Dark, Dark, Wet, Wet

November has been very wet and dark. Not very inspiring for taking photoes. Sorry about that. The Christmas season has been opened. Last sunday we saw some fireworks. These are from last year. Not much else is going on.

Graffiti wall

A wall with graffitis. Inside is the skating hall Stache 1.

Funny hats on the market

Someone was selling these funny hats on the annual "Major market" held in the Seinäjoki Areena hall. This poor quality photo was taken with my HTC phone.

Törnävä church in the evening

This is the church of Törnävä in Seinäjoki. I have two previous photos of it from last year.

All Saint's day 2012

It's again time for all saint's day. "Pyhäinpäivä" in finnish. The day which people dedicate to remembering their deceased loved ones. These photos are from the Seinäjoki grave yard. A lot of candles.

This statue stands next to the war graves.

Again from Itikka factory

As you can see this was taken before the snow came. This is the demolition site of the Itikka meat factory. I was kind of hoping they would bring down the chimney all at once (time informed in advance). However, if looked closely it can be seen that piece of it is already missing. Seems that they are bringin it slowly down piece by piece.

Dark winter times

I haven't got a very good excuse for not posting everyday now. But I have one: The days are getting very short and it's already dark here when you leave from work after office hours. I don't like posting "night shots" or indoor photos day after day. That's why there will not be a photo every day. I will still try my best in posting regularly in the winter time also.

Winter river

The landscape changed rapidly. Everything looks very winterly.

The first snow

The weatherman was right. Now we have some snow. It snowed all night. People with summer tires had some problems this morning.

XL food

I think this is kinda funny place for a restaurant. Even for a fast food restaurant. Meaning the building that has XL written on the window. It resides between  different service sheds and you can buy for example a tractor or a steam shovel from the businesses in the neighborhood. The name of the restaurant, XL Buffa, might refer to a lunch buffet having pizza, kebab, fries etc..

Time for winter tires

The weather man said its going to snow this week. So it was time to change winter tires. Winter tires are mandatory in Finland between December and February. Mostly they are used between November and April. This dependes on the weather conditions. For some reason it's a hab

Railcar

This kind of railcars are used on quieter railroutes.  believe the railcar model is called dm12 and it can carry about 63 passengers.  Too bad it was on the rear track so the van and the trailer block the view a bit. I have no idea why they are in between the tracks.

Fall colors

This fall there hasn't been as much beautiful autumn colors than one could hope. Here are some and all in one single rowan tree. The orange mail box somehow fits.

Dragonforce

The British powermetal band Dragonforce paid a visit to Rytmikorjaamo, Seinäjoki yesterday. I only got some poor quality photos with my small camera. This one is the best I can offer. 

As a bonus a short video clip from the beginning of the gig

Lakeuden Risti - indoors

The main lutheran church of Seinäjoki, Lakeuden Risti. Indoors. 

This photo was actually taken in July, but I spared it for bad weather days.