Big boat for a small river

This boat has just been brought from Saimaa, the largest lake in Finland. The Seinäjoki -river is a small river so this boat is not going to sail on it. Some local daring entrepreneurs will restore it as a restaurant boat and anchor it somewhere near this place.  They will be busy, cause the plan is to get the restaurant open by midsummer, June 21. I will post more photos as things evolve.

Finnhorse - Suomen hevonen

This is a statue to honor the Finnhorse breed. A horse breed developed fully in Finland. The breed has played an important role as a draught horse and had a lot of responsibilities in the finnish wars. The text in the statue says "Suomenhevonen Suomen Puolesta 1939-1945". "Finnhorse for Finland 1939-1945".

The largest padlock?

These are padlocks on a fence of a bridge. Does the size of the lock represent something?

Taxi headquarters

...not exactly. This is an old rest house for taxi drivers. It's old, but still in use.

This is not a lake

This is the Kyrönjoki -river flooding. What I've been reading this is the biggest flooding for many years. This is really a field and if you look really closely there is a barn standing in the middle of the water.

 This road cannot be taken. At least with a normal car. 

Spring

The blog has been on a winter break. I changed the main topic to properly describe the nature of it. It doesn't have daily photos, so maybe the name should be plain and simple "Photos from Seinäjoki". Maybe I will find some time to dig up the camera and take some more photos soon.

Lakeuden Risti church in the evening

This is the Lakeuden Risti church a few days ago. The sun was settings so the sky was reddish. This church is part of the Alvar Aalto Center.

Seinäkuun Yö 2012

Seinäjoki has a traditional culture event called Seinäkuun yö. The name could be translated into Wallmoons night. I took a walk trough the town. It was a bit early so there event wasn't very crowded yet.

A band in a shopping center. Playing waltz and humppa.

This is a "outdoor livingroom" called StandBy. Soundcheck.

Faravidin sudet, History revitalization. Viking battles etc..

I believe this is Gavin Kshetri from Nepal playing pop and rock.

In the woods

This is near the photos yesterday and day before that. This is how the forest look like in Finland.

Kyrkösjärvi as seen from Kyrkösvuori

As promised yesterday, another view from Kyrkösvuori. This time with the lake view. I believe this could be one of the prettiest sceneries in Seinäjoki.

Kyrkösvuori

This is a solid rock near the lake Kyrkösjärvi. We took a walk in the woods and had a coffee break. This is almost as high as you can go in the area of Seinäjoki. You can also see Kyrkösjärvi from here, but I'll post a photo of that another day.

Mansion Clock

This is the front side of the Östermyra mansion. It has a small belfry and a clock.

Pinkish house

This is the same house as presented here. There are two of them aligning side by side.

Törnävä Well

This well is located in the yard of Törnävä museum area. This museum area of Törnävä has 

a lot of old buildings like the one in the image. Törnävä is one of the oldest areas of Seinäjoki.

Kiosk

I posted a photo of this kiosk last year. Here's a closer look at it. Some caricatures are being

 displayed on its glasses. Some may notice a reflection of the photographer also.

Varpula

This is one of the artificial lakes in the area of Seinäjoki, Varpula. This is a popular fishing lake. Some goldeneyes swimming in the photo if looked closely.

Törnävä bridge

This walking bridge crosses over the Seinäjoki river. In a month and a half tens of thousands people walk through it. That's because of the rock festival Provinssirock's main stage is on the other side of the river.

May Day

The 1st of May or "Vappu" as said in Finnish is a day off in Finland. It is the labour day and there is a lot of political activity going on. Also people gather around the parks and marketplaces to celebrate the spring. Balloons, streamers, horns and other stuff play a big role in this celebration.

Note: If you look closely you can see some famous finnish characters: The green pig from the famous mobile game Angry Birds and also Muumipeikko (Moomintroll) with Niiskuneiti (the Snork Maiden) from the Moomin series.

Kivinavetta

This cowshed was built in 1856 by Gustaf August Wasastjerna. It had room for 100 cows. Later it has been a cement foundry and a paint factory, horse hospital and an arms cache. It has served as a museum now for 50 years. The latest renovation was done in 2010.

Myllypuisto waiting for green leaves

The spring here is not turning into summer yet. The trees don't have any leaves yet. 

This is from a park called Myllypuisto.