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Hanko is the most southern city in Finland.
It's also very sunny.
My lucky friend lives in this charming Villa d'Angleterre
in the famous Appelgren street.
Hangon kulttuurihistoriallisten huviloiden alue syntyi,
kun Hangon kaupunki perusti valtion tuella merikylpylän 1878
ja palstoitti sen yhteyteen suuren joukon huvilatontteja.
Kylpylään kuului jo alun alkaen laaja puistoalue,
johon liittyy Appelgrenintien pohjoispuolella Puistolampi.
Hangon laajan huvila-alueen vanhimmat,
1880- ja 1890-luvuilla rakennetut huvilat sijaitsevat Vartiovuoren ympäristöön
sekä Mannerheimintien ja Appelgrenintien varsille. (Wikipedia)
For tourists there are couple of villas renting out rooms,
like this Villa Maija.
A modern villa, built in the kind of old look.
Right at the beach there are two new monster houses.
Not nice, not pretty, such a shame, actually.
Hanko library.
In Hanko there are good historical sights and happenings,
like a regatta to commemorate the battle of Gangut.
The Battle of Gangut
(Russian: Гангутское сражение,
Finnish: Riilahden taistelu,
Finland Swedish:Slaget vid Rilax, Swedish:Sjöslaget vid Hangöudd)
took place on 27 July/ 7 August 1714 during the Great Northern War (1700–21),
in the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the Hanko Peninsula,
near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland,
between the Swedish Navy and Imperial Russian Navy.
It was the first important victory of the Russian fleet in its history. (Wikipedia)
Very typical beach line in Hanko.
JOPO bikes ready to be rented at Hanko harbor.
Did you know that JOPOs are made in Hanko by Helkama?
Casino, party place in summer time.
Carousel beach.
This carousel is really so much fun, what a pity that the water was
so cold - only small kids went into water ….
Nice pond in the city.
Very pretty.
Especially those water lilies.
More war history.
1918 German army arrived to Hanko,
"helping to defend our country for our freedom"
this memorial showing German soldier was first put up 1921,
then torn down again, then put up again, torn down again …
Now there is a stone without the soldier,
just a text: For our freedom.
Today.
These frames seen in Cafe Virtaska in Hanko.
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My camouflage jacket in the lupine field.
From now on I call that color "lupiini"
Finnisch für Anfänger:
LUPIINI = Lupine / lupine
Lupinus polyphyllus
Sailing boat regatta seen from my friends' balcony in Espoo.
Some "Wanderschuhe" hanging in the HALTI nature exhibition hall.
In Espoo - Nuuksio nature park.
Nice exhibition showing very many stuffed animals.
Also a slide show showing difference seasons. And northern lights.
Not only stuffed animals.
View from the restaurant.
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There is a cool photo exhibition also showing cameras
used along the years by the Finnish nature photographer
Hannu Hautala.
Oderazzi got carried away with the lenses.
Many different cameras along a career.
And his pics are brilliant! Go and see them.
Our little walk in the park was quite wet.
You can do nice hiking tours … if you … like … hiking.
This is such a typical landscape
somewhere between Espoo and Kirkkonummi,
like 25 km westwards from Helsinki.
so country side!
Not stuffed but a real squirrel on a beach.
The squirrel beach in Kirkkonummi,
but the houses back of the pic are already in Espoo.
Thanks Riitta and Jutti for your hospitality!
