Hot air balloons over a residential area in central Helsinki one summer day, years ago
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Hot air balloons over a residential area in central Helsinki one summer day, years ago
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27 replies on “Hot Air Balloons Over Helsinki”
Beautiful!
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Thank you! ☺️
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I love to see these hot air balloons soaring overhead each summer but this year I didn’t spot many!
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We can usually see some from our window and it’s true, this summer there weren’t that many!
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Stunning colors and excellent composition! Love this work!
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Thank you, it looked like a very picturesque moment that needed to be captured!
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This is on my “must do” list. I’m always surprised at how costly it is.
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It is costly! I was going to do this one year, but then I chickened out when I realised it’s just a basket traveling through air!! …But I do hope you do this one day!
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I just found your blog and think it’s so great! I love to read about other people’s adventures and travels and the things they see! Looking forward to reading more! 😊
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Thanks! So happy to hear that, welcome along! 😄 Have a great day!
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I’ve been in Helsinki and unfortunately I was not lucky to see what you saw. It’s beautiful! Anyway I loved Helsinki a lot! P.S. The picture is wonderful! 🙂
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Thank you very much!! Happy to hear you enjoyed your visit, balloons or no balloons! As for me, I’m still gathering the courage to travel in a hot air balloon! For now, photos will have to do!
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen hot air balloons over a city before! I assume they take off and land out in the countryside somewhere …?
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They take off from a park in the center of town next to the seashore (called Kaivopuisto). Maybe from somewhere else, too, but that’s where I’ve seen them. Helsinki doesn’t really have any very tall buildings. As far as I know, the most defining thing is the weather, it has to be a certain temperature and not too windy, rainy or foggy.
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They’re so close! Lovely. 🙂
Hot air balloons have fascinated me since childhood. Sometimes I’d see them above my house (but very high) in Kathmandu as a child but over the years I saw them less and less on Kathmandu skies. I have to definitely go on one someday 🙂
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I can imagine the view above Kathmandu must be amazing! The balloons go so low that I bet you’d get great photos or video. I wonder if anyone has ever dropped their camera…???
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I watched and followed a balloon over my hotel near the harbour in Helsinki back in May. At that point I didn’t realise I was lucky to see them. Looked like lots of fun. You should really do it!!!
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Maybe I will do it one day! 🙂 Some years, we see them all the time, like a non-stop pilgrimage, always going the same route. This summer might’ve been too rainy. May and September were sunnier months than June-August this year, I’d say.
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Ah then I visited Finland at the right time! Then I moved on to Norway in June where all the sunny weather was…3 weeks of sunny days in Norway was unheard of!! Sounds like an Indian summer in September!! That must have been nice!
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Norway sounds like fun 🙂
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Oh, how I miss summer…Great photo! Long time no seen hot air balloons.
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Kiitoksia! I miss summer, too! Hot air balloons are a sure sign of summer!
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I used to be so obsessed with seeing them and seeing them take off. Also, because I lived so close and always walked by the shore. Never had any luck. And I wrote about them obsessively on my old blog. Until about last year (took me about seven years). Awesome view. And love your picture.
Btw, heard they also sometimes take off from the park in Munkkiniemi, but it wouldn’t be the same. Had to be Kaivopuisto.
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I know, they just really symbolise summer over here somehow, right?! We used to see them from our window every summer in our old flat 😊 I always dreamed of going on a ride but recently realised I might have a slight fear of heights so I’m not sure..! 😊 Did you ever think of going on one?
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Absolutely! I’d always see them walking down Freda, and realize I was too late. I’m like you, love watching them, but way too scared to go on a ride. I might do it with one or two certain people. But I’m way too scared. Plus, I always seem to be getting this impulse to jump when I’m higher up than three floors, so that’s another reason to give it a rest.
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Hahah! Yes, maybe you should skip it 😉
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😂 Although, if anyone ever offers me a balloon ride as a present, that’ll be some serious food for thought.
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