the Salzblogue: Kotimatka

Next to the central railway station it looks like this. Not very pretty I know.

Today I biked home from work and took some pictures along the way. I'm living this summer with my parents in the northern Helsinki so the way from the city center is about 11 kilometers and today it took me more than an hour since I stopped every once in a while when I saw something I thought was worth photographing. Biking with my grandma-style bike in the evening when the sun is shining this kind of evening light - I love it. All the green colours look so much greener at that time of the day, air is fresh and you can feel the city and how full of life it is!

Helsinki city center has changed a lot in the last few years and they're building a lot of new stuff all the time. Still for me one of the best things about this place is how green it is, even though there's the feeling of being in a city, you can still go jogging to a forest somewhere nearby, wherever you live. Another thing I love is the sea, even though it's freaking cold all year round. Here the summer weekends are full of free events, concerts and outdoor parties, and well, July is by far the best month of the year (and August is a good number two). If you try to find some cool stuff or know cool people, you can end up having amazing and magical time. I promise. I've got a feeling that this month will be superb, last weekend already had some signs that said "so much awesome stuff is about to happen." I'll try to keep my camera with me more often. You can never foresee when something beautiful will happen around you.