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Ravintola Sipuli

Ravintola Sipuli, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Ravintola Sipuli

Ravintola Sipuli, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Ravintola Sipuli

Ravintola Sipuli, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Ravintola Sipuli

Ravintola Sipuli, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Ravintola Sipuli

Ravintola Sipuli, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Ravintola Sipuli

Ravintola Sipuli, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Ravintola Sipuli

Ravintola Sipuli, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Ravintola Sipuli

Ravintola Sipuli, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Uspenski cathedral from Restaurant Sipuli

Uspenski cathedral from Restaurant Sipuli, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Looking up

Looking up, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Uspenski cathedral from Ravintola Sipuli

Uspenski cathedral from Ravintola Sipuli, originally uploaded by hugovk.

Ravintola Sipuli = Restaurant Onion, named after the cathedral's gold domes.

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High winds and waves on the Baltic sea

High winds and waves on the Baltic sea, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Yeti on a bicycle

Yeti on a bicycle, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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A huge bank of snow clouds just behind the islands just missing Helsinki

A huge bank of snow clouds just behind the islands just missing Helsinki, originally uploaded by hugovk.

If you're quick, you can still see it heading west on the radar map here:

testbed.fmi.fi/history_browser.php

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Walking by the sea

Walking by the sea, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Yacht club

Yacht club, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Nokian winter studded bicycle tyre tracks

Nokian winter studded bicycle tyre tracks, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Nokian winter studded bicycle tyre and tracks

Nokian winter studded bicycle tyre and tracks, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Snow cyclist

Snow cyclist, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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Big plume of steam from the manhole

Big plume of steam from the manhole, originally uploaded by hugovk.

It's -11C today, so warming the pipes up before work can start.

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Helsinki. Helsingfors.

Helsinki. Helsingfors., originally uploaded by hugovk.

Scanned from a reprint of an old postcard of Helsinki railway station. This building was opened in 1919. The back of the card says:

NORDIA 1993-kerhonäyttely
R.F. -- NORDIA 1993
Postimerkkinäyttely ja myyntitapahtuma
Helsingin asemalla 6.2.1993
Rautatien Filatelistit r.y.

No 54

[NORDIA 1993-club exhibition
R.F. - NORDIA 1993
Philatelic exhibition and sales events
At Helsinki station 6/2/1993
The Philatelic Society of Finnish Railways non-profit org.]

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Utsiktstornet å Helsingfors station. -- Helsingin asematalon näkötorni. ~ Helsinki station's observatory tower.

Utsiktstornet å Helsingfors station. -- Helsingin asematalon näkötorni. ~ Helsinki station's observatory tower., originally uploaded by hugovk.

Scanned from a reprint of an old postcard. This station was opened in 1919, and it looks like there is no clock yet on the tower, which is currently under cover for renovation until the end of 2010. The postcard also refers to an observatory tower rather than a clock tower. The back of the card says:

NORDIA 1993
6.-9.5.1993

NORDIA 1993-kerhonäyttely 21.3.1992
Rautatien Filatelistit r.y.

Nro 7


[NORDIA 1993-club exhibition 21.3.1992
The Philatelic Society of Finnish Railways non-profit org.

Number 7]

HELSINKI. Näköala Tähtintornin mäeltä. ~ HELSINGFORS. Utsikt från Observatoriet. ~ View from the Obs ervatory hill.

HELSINKI. Näköala Tähtintornin mäeltä. ~ HELSINGFORS. Utsikt från Observatoriet. ~ View from the Obs ervatory hill., originally uploaded by hugovk.

Scanned from a Postimuseo postcard. The back of the card says:

Uusintapainos vuosisadan vaihteen postikortista
Nytryck av ett kort från sekelskifet
Reprint of a postcard from the turn of the [20th] century

No 63
2 000/10.5.96

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Inside the cockpit of the IL-86

Inside the cockpit of the IL-86, originally uploaded by hugovk.

Inside the cockpit of the IL-86

Scanned from a 1980s(?) Soviet postcard by Aeroflot.

Back of the card has "Aeroflot, Soviet airlines", and the winged hammer and sickle logo.

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Moscow's Sheremetyevo-2 International Airport

Московский Международный Аэропорт Шереметьево-2 ~ Moscow's Sheremetyevo-2 International Airport, originally uploaded by hugovk.

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