Helsinki, Part 2

[khiemtran]

More Helsinki photos, this time from the water...





The ferry I took had a wedding party on board, apparently for photos at Suomenlinna. Some of the party were already mildly drunk, but at least it was a happy drunk and we cruised around the harbour to an unexpected backing track of Finnish techno.




Lots of islands. Big...




And small...



Just about everything higher than high tide had a building on it. Finns, as you might have gathered, like to be alone.



The giant golf tee in the last photo is apparently the water tower at Roihuvuori. I took a picture of it, because it looked like some sort of enormous futuristic building from that distance.


Lots of boats too, both little...




And huge!




But mostly huge...

Comments

[carl-allery.livejournal.com]

Wow, huge indeed. Great photos though, looks like a lovely way to see the harbour. All those houses on little islands - I love the concept of alone time, but I'm too used to a considerable tidal range and decent waves and being that close to the water would make me nervous. :)

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can only assume the tides and the waves aren't so big around there.

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Lovely pictures. I can sort of understand the lure of a place that's remote and close to the city at the same time, but the boat-only accessibility would not appeal to me.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure you could walk out to some of them for a few months a year...