SISU - nimipäivä!

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 28.2.

ONNEA SISU-radio Frankfurt!

www.sisu-radio.de

Finnisch für Anfänger:

NIMIPÄIVÄ = Namenstag / nameday

Nameday celebrations in Finland are not so big as birthdays.

But traditionally you can eat cake, get little presents

and spend time with your best friends.

Finns celebrate their name days (Finnish nimipäivä, Swedish namnsdag) 

according to their given name on the date given by the calendar published 

by the University of Helsinki Almanac Office (Almanakkatoimisto).

Every day except New Year's Day, Christmas Day and 29 February is a 

name day. For each day there are names in both Finnish and Swedish; 

the names are frequently, but not always, cognates. (Wikipedia)

Sorvin ääreen

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Dachstein.

https://www.derdachstein.at/de

Das Wetter wechselte.

Ja, das Essen in Österreich ist prinzipiell gut.

Topfennockerl mit Mohn und Apfelmus.

Looks pretty odd but tastes good. Austrian.

Daily newsletter at the breakfast table.

Heute haben wir ein Tipp wahrgenommen:

Schaudrechslen in Drechslerei "Ois wird rund".

Das war intressant, und bisi staubig.

In ca. 10 Minuten hat er aus einem Block Holz

eine schöne Schale gedrechselt.

https://www.oiswirdrund-webshop.at

Finnisch für Anfänger:

SORVI = Drechselbank / lathe

Schladming

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Finnisch für Anfänger:

HIIHTOLOMA = Skiurlaub / skiing holidays 

Schladming, Wintersportort, auch oft als die schönste Stadt gekürt.

Das Rathaus ist jedenfalls hübsch.

Die Einkaufsmeile. Im Winter. Na ja.

Aber der Brunner (links) ist ein modernes Restaurant.

Das Hotel scheint auch sehr modern zu sein.

Mit coolem Lobby.

https://www.stadthotel-brunner.at

Nein, wir haben da nicht gewohnt. Sondern:

Haus Druschhof ist etwas familiärer.

Wir haben ja hier mit Familie den Urlaub verbracht.

Nettes Zimmer mit zwei Fenstern.

Tradition, Herkunft, ein sorgfältiger Umgang mit Landschaft und Natur, 

zugleich offen sein für Neues, vor allem da sein wollen für unsere Gäste, 

mit Herz und Freundlichkeit, das sind die Quellen unserer Motive.

https://www.druschhof.at/hotel.php

Room with a view.

Die ersten zwei Tage waren etwas grau.

Am dritten Tag habe ich mich auch getraut.

BIG SKI

My Swedish jacket bought in Luxembourg in 1988 (?).

Kasarimuotia parhaimmillaan!

Maskenpflicht ja: 

im Skibus, in allen Liftanlagen, in der Warteschlange

für die Lifte, in den Toiletten. Thanks, Corona.

Und die Sonne kam und blieb. Zwei Tage.

Ja klar, haben wir mitgemacht.

Viele Pisten und. viele Hütten.

https://www.planai.at/de

Tolle Lifte, sogar für 8 Personen und mit geheizten Sitzen.

Mittelstation der Gondelbahn.

Sonne ist schön aber wie lange gibt es noch überhaupt Schnee?

Diese Hütte war gar nicht so voll.

Vielleicht weil das Essen auch nicht so toll war.

Netter Blick von der sonnigen Terrasse.

Told you, room with a view.

Salzburg so close

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When visiting Berchtesgaden you have to visit Salzburg as well,

it is so close, only 25 km away.

The Hohensalzburg Fortress you can see from far away.

https://www.salzburg-burgen.at/en/hohensalzburg-castle/

Between the fortress and the river Salzach there is the old town.

No, not our bikes. We just walked, mostly in the old town.

Salzburg in winter. Not crowded.

Mozart kind of lost among those pick-ups etc.

Salzburg old town is totally decorated by pretty signs.

Gemächer seems the be THE local chain selling

high quality clothes, furniture and everything in between.

Several Christmas & Easter shops surprised me.

Easter eggs underneath the Christmas decoration.

Must admit, when I first visited Salzburg in the early 80s,

I did buy one of those liquor bottles in violin form.

This time got just a few Mozart Kugeln for a friend as a present.

I always thought that the original Mozart Kugeln were packed in red.

But apparently the real and original Kugeln are these.

It was originally known as Mozart-Bonbon, 

created in 1890 by Salzburg confectioner Paul Fürst (1856-1941) 

and named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (WIKI)

Even though it was a very windy winter day we did not

make a break in that famous Sacher Hotel.

Check this, even the fast food restaurant has a pretty sign.

This time I missed my bigger camera, not happy with iPhone's zoom.

Posting this because of the colours!

My lunch in the Blauer Gans.

Buffalo mozzarella NOT with boring tomatoes but

with mango, radicchio and pasta without garlic.

This place might be an option for accommodation in Salzburg old town.

https://www.blauegans.at

Contemporary art in Salzburg. Balkenhohl.

Well, well, well, where the hell was the woman?

An art-work in two parts

The German artist Stephan Balkenhol created two sculptures, 

drawing the viewer's eye to two different aspects of his capacity 

for sculptural expression and provoking confrontation and interpretation.

The one and the other

The sculpture "Sphaera" on Kapitelplatz is about nine metres high. 

It represents a male figure on a golden sphere with a neutral expression. 

This man might be 'everyman'. The same neutrality is reflected in 

Balkenhol's 140 cm-tall female counterpart, "Woman in the Rock". 

Neither figure tells us its story. They appear to reflect everyday reality, 

and yet remain emotionless and anonymous. Balkenhol's art invokes 

a great range of interpretation. His sculptures move along the very 

thin line of recognition and doubt, proximity and distance.

https://www.salzburg.info/en/salzburg/creative-salzburg/art-in-public-room/walk-of-modern-art/sphaera

Holy cow!

Matti & Teppo is a Finnish duo, brothers who started their career 

very, very long ago. This LP is from 1982.

I could have bought it in Salzburg but I left it for real music lovers.

Schlager from Finland, totally.

The music shop "Musikladen "is in the Linzer Strasse.

Bitteschön.

 

Berchtesgaden in Bavaria

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Why does one travel to Berchtesgaden in Bavaria in winter?

Oderazzi traveled to Bavaria because good friends

from Finland traveled to Bavaria as well. So simple.

Such fun meeting friends who happen to have relatives

hosting a holiday home in the historical district.

This blue house is called Burmesterhaus.

Burmesterhaus features various types of holiday apartments from 

modern penthouse studios to spacious three-room apartments for 

your holiday. All apartments are equipped with new kitchens or 

kitchenettes and bathrooms. In addition, the house offers some 

shared facilities for guests. 

https://burmesterhaus.de/en/

At the latest when you enter the kitchen area of your apartment

 you are sure that this house has Finnish owners: 

scissors by FISKARS.

You probably know the Fiskars scissors with orange colour.

This light pink edition was produced a few years ago

for a breast cancer campaign "Roosa nauha". 

The orange-handled scissors are one of Fiskars’ best known products. 

But how was it decided to make the handles of the scissors orange? 

In 1967 when the first basic models were about to be manufactured 

the designer wanted the scissors to be black, red or green. 

As the prototype went into production, the machinist decided to finish 

off the orange color he had in his machine. This meant prototypes were 

made in four different colors, of which the orange and black were most popular. 

A choice had to be made. An internal vote was taken at Fiskars, 

and the result gave birth to Fiskars orange-handled scissors.

https://fiskarsgroup.com/about-us/our-story/

When you walk from the Burmesterhaus towards the 

center of the village, admire all those beautiful, old buildings.

Stiftskirche Berchtesgaden & Berchtesgaden Royal Castle.

The Deer Museum 

with the collection of Duke Albrecht of Bavaria (1905-1996) 

has found its home in the stables of Berchtesgaden Castle. The skulls of 

altogether 1290 bucks, does and fawns and 3.425 antlers, mostly from the 

Weichselboden area in Styria, are all kept in the Deer Museum and a new 

concept has been applied to their presentation. That makes the collection 

accessible to the public and it is also available for scientific research.

https://schloss-berchtesgaden.de/en/deer-museum/

This winter has been mild. Reminds me of Helsinki.

Der Weg der Seligpreisungen, one of the numerous hiking paths.

Hirschenhaus at the market square.

Just one of the decorated houses.

Very charming.

Yes, this area is very, very catholic.

Jesus on show almost everywhere. This is not a church.

Luckily enough also these fantastic signs are decorating house facades.

British design and all kinds of other cool products can be

found in the small shops around the town, you just have

to walk around with open eyes.