Wanderlust of a Flâneur: Hämeenlinna

Hämeenlinna is part of Europe 2013 series

My Commentary: Returning to Hämeenlinna after 4 years was very important for me, I was missing that place a lot. I could see my Finnish friends and get to know places of the towns that I didn't see in my first time.

Pizza Buffa - Good food in Finland! The pizza is topped with ham, cheese and pineapple

My friend Matleena and I

Pentecostal Church of Hämeenlina (Hämeenlinnan Saalem-seurakunta)

Playing with Matleena at Pentecostal Church of Hämeenlina (Hämeenlinnan Saalem-seurakunta)

Playing with Matleena from the Christian book "Hyvä on tuoda kiitosta 1 and 2" at Pentecostal Church of Hämeenlina (Hämeenlinnan Saalem-seurakunta)

I don't play football in Brazil but in Finland I do

I don't play football in Brazil but in Finland I do: Me (in navy blue) talking to the guys

I don't play football in Brazil but in Finland I do

Swimming in one of the thousands lakes of Finland

Ham, cheese, bread, all good food

Hämeen linna

View from Hämeen linna

Hämeen linna: Do you want to use a medieval toilet?

Hämeen linna: The Holy Cross Church's story in Swedish

Hämeen linna

View from Hämeen linna

Hämeen linna: Pre-Historic artefacts

Hämeen linna

View from Hämeen linna: Tykistömuseo - The Artillery Museum of Finland - Museo Militaria

Hämeen linna

Me and Lauri at Hämeen linna. It's a pleasure to talk about History with him

Lea, Lauri and I at Hämeen linna

Hämeen linna: Old altar

Hämeen linna: old altar

Hämeen linna

View from Hämeen linna

Hämeen linna

Lauri, Lea, Me and Peteri

Aulanko nature reserve

Aulangon näkötorni: A lookout tower

I still have the feather of one of those Finnish swans

Good Finnish food

Lauri's stuff

Lauri's stuff: Flags of native Finnish people

Alajärvi

Alajärvi: We visited Lauri and Lea's grandfather. After having his house taken by the Russians during WWII (he lived in Karelia) he built this yellow house out of nothing. We arrived there and he was eating and listening to his radio. He said he has been already to Rio de Janeiro City during the 70's because of a newspaper ad selling that "amazing trip". He said he enjoyed but was shocked with the poor people living on the streets.