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Ok, Helsinki nedwalkies round 1 : random scenes from downtown. Autumn in Finland is the “blink & you’ll miss it” variety so my timing on this trip was solid, the leaf changes have just started at the botanical garden. 🧵

The Tove Jansson park near Uspenski Cathedral. It just got a big revitalization & I’ve not been able to photograph it for two years. She created Moomins, and there’s now a small bronze troll-hippo thingy statue here now too.

Nyrkkeilijät (The Boxers) statue in Nyrkkeilijänpuisto Park, Hakaniemi, Helsinki, 1930

Serious question: Can you pronounce these place names? Do you speak Finnish ?

Strangely enoigh, I love the sound of Finnish. I never did learn anything besides "hei" and "nakemiin." Which are easy. Fortunately all the Finns I worked with spoke English.