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¡Feliz Navidad! Hyvää Joulua! Merry Christmas! Frohe Weihnachten! Buon Natale! Feliz Natal! etc.
Darkest time of the year
Best post on the Finnish immigration debate I’ve seen in ages
At Uusi Maailma, a Finn's view from Canada.
Snowing again
Downtown Mexico City on Ovi
Disclaimer: Yes, I work on this company and my job is related to this. It is, however, beside the point, I'm sharing this because it made me happy.
So, as you know, we recently launched certain new products and services at an event in Barcelona (that I didn't attend this year). I've been following the reactions to this in social media for a while, and of course am a heavy user of our own services.
Now imagine my pleasure when I check Mexico City in Ovi and I find this:
I knew that we had 3D landmarks, but seeing so many in Mexico City (especially the Angel of Independence) just brought a huge grin to my face. Especially since I'm so far away from there, and won't go back this Christmas.
Winter weather
Finnish weather
Life photo archive
I came accross this archive of Life magazine photos. I became a fan in my childhood since my parents had one or two books with pictures from the magazine (I was especially a fan of this one by Robert Capa).
I immediately made two searches: Mexico & Finland, naturally. Most pictures of Mexico are of the 60’s, around the time of the 1968 Olympics, whereas most pictures of Finland are of the 40’s, especially of the Winter War.
One of the images that impacted me the most, however, was of Viipuri, which back then looked just like any other Finnish city. I’ve been there a few years ago on my way to St. Petersburg, and let’s say that there have been a few changes after it became part of Russia.
Tampere, industrial city
A couple of good friends live in Tampere, and we visit them every once in a while. We were there just a few days ago, and enjoyed as usual.
Tampere is called the “Manchester of Finland” and pictures like this of downtown make it quite obvious. I didn’t know that the city, given its industrial past, has been an important part of Finnish history and site of key events in the Finnish Civil War.