Dandelion Meadow

This meadow is located near the center of Seinäjoki, beside the river. The are not so many places here where you can see this many dandelions at the same time. If I just remember, I will take another shot when they turn white.

Cannon

This cannon stands on the Suojeluskuntatalo's yard.

Cow approaching the street

Where is this cow going? One could get confused seeing this the first time

.... but luckily it is plastic. I think it's promoting some dairy related company.

Ducks

These birds stand on the edge of a fountain in the large

garden of the local mental hospital.

Apple Tree

Apple trees have started flovering. This image was taken in the evening,
that's why the exposure is not as good as it could be.

Paddling

"Kyrönjoen KoskiHäjyt" is the local paddling club. They arrange Wednesday paddlings that are open for everyone. You can try paddling for free after briefing. If you know Finnish you can visit their website.

Columns

This is the balcony of the old hospital of Seinäjoki. Today it serves as one of the local polytechnic's buildings. I wonder why modern buildings cant have columns like this. I like the decorative old style architecture. It's a pity there are not so many buildings here representing this style. I guess this one also needs some new paint on the balcony ceilings.

Sphere reflection

Sorry for the one day gap between the posts. I'm back. If you wonder what this is...It's part of a statue, built to honor entrepreneurs. Self employment and entrepreunership is common and honorable in this area. The statue is standing in the middle of a roundabout. Reflections are always fun, but I like this especially when it is sphere shape.

Cargo

Lots of freight wagons. Wonder what's in them...

Windmill

This old windmill is located near the Östermyra mansion which I posted before. It stands beside a busy road leading through the City.

Seinäkuun Yö

There will be the "Seinäkuun Yö" city festival this evening. There are a lot of performance acts going on around the town. Ofcourse my blog should have a photo from the event today, but sorry: I'm out of town.

Check the program(in finnish)

Way of living

Here people, especially families with small children prefer living in their own houses. This neighborhood was built about 6-7 years ago. If you look beyond these houses, you can see that  agriculture is strong in this area as the fields open behind those trees.

"Waterfall"

 

This is as big as waterfalls get here.

Love Padlocks

Sweethearts have been adding these padocks into this fence for sometime now. Seinäjoki flows under this bridge, so I guess the keys have been thrown into the river.

Weather forecast...

...and wind direction. It might promise some rain.

Suojeluskuntatalo

"Civil Guard House" A building designed by Alvar Aalto was built in 1920's. It holds a museum of Lotta Svärd organization. Wikipedia article about Lotta Svärd and Suojeluskunta

Trains

Seinäjoki is much about trains. It is a intersection of many railways. This statue is one of the first things people see when they step out of the railway station(seen behind the statue).

Tulips

Some of the first tulips in town.

Lake "Kyrkösjärvi"

There are also three(or even four) artificial lakes in the area of Seinäjoki. Kyrkösjärvi is one of them. If you look closely you can see people fishing on that boat in the center of the image.

A view from the top

This is almost as high as you can get in Seinäjoki. We have a small ski center, which is partly artificially built. This is taken from the top of it.

People waking up

People are slowly starting to wake up from hibernation. It's been warm for few days now and the spring is making progress.You can't really see it in the photo, but the girls on the left were blowing bubbles.

The Beginning

This is where it started. The area started building around this "Östermyra Mansion", which was built 1806 by a tradesman and a shipwright Abraham Falander.

A modern view

Here you can see some of the most recent buildings in Seinäjoki. All built in few years. The steert is called Alvar Aallon katu (Steert of Alvar Aalto). The foremost buildings are all bureaus. As you can see the tree has no leaves yet. The spring is just gettin started.

First day trip: Kristiinankaupunki

I haven't even posted so many photos of Seinäjoki yet, and already I have a photo from a day trip. But still...yesterday I had a chance to visit the lovely Kristiinankaupunki (Kristinestad) which is the first Cittaslow town in Finland. The town resides at the coast about 100 km from Seinäjoki.

I love the small streets and the nice wooden buildings which have lasted admirable well. Kristiinankaupunki for me is not the activities, but the slow, calm atmosphere and lovely sceneries with nice buildings, nature and the sea. This old town (established 1649) is worth a visit.

Wallriver

Seinäjoki translates to Wallriver. This is the river. It gets it's origins from small lakes and is about 90 kilometers long. The river is quite small and it doesn't have a lot of ships or boats sailing on it. Kaanaa Lines has a riverboat called "Lakeuden kutsu", which sails on it in summer.

THE Landmark of Seinäjoki

What is the first scenery that comes to mind when starting to share photos of Seinäjoki?

The main Landmark of course.

This is the main Lutheran Church in Seinäjoki. It's called "Lakeuden Risti", "The Cross of the Plains". The church was designed by finnish architect, the late Alvar Aalto. The cross shaped tower is 65 meters high. Wikipedia (in finnish).

Alvar Aalto designed a full set of buildings that all reside near this Church. "Aalto Center" as we call it has a library, theater and two bureau buildings. Another Aalto's work,  "suojeluskuntatalo" is located a little way off.

Old Plane leaving

The same plane as yesterday. Now it's leaving. I know that I could have started with some street views of Seinäjoki, but the streets tend to stay put, as the plane was here only few days.

The first photo: Old Airplane

This is the first photo posted on this blog. It's an oldschool airplane. No, people don't really use this kind of planes as public transport in Finland. It's a plane owned by an association keeping old airplanes. They were flying aviation orientated people over Seinäjoki yesterday.

I somehow managed to be at the airport at the right time. The plain was just going to leave. There were people watching and wondering how would the staff start the engines. They didn't have to rotate the propeller by hand, it had a start engine...the smoke was thick when the engines started one by one.

I wonder, if this plane is like 70 years old...how old must the pilot be.

This is the homepage of the association that owns the plane:
http://www.dc-ry.fi/screen.htm

Another daily photo blog?

I don't know. I've had photography as my hobby for like 15 years now. Some of the years have been more active and some not so active.

I've followed some of the daily photo blogs. The concept is originally "City Daily Photo Blog", so I don't know how it fits Seinäjoki. Seinäjoki is not London, Paris or even Helsinki in matter of population or size. Still, in Finland Seinäjoki is referred as a "City".

I don't know if anyone is going to be interested in some place in Ostrobothnia Province of Finland, but still...lets give it a try.

The area where Seinäjoki is located is sometimes referenced as "Lakeus", "Flat land", so there are not going to be photos of big hills. You may see some photos of surrounding areas too as "day trips from Seinäjoki".

I'm kinda lazy by nature, but let's hope I can post something daily.