Photos from my neighbourhood (Vuosaari/Helsinki)

Jape · February 18th, 2005, 11:29 PM

Terveiset Vuosaaresta! - Greetings from Vuosaari!

It was very exciting to see pictures from Zverynas district/Vilnius and Bolderaja/Riga so I decided to show my own neighbourhood, Vuosaari which locates about 15 km:s east from the Helsinki city centre. Vuosaari is also the eastern end of the Helsinki metro line.

Ok, I admit that my neighbourhood is quite ugly but the surrounding nature is quite beautiful.

And then straight to the pictures:

Home sweet home..

Uhh!

''Wannabe commieblock''

But there is also something beautiful, like new houses in Aurinkolahti by night.

Aurinkolahti again - not so beautiful at this time.

As I said, surrounding nature is quite beautiful, so some naturepics also:

Thank for attenttion! New pics might be added soon.

John · February 18th, 2005, 11:34 PM

Well made pictures (did you take them?). As for me it doesn't look "ugly", a rather typical residential suburb of multistorey apartment blocks ("commieblocks"). And isn't the Cirrus tower construction somewhere in the place?

Lauris · February 18th, 2005, 11:41 PM

Very nice pictures

as john said these commieblocks not ugly,you cant compare them with baltic state old commieblocks.

Jape · February 19th, 2005, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John

Well made pictures (did you take them?)

If I post pictures that I have not taken, the photographer is mentioned. So I took these pictures.

Quote:

Originally Posted by John

isn't the Cirrus tower construction somewhere in the place?

Yes. In few pics you can see the crane which builds Cirrus right now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by John

As for me it doesn't look "ugly", a rather typical residential suburb of multistorey apartment blocks ("commieblocks").

You are right, words ''ugly'' and ''wannabe commieblock'' were not right words, anyway i tried to say that the houses in Vuosaari are quite non-personal and boring. For example these new residential buildings (Photo by Miestai.net) are much better i think - they have some personal looking (not just elemential standards like in ''commieblocks'').

Thanks for comments.

chukchi · February 19th, 2005, 12:15 AM

Very nice. I liked nature pics a lot

sander · February 19th, 2005, 10:39 PM

Nice pics. I`m not sure if i`d like to live in such district, because on 1.,3.
and 4. picture district looks depressing and sad, but otherwise it`s a fine place, surrounding nature is superb.

Oberleutnant · February 19th, 2005, 11:10 PM

I really like Aurinkolahti area in Vuosaari, have you got any beach pictures from the summer?

Also, the upcoming canal in Vuosaari looks interesting. The suburb itself could be better looking, but's not terribly bad either. If anything, I'd like if there were little shops and such in the suburb, than just around Columbus - it's another question altogether whether they'd be profitable in such environment, however.

What's the current population in the suburb? ~20,000?

sdes · February 19th, 2005, 11:43 PM

The current population is about 30,000.
I hope that Jape doesn't mind if I post few photos here

Aurinkolahti beach

Taiteilijatalo (artist house?)

Row houses

New residential buildings

ch1le · February 20th, 2005, 02:03 PM

very beutiful pics

Glad to see that Cirrus is going to dominate it so nicely

February 18th, 2005, 11:29 PM	#1
Jape plätskipröö Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Helsinki Posts: 556	Photos from my neighbourhood (Vuosaari/Helsinki) Terveiset Vuosaaresta! - Greetings from Vuosaari! It was very exciting to see pictures from Zverynas district/Vilnius and Bolderaja/Riga so I decided to show my own neighbourhood, Vuosaari which locates about 15 km:s east from the Helsinki city centre. Vuosaari is also the eastern end of the Helsinki metro line. Ok, I admit that my neighbourhood is quite ugly but the surrounding nature is quite beautiful. And then straight to the pictures: Home sweet home.. Uhh! ''Wannabe commieblock'' But there is also something beautiful, like new houses in Aurinkolahti by night. Aurinkolahti again - not so beautiful at this time. As I said, surrounding nature is quite beautiful, so some naturepics also: Thank for attenttion! New pics might be added soon. __________________ -

February 19th, 2005, 11:10 PM	#7
Oberleutnant mostly at Talo and SSP Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: back in Finland again Posts: 596	I really like Aurinkolahti area in Vuosaari, have you got any beach pictures from the summer? Also, the upcoming canal in Vuosaari looks interesting. The suburb itself could be better looking, but's not terribly bad either. If anything, I'd like if there were little shops and such in the suburb, than just around Columbus - it's another question altogether whether they'd be profitable in such environment, however. What's the current population in the suburb? ~20,000? __________________ "The reason why America is so successful is that they give people what they want: skyscrapers . . . and porn." - Monkey in London, December '05

February 20th, 2005, 02:03 PM	#9
ch1le always on Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Tallinn Posts: 3,999	very beutiful pics Glad to see that Cirrus is going to dominate it so nicely __________________ “If a Frenchman loves to sip wine with his friends and a German enjoys his beer, then an Estonian likes to sit behind his computer on a dark evening, surfing the Net and at the same time talking on his mobile phone.”

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February 18th, 2005, 11:34 PM	#2
John No analogues Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 1,446	Well made pictures (did you take them?). As for me it doesn't look "ugly", a rather typical residential suburb of multistorey apartment blocks ("commieblocks"). And isn't the Cirrus tower construction somewhere in the place?

February 18th, 2005, 11:41 PM	#3
Lauris Made in Lithuania Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Vilnius Posts: 16	Very nice pictures as john said these commieblocks not ugly,you cant compare them with baltic state old commieblocks.

February 19th, 2005, 12:15 AM	#5
chukchi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,706	Very nice. I liked nature pics a lot

February 19th, 2005, 10:39 PM	#6
sander User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tallinn Posts: 721	Nice pics. I`m not sure if i`d like to live in such district, because on 1.,3. and 4. picture district looks depressing and sad, but otherwise it`s a fine place, surrounding nature is superb.

February 19th, 2005, 11:43 PM	#8
sdes suburban Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 300	The current population is about 30,000. I hope that Jape doesn't mind if I post few photos here Aurinkolahti beach Taiteilijatalo (artist house?) Row houses New residential buildings