Photo of the Day #111: Sail Away

We were in Hanko last June and saw plenty of boats. The southern tip of continental Finland is quite unique by Finnish standards, as you can actually see the sea fully opening up, whereas the other coastal cities are either deep inside bays and/or blocked by myriad islands. Well in this picture you can't really see the sea, but you can definitely sense the anticipation of a voyage.

Photo of the Day #110: A Wave of a Tree

Just like yesterday's photo, this was shot in Villa Elfvik as well. I guess the picture speaks for itself: a bare wavy trunk of a tree reaching up to the sky just looks cool.

Photo of the Day #109: A Window in the Woods

I was visiting Villa Elfvik in Espoo last summer. It is a piece of the old Espoo in the middle of the highly urbanized city. Espoo doesn't seem to have many old places at first glance, but it actually has a centuries long history and was especially influential for the Finnish artists of the romantic era.

Built in 1904 Villa Elfvik isn't really especially old for espoo, but it portrays the past in a concrete way. This window isn't actually of the main building, but of a boat shed some hundreds of meters away from the main environmental education centre.