Photos of Finland

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Some Finnish photos.  Not where I said they'd be, sorry, decided to make a new collection.  I sort of lost track of what I was doing with all the loading so thought would leave it at these and do the rest tonight if I am not too tired!

Most of the pics are of the Suomenlinna naval fortress off the coast of Helsinki.  Helsinki is only a city because of this fort, not the other way around!

I am going to look for some tea.  I may be some time.

How to cross a road in Finland . . .

 Zebra crossing marks don't mean you can just walk across the road.  Well, sometimes.  If there are also pedestrian crossing indicators, the zebra marks mean "this is where you walk when the light is green."   Since the roads are quite wide, there are often two or three stretches of road, maybe with a light rail track down the middle.  Each with its own pedestrian lights.  The indicator furthest away from you goes green before the indicator directly in front of you goes green.  I have developed a twitch caused by reacting to the sight of a "walk" indicator going green that isn't the one I have to wait for.

Also, Finns seem to mostly wait for the lights.  I guess with trams, cars AND buses all using the same broad streets, that's probably a good idea.  Water on the roads seems to be a constant thing also; given the amount of rain even in summer that I've seen so far.

I have more photos up here:

https://plus.google.com/collection/sfaTOE.