

http://www.zone.ee/muuvistorage/tallinn/HPIM0467.jpg

http://www.zone.ee/muuvistorage/tallinn/HPIM0480.jpg

Nilz, I can't see the pix! ;)

@John:
1. Riga
2. Riga :?
3. Riga
4. Vilnius
5. Tallinn
6. Vilnius
7. Riga
8. Vilnius
9. Tallinn

@Edd

2nd is Tallinn ;)

Just noticed the High-rise photographers pic on the first page of the thread - LOL. Thanks, Jonas.

Here are pictures from last July. Some of them have been posted here earlier, but they have never looked like this before.



http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/hesajuly/sornainen.jpg

A residential building near the Sörnäinen metro station, about two kilometers to the north of the central railway station.



http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/hesajuly/mhaka2.jpg

The dreary Merihaka in all its glory. The place looks like something out of a 70's Soviet movie.



http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/hesajuly/mhaka.jpg

One of the residentials in Merihaka.



http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/hesajuly/rantatie2.jpg

A boat by a pier about a halfway between Merihaka adn the Uspenski cathedral.



http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/hesajuly/rantatie.jpg

Bigger boats - icebreakers of the Finnish Maritime Administration - lay asleep, waiting for the winter. If you have a keen memory you might remember them from John's Hki pic thread.




http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/hesajuly/rantatie3.jpg

Beautiful sailing boat near the Uspenski cathedral (it would be visible if I had turned camera's lens slightly more to right).



http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/hesajuly/uspenski.jpg

Visitors of this forum should have no problem identifying this building.



http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/hesajuly/people.jpg

People in Esplanade park enjoying a warm summer day.




* * * *
Now playing Sigur Ros - "Hjartad Hamast"

Bah, here's one photo more. Taken last Sebtember in Kallio, Helsinki.


http://members.lycos.nl/oberleutnant/miscstuff/merihakaextra.jpg

Tax Office tower looking unusually tall in background.

Originally posted by Mantaz

Nilz, I can't see the pix! ;)

You just have to right-click on every picture, and click on Show Picture, some zone.ee mistake i think

So, today I made a short trip and took some pix (here's 8% of all them :cool: )

From one of Vilnius hill
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1068.JPG

Republic of Uzupis
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1092.JPG

http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1103.JPG

http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1108.JPG

Some pix of Vilnius' oldtown
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1129.JPG

http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1136.JPG

http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1137.JPG

http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1141.JPG

On the hill of Gediminas
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1162.JPG

And flag of Gediminas' castle
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1159.JPG

Is this a real UFO? No it´s Hyllie Vattentorn, the former water tower in Malmö.

http://foto.localhost.nu/albums/coolt/aad.sized.jpg
http://foto.localhost.nu/albums/coolt/aac.sized.jpg

At Christmans it has a red lightening.
http://foto.localhost.nu/albums/coolt/aaj.sized.jpg
http://foto.localhost.nu/albums/coolt/aai.sized.jpg

Don´t know the guy who take these cool pics, but he has this website:
http://foto.localhost.nu/coolt/aad

My own pics of the Hyllie water tower, at day:

http://medlem.spray.se/Naitsirch/Hyllietornet4.jpg

From a distance:
http://medlem.spray.se/Naitsirch/Hyllietornet.jpg

What do you think about this building?

Thanks for showing the pictures, Nightsky. I really like Malmö's UFO. I remember always passing it when going to Bornholm (Danish island which actually lies closer to Sweden than the rest of Denmark).

The tower looks, great :yes:
NorthStar, don't forget that two photoposts of the same place, one after another, are disallowed ;)

thanks for the pix, Mantaz :okay:

now can you tell where exactly is this sculpture located? don't remember seeing it, seems I should explore Uzupis more some time :)
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1108.JPG





@Nightsky

from a distance it looks like a massive UFO walking on its 2 legs :lol:

@John It's next to main Uzupis bridge ;)

wow!
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1108.JPG

looks very much like Moscow or Berlin in this pic!
http://www.xsi.co.za/Mantaz/IMGP1068.JPG

Originally posted by Mantaz

NorthStar, don't forget that two photoposts of the same place, one after another, are disallowed ;)

Oops, I misunderstood the rules. I'll go edit them right away :runaway:

hmmm, maby i shal post some pics to them...
From Norway...mountains,fjords...

http://atle.knudsen.org/bilder/norway/sognefjorden.jpg

http://atle.knudsen.org/bilder/norway/loen.jpg

http://atle.knudsen.org/bilder/norway/geiranger2.jpg

http://atle.knudsen.org/bilder/norway/dal.jpg

http://atle.knudsen.org/bilder/norway/7_502_0.jpg

http://atle.knudsen.org/bilder/norway/6_502_0.jpg

http://atle.knudsen.org/bilder/norway/1_502_0.jpg

http://atle.knudsen.org/bilder/norway/galhoegpiggen.jpg

http://www.fys.uio.no/~dansh/norway/fjord.jpg

http://www.helmikkala.fi/i20.jpg
Finnish bus on Norwegian Roads, not far from Geiranger.

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!! Those photos look stunning !!!!!!!!! Norway has the best landscapes in Scandinavia !! :okay:

Originally posted by designwise
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!! Those photos look stunning !!!!!!!!! Norway has the best landscapes in Scandinavia !! :okay:

No wonder we like to go "på tur" :lol: ;)

Originally posted by NorthStar77

No wonder we like to go "på tur" :lol: ;)

:lol: :rofl:

Soooooooooooo right !!!!!!!!!!!!! I have also had the privilige to go "på tur" in Norway. haha

Maybe that Finnish bus is full of "på tur" fanatics ! :D

Originally posted by Christian
hmmm, maby i shal post some pics to them...
From Norway...mountains,fjords...

http://www.helmikkala.fi/i20.jpg
Finnish bus on Norwegian Roads, not far from Geiranger.

Great photos! Let's hope there is no opposing traffic! :D

who ythe beeeeep can it ever come that muchy snow? i have never EVER seen even the half amount of snow in my life b4

http://atle.knudsen.org/bilder/norway/6_502_0.jpg

I live on the wrong side of the border :eek:

You and me both. :D

A residential building near the Sörnäinen metro station, about two kilometers to the north of the central railway station.

it's a very nice building, alvar aalto style

emauro, you forgot to post the photo. :D

What a beauty Norway is.

Just one picture from Riga. The view from Bastejkalns Hill (possibly from tree in that hill) over the boulevards to the centrum of city. Liberty Monument in the middle. You know - in Riga the Old City once had walls around. Now these walls are away and instead of them there are two great boulevards with parks around. Should make separate thread about them.
Picture made by artist Janis Knakis. He somehow decided to blur the background.
http://photos.heremy.com/knaabis7/628685123.jpg

Originally posted by Gatis

Just one picture from Riga. The view from Bastejkalns Hill (possibly from tree in that hill) over the boulevards to the centrum of city. Liberty Monument in the middle. You know - in Riga the Old City once had walls around. Now these walls are away and instead of them there are two great boulevards with parks around. Should make separate thread about them.
Picture made by artist Janis Knakis. He somehow decided to blur the background.
http://photos.heremy.com/knaabis7/628685123.jpg

WOW, cool pics, very strange....no words for it!!!

http://www.thesigs.com/iceland/images/hallgrimskirkja.jpg

http://www.thesigs.com/iceland/images/3amsunset.jpg


http://www.ijsland.com/reykjavik/penis.jpghttp://radio-blonde.stanford.edu/dagbok/fh2002_02/f2e2c900.jpg

http://www.nordunet2003.is/myndir/perlan.jpg

http://www.nordunet2003.is/myndir/Bllagoon.jpg


http://nordicphotos.com/photographs/MagnusHj/w/MagnusHj000352.jpg

http://www.screensavershot.com/nature2/iceland.jpg

http://www.taberhols.co.uk/norims/iceland.jpg

http://www.coastal-tech.net/jdrw_site/Iceland-Nov'02%20043.jpg

http://destination-iceland.com/about/stock_photos/skiing/ski021.jpg

Hey, beautiful island pics, and welcome Iceboy, the second islander....:cheers:

Nice pics, but why did you put this rendering in here?

Edit: removed pix

Ehmm.. oops sorry... My mistake I took wrong address from many pix I was viewing.

Originally posted by IceBoy
Ehmm.. oops sorry... My mistake I took wrong address from many pix I was viewing.

Such things happen :angel1: I would really love to take a bath in that geothermical heated water :happy:

Yeah its nice...

Only 20 km away from our apartment :D

P.s. look at the small pic of Smáralind (the mall) taken from above and see what it looks like ;)

it looks like...... a... Ewwww.... a down stairs thing... :P

Yeah like a big fat **** ;)

...Hostile air forces approaching Reykjavik see the huge fallic symbol of sacred Smaralind pointed at them and are frightened by the might of Icelandic civilisation!

Originally posted by IceBoy
Yeah like a big fat **** ;)

"Dick! Why aren't paying attention? *looks at the pic* . . . Oh my god, that looks like a huge -"

Kudos to whoever understands the movie reference.


After seeing these pics, I want to go to Norway and Iceland...

Reykjavík and it's surroundings are very beautiful !!! It's very unique. Thanks for these photos, Iceboy and it's a pleasure having you on the forum. Continue to post more photos from Reykjavík and Iceland !! :okay:

Just a single shot of Vilnius that I have taken today :)
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/3E2LDC5OJ2V

@Mantaz

nice shot proving that Vilnius is a real trolley-bus city :okay: :D

Estonia has ten thousand years untouched nature:

http://www.jaaknilson.ee/photo.php?id=0028-031

http://www.jaaknilson.ee/photo.php?id=0028-032

http://www.jaaknilson.ee/photo.php?id=0028-034

http://www.jaaknilson.ee/photo.php?id=0029-007

http://www.jaaknilson.ee/photo.php?id=0029-012

http://www.jaaknilson.ee/photo.php?id=0311-021

http://www.jaaknilson.ee/photo.php?id=0311-031

http://www.jaaknilson.ee/photo.php?id=0339-025

http://www.jaaknilson.ee/photo.php?id=0307-061

The photos from: http://www.jaaknilson.ee/index.php?lang=eng&topicid=65&q=&action=&page=1

Some pics of the Globe Arena - Stockholm - The worlds largest spherical building
.. and a aerial pic of sthlm.. NONE OF THEM TAKEN BY ME


http://www.atofinachemicals.com/kynarglobal/images/casestudies/stockholm.jpg

Södermalm - Stockholm With the globe arena
http://www.webcom.com/trw/Sweden/images/Img0074.JPG

Here you can see the Tax Tower and Folksam Building to the right + the globe arena..
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~pemoilan/jarre/oxytour/imx/globen.jpg

Stockholm from above
http://www.vad1.com/photo/stock/a84-30-4.jpg

wow, cool airphoto of Stocholm.... a bitt blurry, but big.:cheers:

Just couple of shots that I made today

From the arc of Mindaugas' bridge
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/38O3W61DLX7

The green bridge
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/6D054SBA3Z6

Mantaz, did you climb up the Mindaugas bridge arch??? If so- that wasn't a wise thing to do... :cool:

I haven't been on the top of the bridge arc yet but I'll surely will do that later ;)

Mantaz, you crazy Lithuanian !! Watch out ! hehehe

Great pics everyone and thanks DnH for the Globen & Stockholm aerial photos ! :okay:

@designwise and @vytauc Hehe, there was nothing dangerous. The arcs are fat enough ;)
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/06IQ95092FE

http://picserver.org/view_image.php/7U99FX0IA12

http://picserver.org/view_image.php/S7611HZ0SFA

Just two pictures of Riga: today and at the beginning of 20th century
http://photos.heremy.com/knaabis7/679965767.jpg
http://photos.heremy.com/knaabis7/676445661.jpg

Beautiful photos everybody!

Especially you, Mantaz the Daredevil. (:

Originally posted by Jarmo

Beautiful photos everybody!

Especially you, Mantaz the Daredevil. (: Thanx :D :D :D

Couple of oldies from Vilnius

smth is missing in this one ;)
http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/1.jpg

Konstitucijos avenue in 2002 before reconstruction
http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/2.jpg

View from above
http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/3.jpg


http://members.lycos.nl/cityskyscrapers/photothread/pan.jpg

http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp0360.jpg
http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp0775.jpg
http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp0778.jpg
http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp1013.jpg
http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp1015.jpg
http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp1169.jpg
http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp2989.jpg
Viljandi lake
http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp4148.jpg
http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp4089.jpg
http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp1953.jpg

love this one :okay:
http://kaamera.kose.ee/foto/albums/userpics/Imgp0360.jpg

@Sander - Suurepärased fotod, hea leid!

No new posts here for quite some time, so i'll just post some pics again from Helsinki. I find them quite nice. hope you too will like them :D

http://members.lycos.nl/ozelis/trip/pic35.jpg

http://members.lycos.nl/ozelis/trip/pic37.jpg

Great work, ozelis :okay:

Now couple of pics of mine made today
http://members.lycos.nl/maantas/IMGP2517.JPG

http://members.lycos.nl/maantas/IMGP2521.JPG

http://members.lycos.nl/maantas/IMGP2522.JPG

that's a great composition :okay:, I'd give a title to it "The bright future" (just look at those skyscrapers!) :lol: for those who might not know: this is one of 4 statues on Zaliasis bridge, this one symbolises the brave and hard-working collective farmers who are going to the bright communist future, the statues were left as a relict from Soviet era

http://members.lycos.nl/maantas/IMGP2517.JPG

@Jarmo vahepeal leiab tõesti häid pilte. Nice pictures everyone.:)
Vilnius looks cool, but Tallinn is quite modern too;)
http://www.yeahwhynot.com/marquis/grafx/teenindusmaja.jpg
http://www.sunpoint.net/~hhietala/tallinna.jpg
http://koti.aina.fi/kujansuu/kuvat/tallinna/raekoja1.jpg
Pikk(tall) Hermann
http://koti.aina.fi/kujansuu/kuvat/tallinna/pikk%20hermann.jpg
http://koti.aina.fi/kujansuu/kuvat/tallinna/raekoja2.jpg
Wooden-houses
http://koti.aina.fi/kujansuu/kuvat/tallinna/puutalot2.jpg
http://koti.aina.fi/kujansuu/kuvat/tallinna/puutalot1.jpg
Port of Tallinn
http://www.svenbugarski.de/travel/Europe/Estland/Estland_Tallinn_Hafenanlagen.jpg
Just cool pic IMO
http://trains.future.ee/gallery/albums/userpics/Ulemiste-yard_Ulemiste_15-02-2003.jpg
http://trains.future.ee/gallery/albums/userpics/Ulemiste-yard_03-06-2002_3.jpg

cool, you could name it "all roads lead to Tallin" :D

http://trains.future.ee/gallery/albums/userpics/Ulemiste-yard_03-06-2002_3.jpg

@Sander - taaskord, head fotod! (:


Well, I'm not gonna post any photos of Tallinn this time.
It's all about Norway in stead.

Hammerfest.
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~sasean/pics/norway2003/hammerfest2.jpg

http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~sasean/pics/norway2003/hammerfest3.jpg

Mountains near Narvik (:
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~sasean/pics/norway2003/norway8.jpg

http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~sasean/pics/norway2003/norway9.jpg

(This pic is unbelievably beautiful in my opinion!)
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~sasean/pics/norway2003/norway10.jpg

http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~sasean/pics/norway2003/norway11.jpg

Kåfjord.
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~sasean/pics/norway2003/norway4.jpg

(:

Great pics Jarmo, i see the same sort of mountains every day, thou!!!

Some pics from Tronderlag, Norway:

http://photos.heremy.com/norsk/1137046315.jpg
View from my nabours field.

http://photos.heremy.com/norsk/1137076315.jpg
View from my nabours field.

http://photos.heremy.com/norsk/1137226315.jpg
View just above my house.

http://photos.heremy.com/norsk/1035426315.jpg
View 300m from my house. In the horizion we can see some 1800m mountains clearly, but the pics if to small. We can slo se 5 mountains above 1500m.

http://photos.heremy.com/norsk/1137086315.jpg

http://photos.heremy.com/norsk/1137056315.jpg

Gdynia Poland

http://www.gdynia.pl/graphics/galeria/1.jpg
http://www.gdynia.pl/graphics/galeria/113.jpg
http://www.gdynia.pl/graphics/galeria/126.jpg
http://www.gdynia.pl/graphics/galeria/37.jpg
http://www.gdynia.pl/graphics/galeria/41.jpg
http://www.gdynia.pl/graphics/galeria/73.jpg
http://www.ictsi.com/cgi-bin/photogallery/pictures/_2A_0002_BCT_big.jpg
http://www.gdynia.pl/graphics/galeria/99.jpg
http://www.essystem.com.pl/img/galeria/albatros_gdynia_1.jpg
http://www.investkomfort.pl/gfx/koj/koj_04.jpg

Thanks for pics, both of you :okay:

Commieblocks:guns1:
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/YKS/suomisivut/TUTKIMUS/lasnamaki/las315.jpeg
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/YKS/suomisivut/TUTKIMUS/lasnamaki/las18.jpg
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/YKS/suomisivut/TUTKIMUS/lasnamaki/las112.jpg
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/YKS/suomisivut/TUTKIMUS/lasnamaki/las126.jpg
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/YKS/suomisivut/TUTKIMUS/lasnamaki/las135.jpeg
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/YKS/suomisivut/TUTKIMUS/lasnamaki/las219.jpeg
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/YKS/suomisivut/TUTKIMUS/lasnamaki/las28.jpeg
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/YKS/suomisivut/TUTKIMUS/lasnamaki/las312.jpeg
http://www.lindrem.ee/img/itool/61.jpg
Pictures are quite old. So now I have seen that a lot of commieblocks are restored partially.

commie block, gdansk, you can see the longest commieblocks in the world, two of them are over 1000m long!!! they are so called "falowce" from the waves on the sea :) have a fun

http://members.lycos.co.uk/gdansk/gdansk_by_rmb/zdjecia_gdanska/przymorze/Blok_ul_Chlopska_7_06.jpg http://members.lycos.co.uk/gdansk/gdansk_by_rmb/zdjecia_gdanska/przymorze/Najdluzszy_budynek_w_Polsce_01.jpg http://members.lycos.co.uk/gdansk/gdansk_by_rmb/zdjecia_gdanska/przymorze/Najdluzszy_budynek_w_Polsce_04.jpg http://www.wow.net.pl/_img/falowiec/20001215_211628.jpg

Some photos from Vilnius oldtown :)

http://miestai.mip.lt/images/user/IMGP2922.JPG

http://miestai.mip.lt/images/user/IMGP2941.JPG

http://miestai.mip.lt/images/user/IMGP2947.JPG

http://miestai.mip.lt/images/user/IMGP2953.JPG

http://miestai.mip.lt/images/user/IMGP2957.JPG

http://miestai.mip.lt/images/user/IMGP2971.JPG

http://miestai.mip.lt/images/user/IMGP2979.JPG

http://miestai.mip.lt/images/user/IMGP3031.JPG

http://miestai.mip.lt/images/user/IMGP3034.JPG

http://miestai.mip.lt/images/user/IMGP3036.JPG

Damn, this thread is full of commieblocks! SWEET!!! :banana:

Originally posted by sOmeOne

Damn, this thread is full of commieblocks! SWEET!!! :banana: I agree with sOmeOne, so stop posting that damn commieblocks :mad:

;)

No no, keep posting the commieblocks!!! :banana: :dj: :D

I just love commieblocks they are so cool :)

Originally posted by delfin_pl

I just love commieblocks they are so cool :) Hey, this is a photo thread, so stop expressing your loves to these soulless and colourless buildings :rant:

Stockholm Sweden Europa

http://ursing.cgb.ki.se/pepe/stockholm.jpg

I have bought a new digicam with 4 megapixels resolution, 3x optic zoom, a built in (low res.) video camera and color display. 2400 skr at Lidl in Malmö. 64MB extra memory, a case, cables and charger.


That means many nice new pics of Turning Torso, Malmö, Copenhagen and other cities I will travel to!

I made the first photo trip Wednesday last week. Because of lack of time, I had to begin at dusk.
So here comes some duskshots, all taken from Malmö´s beautiful Pildammsparken. The park is just a few blocks from were I live
in the southern part of central Malmö!

The new skyline with Turning Torso in the center and Kronprinsen to the left.
Sweden´s two tallest residental skyscrapers at the same sight! To the right is an old water tower.
http://skyline.250free.com/Pildammdark.jpg

Hilton and St Johannes church:
http://skyline.250free.com/Pildammskylinedark.JPG

The old water tower again:
http://skyline.250free.com/Pildammstorndark.jpg

Malmö university´s newest building at the University hospital MAS:
http://skyline.250free.com/Pildammhighschool.jpg

http://skyline.250free.com/Pildammhighpano.JPG

The stunning Margareta´s pavilion:
http://skyline.250free.com/Margaretha.JPG

http://skyline.250free.com/Margarethapaviljongen.jpg

Nice pics, but WTF with ISO? :D

I suggest lowering the ISO and switching the nightshot mode :)

Me and my girlfriend are beginners with photography, so all advices are good. I think the pictures are a little bit too blury.

Yeah, as I said you should lower ISO (sensitivity) a little bit. Good luck with improving your skills :D

Nightsky, can't see your pictures :cry:

Hey guys in Lithuania, how's EA, Vyrokas, and SBA buildings looking ? ;)
I'm getting impatient, no new projects for quite a while now :(

Hey guys in Lithuania, how's EA, Vyrokas, and SBA buildings looking ? ;)
I'm getting impatient, no new projects for quite a while now :(

That's not no new projects, that's because we haven't picked the info about them yet, they're all in planning department ;)

and since we've got lack of info about Vilnius, you may enjoy the Klaipeda project boom :)

Nightsky, can't see your pictures :cry:

Strange, can you see them now? You must have looked when I was editing or something...

Emajõe Business Centre
in Tartu, Estonia

http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/2.jpg



http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/1.jpg

Existence

http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/3.jpg




http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/4.jpg




http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/6.jpg




http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/5.jpg

Great shots, Rene :okay: I like that building.

wow!!!! superb shots! you're like a professional! well done.

Suurepärased pildid :okay: Jaa ma näen, et sina saatid minu lemmikehitust Eestis :D Aga loduse pildid on tored ka, tänana :)

Oberleutnant, John & Juno'Re...

Can you guys tell me how I can create a black border around my photos using Photoshop Elements 2.0 (the amateur version). Perhaps there isn't even a border-creating feature on Elements. :dunno:

Thanx

A couple of shots from Verkiai Regional park in Vilnius:

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/v4idas/Verkiai/PICT1366.jpg

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/v4idas/Verkiai/PICT1352.jpg

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/v4idas/Verkiai/PICT1400.jpg

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/v4idas/Verkiai/PICT1381.jpg

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/v4idas/Verkiai/PICT1340.jpg

Hello Vaidas :hi:

Swell pictures! What makes them even more presentable is that you have handsome borders around them. Would you mind telling me how you achieve those borders???

:?

Well I use a triple border. (2 pixels black + 15 pixels white + 1 pixel black)
It is much easier to do this with the normal photoshop, but it's possible with elements as well.
You have to go: Image -> image size -> canvas size. Then increase the width and height of you picture by the desired amount of pixels. (note, that you have to increase it f.ex. by 4 pixels in order to get a 2 pixel border) So you will have a border around your picture in the "background" color.
It is good to get a 1-coloured border but you will have to switch to the normal photoshop if you want something more...
The cool thing on Photoshop is "actions", where you can "record" a sequence of actions and later just press the "play button" on every picture. That's how I make the borders on my pictures.
Sadly, Elements doesn't have this feature (or I just couldn't find it :?)

Helsinki, Finland

SysOpen tower in Pitäjänmäki district
http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Pitajanmaki/SysOpen.jpg

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Pitajanmaki/SysOpen2.jpg

Terassitalo in Pikku-Huopalahti suburb
http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Pitajanmaki/Terassitalo2.jpg

Some pics of yesterday

Gediminas avenue and the old municipality building...
http://img67.photobucket.com/albums/v203/M4nt4s/IMGP4125.jpg

... and the new municipality
http://img67.photobucket.com/albums/v203/M4nt4s/IMGP4139.jpg

http://img67.photobucket.com/albums/v203/M4nt4s/IMGP4135.jpg

This monter is strongly unwelcomed in the oldtown :ohno:
http://img67.photobucket.com/albums/v203/M4nt4s/IMGP4128.jpg

Another monster :(
http://img67.photobucket.com/albums/v203/M4nt4s/IMGP4129.jpg

And so the best pic for now. I actualy tried to make an auto panorama from 2 different images with Photoshop and that's the result of my "efforts" :D
http://img67.photobucket.com/albums/v203/M4nt4s/dvyniai2.jpg

@ M&P

Sorry, mate. I hadn't noticed your question!
I myself use the good old line tool for making borders in Photoshop. Recently, I haven't used borders in pics, as I don't know what design to use next.


Novotel's building would be welcomed in any other part of the town with its fiftyish retro look, but not in the Old Town.

http://img67.photobucket.com/albums/v203/M4nt4s/IMGP4129.jpg
What was the Vilnius City Planning Department / Council thinking, when they approved this?!

http://img67.photobucket.com/albums/v203/M4nt4s/IMGP4135.jpg
Looking niiiice.



@ Sdes

Thanks for posting your Pitäjänmäki pics. SysOpen is an ok tower, not great, but ok. I find it weird how short it looks like in real life and the pics, even though it's 70 meters tall. Municipality Building in Vilnius is seven meters taller, but looks like a real skyscraper.

Got more pics of Terassitalo?

Very nice pics Mantaz. I love the municipality facade.


Ober you're right, SysOpen tower looks kinda short. Kone building in Keilaniemi looks short too, compared to the Fortum which is only 14meters taller. Maybe because Fortum is so massive.

Terassitalo
http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Pitajanmaki/Terassitalo3.jpg

@ Oberleutnant...thanks for the info. This method has now been affirmed and reaffirmed by many a forumer, so I guess I can safely set about creating some borders in this way. :D

btw, Juno'Re, Mantaz & sdes...

You all have beautiful contributions to this thread! Juno'Re, the picture of the camoflauge insect on the flower stalk is stunning! :eek: Say, what kind of camera do you use? Did you employ a telephoto lens in that one??

Aukštaitija National Park, Lithuania:

The oldest wooden church in LT, the Palūšė Church (dates back to 1750):

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/v4idas/ANP/PICT2492.jpg



A lake seen from the highest hill in the region, the Ledakalnis:

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/v4idas/ANP/PICT2511.jpg



25 shades of green :D :

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/v4idas/ANP/PICT2508.jpg


My brother's fancy glasses:

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/v4idas/ANP/PICT2480.jpg

Great shots, Vaidai, I was on Ladakalnis (I think it's spelled this way) a couple of years ago and I could catch two foreign GSM networks from there (LMT and some other) :laugh:

Great shots, Vaidai, I was on Ladakalnis (I think it's spelled this way)

I think that's the way Aukštaičiai spell it ;)
There were 2 signs near the road, leading to it - one of them said Ladakalnis, the other one - Ledakalnis :)

eheh those highlanders, actually I can speak their accent, at least I could when I was some 6-7 years old, now it sounds kinda funnym still I'm able to sound like a real Aukstaitis sometimes :laugh:

My mistake, sorry... I am newcommer here :wallbash:

Thank you for this lovely Riga series, LV ELF! :) I like the way you introduce your pictures by giving them captions--much appreciated! :okay:

Unfortunately, yahoo doesn't allow hotlinking, so all I see are red XXXs. :(

I'm sure the prime photographers here at the S&B forum will be able and indeed happy to recommend to you a picture host that allows hotlinking--i.e., people can see the pictures without going through the laborious show properties, copy, blabla etc. process. As I remember, photobucket and lycos are providers of this service.

So thank you, and keep at it, OK? :horse:

@LV ELF I suggest using www.photobucket.com instead of the hosting that doesn't allow hotlinking ;)

Sorry, my mistake... i was not aware of the rules

LV ELF doesn't seem to be listening, Mantai. ;)

But I'm sure he will--soon! :)


P.S. @ LV ELF: Mantaz IS one of our prime photographers. :okay:

Btw @LV ELF some rules were defined in the introducting post of this thread like posting more than 10 photos and 2 posts at a row are prohibited ;)

and thx, WH :okay:

"Teaser shot" from yesterday's phototrip to Keilaniemi with sdes. :)

An elevated walkway that connects Nokia House to its parking garage:

http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/keilaniemi/nokiahqwalkway.jpg

Al Qaeda reached Vilnius?

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v160/brixton/Vilnius/triples.jpg

no, just some old abandoned hut burning near NCC

photo by unknown author, posted by brixton on Lithuanan urban forum

The fireplace of that burning hut ;) shots by me :D
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Mantazzzz/IMGP4884.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Mantazzzz/IMGP4887.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Mantazzzz/IMGP4894.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Mantazzzz/IMGP4900.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Mantazzzz/IMGP4902.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v240/Mantazzzz/IMGP4896.jpg

Yesterday, the Finnish Navy and the Border Guard had public day in Helsinki. Some ships from the Navy and Border Guard were present in Helsinki's south harbour near the downtown. The weather was horrible, but I managed to take few decent pictures from the event. Here are some:



http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/helsinkipaiva/helicopter4.jpg

Helicopter from the Border Guard approaches the harbour, ready to give a public demonstration on rescuing someone from the water.





http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/helsinkipaiva/helicopter3.jpg

It makes few circles over the area . . .






http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/helsinkipaiva/helicopter.jpg

Until it finally stops to hover above the diver who plays a drowning victim. Its unbeliveable how loud noise the helicopters make.







http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/helsinkipaiva/pelastaja.jpg

Rescuer being lowered down.







http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/helsinkipaiva/observing.jpg

A conscript watches the Coast Guard's rescue perfomance taking place. Behind him is the FNS Uusimaa, the flagship of the Finnish Navy, docked to Helsinki's southern harbour.






http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/helsinkipaiva/bukcathedral.jpg

An unusual sight so near the downtown. :D Missiles of the Russian-made BUK M1 surface-to-air-missile system against Helsinki's best-known landmark, the Lutheran Cathedral.

@Oberleutnant
Even that the weather was horrible, your pics are really good. :)

One photo from my cottage:
http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/aurinko.jpg

nice photos everybody! (:


@sdes - the view.... i'm drooling... wow! :eek:

Kiitos, sdes. You really captured a wonderful moment in your picture. :)
Ah, you gotta love that scenery - is that lake Saimaa?

Thanks! :)
Yes, it's lake Saimaa.

http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/13.jpg





http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/47.jpg

Nice, thx for these :) Very artistic indeed :yes:

Beautiful pictures, all. Sdes....that IS ONE INCREDIBLE VIEW!!! Is your summer house there on the lake?

Pictures from this weekend:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5083/Mollepano.jpg
Mölle, a small town in southwestern Skåne very popular among tourists.

Also see my Nimis thread on this section.

Nimis skyline in the fictive country of Ladonia. Read more about it in my Nimis thread in this Scandinavian section.
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9905/Nimismaintower.jpg
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3599/Ladoniaskyline2.jpg


http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4882/Ladoniasilhouette.jpg

From my upcoming Turku thread, photo of a window painting in the Turku Cathedral:

http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/turku/window2.jpg

Nice pictures.

@Ober
Can't wait to see your Turku pics :)

Thanks. :)

To be frank, my visit to Turku was a real eye opener. Based on what I saw there, I think it's quite possible that I might one day even live there. I absolutely loved that city. It was my first visit there . . . and I fell in love with the place. :D

Anyway, I had luck with my camera and there should be interesting stuff for you guys to see.

Malmö skyline from the south(taken today):
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/3344/Malmoskylinesouth_pano1.jpg

I remember driving that road with my brother. :)



http://img41.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/turku/matkallakeskustaan.jpg

Street leading to downtown Turku. I'll probably make the thread in August, so you'll have to wait till then.

I like your pic :okay:

Oh I never really noticed this thread, cool one. And nice photos:okay:

Here's my first contribution, it's from Brøndby (A Cph suburb), taken last summer:

Concrete Suburb

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/urbanphotocontest/suburb.jpg

Heavy metal basketball :) Btw. the middle of the basketball... this thingie how it is in English... is very white and intact. Does anybody play a ball there?

Does anybody play a ball there?

Actually I have no idea, I was there only shortly to get photos of the highrises (there's 12 of those). I would think that most young people in Brøndby plays football, since they have the best Danish team over the last 20 years (maybe not anymore), Brøndby IF. :cheers:

Bröndby is also home to Danish hip-hop act, Outlandish. As for football I like FCK more cause Janne Saarinen plays for them. :D

http://www.fck.dk/grafik/diverse/622200414829_saarinenlille.jpg

Bröndby is also home to Danish hip-hop act, Outlandish. As for football I like FCK more cause Janne Saarinen plays for them. :D


Yes, I even think Outlandish is from Brøndby Strand (where the photo is from). Anyway, I hate both Brøndby and FCK :toilet: :horse:

Trakai town near Vilnius, Island Castle at night (my picture)

http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/trakai1.jpg

That is simply beautiful John :applause:

JONAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek2:









That is one of the best photos I've ever seen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So beautiful !!!!!! :okay:

Amazing photo John! You should post it in UPC :)

thanks guys!

Vespa, I'll try to do that, just not sure if people here would prefer a castle over skyscrapers :lol:

Trakai town near Vilnius, Island Castle at night (my picture)

http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/trakai1.jpg

One of the best photo I have ever seen !!!! :eek2: @ JoHN You are GOOD/God :) in makeing pix.

Okay, this is not even closely as good as Johns ( :okay: ) but I thought I'd through it in anyway. Just took this from my window, when lightning suddntly started (and quickly ended again). It's quite hard to catch anything with a rather limited view through the window, but atleast I got my first lightning shot (in one out of 30-40 shots:D ):

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/lyn.jpg

mlm:

nice pics.. u got more from Brøndby?

Yes, I have more brøndby photos, but mostly of the highrises.

mlm, it's marvelous :okay:

mlm : could u post some?

Few pics of Vuosaari. I have decided to make a large Vuosaari thread when the construction of the Cirrus starts.

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/1-vuokruunu.jpg
Vuokruunu apartment buildings and Lucia mid-rise

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/2-talo.jpg
Luxury residential building in Aurinkolahti

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/3-aurinkolahti.jpg
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http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/4-ranta.jpg
Aurinkoranta (SunBeach)

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/5-kanava.jpg
Construction of the first part of the Vuosaari canal

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/6-zeppelin.jpg
Airship Zeppelin behind the shopping center Columbus. Zeppelin is going to Russia

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/7-lucia.jpg
Lucia mid-rise

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/8-lucia.jpg
I'm starting to like it :\

ye i like it.. but the last one is a "new" commieblock.. the futures commieblock:)

many of those new areas look all the same i think... sickla and hammarby sjöstad here in stockholm and many more..

its alot of glass..and white building.. but i like it

Vuosaari is like Vasara in lithuanian which means Summer :D

Coincidentally, vasara means a hammer in Finnish.

I've been to Vuosaari once, this March. With the exception of Itäkeskus, it's one of the few eastern Helsinki suburbs I've dared to enter. ;) It was a rather postive surprise, especially the Aurinkolahti area.

Lucia seems to have improved a lot since I saw it the last time! Like an ugly duckling.


@ mlm, Jonas

:okay:

Looking forward to seeing more.

Vuosaari has a little bit of the same feeling as Västra Hamnen in Malmö. http://www.bizzbook.com/hamnen/bilder/hamn/spegladhamn.jpg

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/2-talo.jpg
There is no Turning Torso though.

Vuosaari has a little bit of the same feeling as Västra Hamnen in Malmö. http://www.bizzbook.com/hamnen/bilder/hamn/spegladhamn.jpg
There is no Turning Torso though.

I agree with you, same looking areas. :)
Your right, here is no Turning Torso, but we will have Cirrus :D :)

Coincidentally, vasara means a hammer in Finnish.

I've been to Vuosaari once, this March. With the exception of Itäkeskus, it's one of the few eastern Helsinki suburbs I've dared to enter. ;) It was a rather postive surprise, especially the Aurinkolahti area.

Lucia seems to have improved a lot since I saw it the last time! Like an ugly duckling.


@ mlm, Jonas

:okay:

Looking forward to seeing more.
Well, maybe it's not even an accident, because summer sometimes can be a real hammer :yes: ;)

Trakai town near Vilnius, Island Castle at night (my picture)

http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/trakai1.jpg

At the suggestion of several of you, John entered this picture into the weekly SCity photo contest. :okay:

Out of countless submissions, he reached the final five. :master:

Please support him and help celebrate one of the S&B Forum's outstanding photographers by voting for his photo here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=120505). His is Photo #1 in the lineup. ;)

WH it's so nice by you to promote my photo (I hope this is not against the rules of UPC ;)), I'm really excited to see how good it keeps there, atm I don't have any more photos which could do as good as this one!

Greetings, Jonai! :hug:

WHAT rules? :laugh: What's UPC anyway? :? Unofficial Pictures Code? Universal Dunces' Cap? Unknown Pervert Convention? Uniform Pragmatists' Convivium? :dunno: :D

I'm sure my little advertisement is perfectly alright. :) These cheers & reminders are done constantly elsewhere in the forums, both openly & via PMs.

So Go For It, fellow S& B forumers! :okay: Support one of your own! (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=120505) :horse: :applause:

thanks alot WH, and thanks all who voted for my photo! :cheers:

P.S. UPC = Urban Photo Contest ;)

Whoa! That castle-picture is just perfect! Very professional and beautiful.
It´ll definetely get my vote, no doubt about it. :rock:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/kevat/merihaka.jpg

Spring evening in Merihaka, Helsinki.

nice pic OL the place seems to be somehow familiar... is that the place yo live or smth?
and congrats to John too :)

and I promised to show a few pics of my trip with boats (i don't know is this a correct name, in lithuanian we call those "boats" baidares) last weekend

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/boogyman2k4/DSCN4318.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/boogyman2k4/DSCN4324.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/boogyman2k4/DSCN4356.jpg
sadly it isn't adviced for amateurs to take expensive items to the boats because there is a possibility that they can appear under water... so i didn't have an oppurtunity to take breathtaking pics of those picturesque sceneries i saw :(

and a few pics of Uzupis that i accidently found on my CompactFlash:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/boogyman2k4/DSCN4360.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/boogyman2k4/DSCN4357.jpg

a few photos from last night

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/Vilnius/NCC_BT/IMG_5800_filtered.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/Vilnius/NCC_BT/IMG_5795_filtered.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/Vilnius/NCC_BT/IMG_5797_filtered.jpg

BOOGY! :banana: I knew you were going to post the pictures of your boating expedition somewhere, and I'm so glad I found them! :okay: The nature must be lovely ... I can practically smell the summer meadow on the banks of the river. :) Plus, of course, Uzupis is a great part of Vilnius, lush and romantic. :cool:

********

What a fabulously clear evening last night must have been, John! Lovely reflection of the colorful Tall Ones in the water! :applause:

I check out this thread way to seldom.

@John - one of those has to be entered in the UPC!

thanks Swede, I'll consider your suggestion about UPC, but maybe next week, just you know... gotta prepare a better edition :whisper:

Vilnius at dark looks amazing! Especially compared to Swedish cities that "can´t afford" lighting after dusk.

mlm : could u post some?

Sure, here are 2 more from the concrete suburb:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/brondby1.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/brondby2.jpg


There are 12 of these buildings, all with 16 floors, 48 m. More about them on Emporis (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=101397)

Great stuff, everyone. :)

@ Boogy

My apartment is about half a kilometer from that place. I've featured Merihaka (the commieblock district) quite often in many threads, so you might remember it from there.



Here's a picture of Hotel Torni I took for Atlantica when he was making a diagram of it for SSP. Just for the fun of it I decided to try what it would look like if I converted it into bw.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/hoteltorni.jpg

Hotel Torni is the grandfather of all Finnish high-rises, built in the early 1930s and still the only one you can find from downtown Helsinki.

hmm :) interesting...
Tallinn equivalent:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/kommu.jpg
well.. it marked the position of the future skyscrapers... Estonian Union bank, Radisson, Plaza, Olümpia, Twins, they are all a bit north(behind photographer(this case, me) of this building :)
Well, The location isnt quite perfect, since its basically a riverbed, and the airport is 3kms away :(

:D

Jarmo showed me that Stalinistic building and I took a picture of it, but it wasn't very succesful so I didn't put it in the thread. IMHO it's not a bad building at all, but could use a bucket of paint or two.



From Ruoholahti, a newly-built area in western Helsinki. These pictures belong to a thread I'm making with sdes.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/htc2.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/dimensio.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/canal.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/itori.jpg




http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/brondby2.jpg

Great shot! I know you're making a website, and I'm wondering if you plan to include a picture gallery as wel? :)




Edit:


Let's add another "teaser" pic of things to come:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/sysopen_toni.jpg

Sdes photographing Sysopen Tower in northern Helsinki.

ok ober... fine, now what about that Part 2 of tallinn? hmm? i cant sleep at nights because of you! :)

hehehe my pic is totally off charts, its off centre, then its too dark, i can see wires... in 1 word, its a mess :), mhm :bash:

Episode 2 has been delayed a bit, due to my general lazyness and my preparation for my course exam about strategic management. The weather might have something to do with it, too. :)

"Soon!" is all I can say for the moment.

Your pic isn't that bad. It's good to always take as many pictures as possible. For example, I always take about five to fifteen pictures of a single building from different angles (some of them from the same position) and then hope that at least one of them is good enough. You can always go through them using your camera's LCD monitor, and check which ones look good there. Then delete the rest if you need to make space for more pics.

And your pic isn't too dark, methinks, given the circumstances (that gray sky wasn't very good for taking photos).

mhm :) i know... but its still bad, but the camera i was holding wasnt the best either.. :(

"density" :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/Vilnius/IMG_5892.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/brondby2.jpg

Great shot! I know you're making a website, and I'm wondering if you plan to include a picture gallery as wel? :)


Great photos all:okay:

I've actually had that site for about a year or so now, but I really can't decide what I should make. Currently I just use it as a photo host and things like that.

But a gallery is no bad idea:)

"density" :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/Vilnius/IMG_5892.jpg
One of the best pics of NCC that I have ever seen. Great photo, John :)

To quote McDonald's: "I'm loving it!" It's the best NCC photo I can remember, together with Pornstar's zoomed shots. EA is simply gorgeous, and while ET could be better - at least it's tall.

at first i thought you had photoshopped it... but apparently not...its great, though i have some doubts about LG building... will they tear it down or renovate it sometime soon?
otherwise great photo :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/johngang/Vilnius/IMG_5892.jpg
:master:
That must be the best picture of Vilnius I've seen!:cool:
They could do something about that commieblock, though.

Wow! That "Density" shot is just amazing!

Wow thank you guys, I din't expect so many positive reactions :D
well only thing which is really wrong is the sky (top right), it's white because it was a bit cloudy and the sun was gone somewhere.
As for ET, the more I see it the more I like it, it's a really good building IMO, it was even selected among top 15 competitors in some International skyscraper competiton arranged by the municipality of Frankfurt am Main earlier this year.

My first shot of lightning. I took about 100 photos, and this is the only one where you can actually see the lightning.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/salamat.jpg
The construction site of Cirrus located in front of the dark building (middle)

They're currently building a new motorway around Herning, so a few weeks ago a friend and I went out there to see the progress. Here are a few random photos from the area:

First we have 2 of a new lake they're making (using the sand for the motorway)

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/herning/78.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/herning/79.jpg


"On" the road:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/herning/80.jpg


On the road again, looking towards eastern part of Herning:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/herning/81.jpg


And finally our power plant, just next to this there will be a huge intersection. The lake is also new:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/herning/82.jpg

:cheers:

mlm - VERY nice pictures, man! I'm impressed.

Nice ones, mlm.

Sorry about the quality: this wasn't something what I planned to photo and it was a one shot opportunity! :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/misc/rainbow.jpg

aaah, an airplane:D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/airplane.jpg flew pretty low... i think it was some finnish guy since he came in from the north... he flew strait at the airport... should have entered airport from west...
pic by me, atop Radisson SAS in tallinn

:)

That pic was taken in Kerava, my old hometown. It's not far from Helsinki-Vantaa airport and planes which haven't been given a landing clearance circle over the town. They are a common sight there.




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/misc/keilaniemi2.jpg

"Skyline" of the city of Espoo as seen from Helsinki (well, they're practically the same city).

Cool, looks very hazy!

It was a bit hazy at the time I took the picture. The distance from the stadium tower from where I took that pic to those towers is about five kilometers or more.

verrrrry kewl photos everybody!



man i need a camera. i need it bad.

well, so do i!... remember i was bought to buy that canon one... but then my pc practically blew up.. so i had to buy a new one :(, well.. cant use a digital camera without a pc and visit this forum without a pc, and play pc games without a pc, and do homework on pc... so.. i had to choose pc... but im keeping camera hopes up...

Sad to hear that c1le. :I

You just saw the two tallest buildings in Espoo (for now) and now comes the oldest. Picture taken in June 2004.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/misc/kahvitupa.jpg

this is in Vilnius, BCC1 and Victoria :)
http://img37.exs.cx/img37/4629/IMG_6316.jpg

suburb of Tallinn - Õismäe.. meaning Blossomhill... pretty much all suburbs have Hill in name since Central Tallinn is lower then those... -
http://forum.planet.ee/attachment.php?attachmentid=16622

have fun :D :cheers:

Cewl pics , especially the last one - of Tallin suburb, makes me think of Imanta suburb in Riga

Welcome LatvianCG :cheers:

The one from Tallinn is surprising! If frankly - I do not think that there is anything similar in Riga. Yess... in Imanta there is semicircle, but less regular.

Does anybody has some pictures of how the new ice hockey hall will look like?

@ch1le:
:master::bow:

I can see my house there!:cool:
Õismäe is a great district! very green, few criminals and....or maybe I shouldn't promote commieblocks.....

There are 3 euqal circles in Vilnius, Pasilaiciai district and 1 almost circle is in Lazdynai and is called Architektu street :)

I found a nice pic of Riga.....

http://img8.exs.cx/img8/4707/plakats_5l.jpg

yes its very nice... reminds me of prague

Somekind of density shot, just testing my new cam (Minolta dimage Z1):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/3-density.jpg

Another zoom photo of Aurinkolahti:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/SdeS0/Helsinki/Vuosaari/1-penthouse.jpg

alright..
bad quality because of frrrucking heremy.com

first a pic from my hometown (märsta north of stockholm)
http://photos.heremy.com/Dnh/48375329263.jpg



and then 3 pics of sollentuna centrum (malmvägen) also north of stockholm..
http://photos.heremy.com/Dnh/48375429263.jpg
http://photos.heremy.com/Dnh/48375529263.jpg
http://photos.heremy.com/Dnh/48375729263.jpg

DnH, www.photobucket.com is a much better place for storing your pics. They let you put pictures of any resolution you want as long as their size stays at 250 kilos.

Sdes, I hope you're still planning to make a thread about Vuosaari when they start building Cirrus. :)

Ch1le, outstanding! Any change to see ground-level shots of that suburb?

DnH, www.photobucket.com is a much better place for storing your pics. They let you put pictures of any resolution you want as long as their size stays at 250 kilos.




www.imageshack.us - it lets you store pics max.1024 kb size, and, unlike photobucket, the pics stay visible all time, no bandwidth or something like that. Just try that one.

:bow:

Sad to hear that c1le. :I

You just saw the two tallest buildings in Espoo (for now) and now comes the oldest. Picture taken in June 2004.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/oberleutnant/misc/kahvitupa.jpg

Sorry mate, but this is certainly not the oldest building in Espoo. You forgot the Espoon tuomiokirkko! :) Dating back to the 14th century at least...

Garh, that's what you get when you trust your parents' knowledge of local history! :D

*Lol* Yep... trust not what they tell you...for they will only feed you lies! :D

First Santa Claus and now this... >(

What's this? photoevidence that the new Mjärdevi Center (https://extranet.emporis.com/wm/bu/?l=3&yr=2004&mt=9&dy=8&id=206649) in Linköping is done? :)
http://w1.875.telia.com/~u87519938/200405290053b.JPG
Sometimes I find pretty good stuff on my computer (gotta upload this one to emporis in the original 1.5MB version).

What a coincidence, I was there two days ago and this tower, although only 12 storey, immediately grabbed my attention with its shape. Never heard about the building before.
Yeah it seems completed... still empty though :)

http://www.lillasiam.com/ssc/mjardevi.jpg

i dunno it kinda seems like a copy of some other building i have seen somewhere but i cant recall where.
Horrible yes..... but true :ancient: :poke:

Nice pictures...Swedish commieblocks remind Eastern-European counterparts a little bit. I found three aerial photos of Tallinn.
http://kinnisvara.fksm.ee/images/common/mod_resp/locview/44_4.jpg
View towards A Le Coq Arena(football stadium)
http://kinnisvara.fksm.ee/images/common/mod_resp/locview/44_6.jpg
View towards Tallinn skyline... I like this view
http://kinnisvara.fksm.ee/images/common/mod_resp/locview/44_7.jpg
My neighbourhood and view towards oldtown

nice ones Sander(maybe not the best views but we don't just have to show our City's modern Centre)
I specially like the second one