Another fortnight has flown by and it’s my turn to host Friendly Friday again.
I had taken the day off from work today, thinking I’d have a nice day in the sun, go swimming at the (always crowded) public pool perhaps, and sit outside leisurely gathering my thoughts.
Unsurprisingly, the morning started with chilly rain. Whenever a day like this is planned ahead, the weather gods like to play a prank or two, I’ve noticed.
So I headed over to a café instead, one that I visited for the first time a couple of weeks ago when I met up with another blogger, Suvi. A pleasant meet-up and a beautiful jugend (art nouveau) style café.
Snuggled in a cozy leather armchair, back in a dark corner of the large hall that served as the seating area, I had a nice view of the place. There was a fresco above me and some delicate details carved in stone, there were arches and private little nooks.
Once again, I marveled at local architecture and design. The more I notice them all around me here in downtown Helsinki, the more I’ve come to love them. The details tell a story of their era.
For this week’s Friendly Friday photo challenge, the theme is Design.
I hope you have fun with it – please join in!
How to participate:
- Create a post responding to the theme Design
- Link that post to this one with a pingback
- Add a comment at the end of this post, introducing your take on the theme
- Check out some of the other entries!
Optional:
- You’re welcome to use our logo if you want
- Tag the post Friendly Friday in WordPress so it can be easily found
Next Friday, it’ll be Amanda’s turn to host the challenge again.
Happy Friday!
Ps. As soon as I had decided not to go swimming, the sun came out again.
I remember visiting that cafe too and admired the frescos. So nice that you had an opportunity to meet up with Suvi who I’ve had the pleasure of meeting twice. I’ve only met up with one other blogger and that was in New York and I had a friendly welcome there too! Enjoy the rest of your day off, the weather forecast predicted warm sunshine here today but there’s no evidence of it yet! Best wishes, Marion
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Thanks Marion! Suvi mentioned that you two met and had a lovely time ❤️ Suvi seems to know all the coolest places in Helsinki, her blog is my number one source for restaurant ideas 🤣 I’ve met two other bloggers – one of them no longer blogs but we sometimes catch up, she has small twins too and lives near Helsinki. Hope you have a gorgeous weekend!
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Wow, what a lovely and interesting looking cafe! It looks more like a museum! Great theme, I’ll have to get my thinking hat on for this one. I’m sorry that the weather gods aren’t being kind to you today on your day off – I hope it improves and you get to go for your swim!
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Feel free to get creative and interpret the theme however you want! 🤗 Hope you join in! It got a bit sunnier after I left the cafe but too late to go swimming: it’s insanely crowded during daytime, you need to go right when it opens or just before closing! One thing I miss about living somewhere warm: casual swims whenever you want! 🙄
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TGIF Snow! So excited to join! Here’s the link of mine. I hope I did this right. Not sure how to paste the link here though? hahaha
https://wetravelhappy.com/2019/05/31/friendly-friday-design/
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TGIF indeed!! 😋 I’m so happy that you joined in this week, yay! Thank you! 🤗
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And i am happy to join. Nice theme, Snow! I hope I did the challenge, link and all correctly.
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Yes you did, perfectly!
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I would guess that anywhere in Europe has probably gorgeous design, Snow! It’s nice to look up and see interesting angles and colors. Hope you can get out and play in the sun soon!
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Thanks Terri! Last year we had an unusually warm summer but it looks like it’s back to normal this year! Rainy, windy, chilly…! Hope you have a fab weekend! 😁
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Looks like an interesting cafe,
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It was! ☺️
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I’d love to visit that caf’e´! Here’s my entry! https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2019/05/31/friendly-friday-design/
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Thanks Leya! Have you ever been to Helsinki? It’s not that far away for you! Which town do you live in again? I’ve been to Sweden a million times but mostly Stockholm and Göteborg.
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I have been to Helsingfors, as the Swedish name is, but about 25 years ago. I live close to Kristianstad in Skåne
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Helsingfors har ändrats mycket under de senaste 25 åren! 😊
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Säkert – dags för ett besök igen!
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I’m quite sure that you had another kind of design in mind but I let the nature win this challenge. But there is cake… And cat house!
https://manjameximoving.wordpress.com/2019/05/31/friendly-friday-grandmaster-design/
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Nature, cake and a cat! Can’t go wrong! 🤗
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We might have swimming weather here more often than you, Snow but we dont have that incredibly inspiring architecture. I would certainly relish visiting that cafe. I was surprised that cafe was in the city near Havis Amanda. I would have checked it out had I known!!
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I think the cafe was previously kept by a less known owner than the current one and so it has been a bit of a hidden gem 😊
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Ah. That might explain it.
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Tough challenge this. I had to chew on it for a few hours. Then I got hungry and thought of fried chicken. Then I remembered!
Here’s my entry https://thesandychronicles.com/2019/05/31/friendly-friday-design/
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Hahah 🤣🤣🤣 Looking forward to your chicken-inspired design photos!!
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Of course the sun did, isn’t that always the way Snow.
Here’s my contribution and have a lovely weekend. Xx
https://amindfultraveler.com/2019/06/01/friendly-friday-photo-challenge-design/
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Yes that’s how it goes! 😝 Have a great weekend! Hopping over to your entry right now!
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I’d love to have a cup of coffee in that cafe! Great photos, Snow! I’ll try to put something together when I get home next week. I’m visiting friends in California and the sun is shining! But it was foggy and cold at the beach today. Hopefully you’ll get some sunshine and summer weather soon!
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Ah lucky you in sunny California!! 😙 Hope you post some pics from there?! Would love to see them. Over here, the sun’s out today but it’s still so cold, just over 10C. Not exactly t-shirt weather 😬
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Yes, I do feel lucky being here! 🏝 Mostly I combine catching up with friends I’ve known for 30 years by combining that with visiting the places I love most: the beach, the redwoods, the nature preserves and of course the sunshine! I’ll send some your way! 🌞
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Here’s my choices for this week’s theme. I hope I have linked everything appropriately Thank you for the prompt, I enjoyed it. https://lifeofrileyow.com/2019/06/01/friendly-friday-photo-challenge-design/
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Thanks so much! Your links work well. I’m a bit swamped at the moment and late at replying but I’m sure others have checked out the entries here in the meantime, including yours 😊 Heading over to your post right now!
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That looks like a great cafe. I like all the little details of the place in the photos. Here’s my offering: https://grahamsisland.com/2019/06/01/abstracts-state-capitol-in-honolulu/. Sorry you missed your swim. I have to say being able to get in the water here most days is something I really enjoy. (You probably hate me now!)
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Well I would be very disappointed in you if you lived in Hawaii and didn’t swim!! 😁
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That is one beautiful cafe… such intricate details! That fresco too:) It reminded me of a dim sum place we had visited here in US near Boston that used to be a theater/movie place in the 1900s. And it had these very high ceilings with fresco and some ornate details on the walls and you could tell that it was quite grand during its hay days! It is now a restaurant that always has a long queue- not without reason as their dim sums are delicious, but I have wondered a few times if something else could have been done that would have made more justice to the now faded, yet imposing piece of architecture . Here’s my contribution for the week:
https://acacophonouslife.com/2019/06/01/friendly-friday-photo-challenge-design/
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That dim sum place sounds interesting! You didn’t happen to take any photos? 😊
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unfortunately not and I am now not sure why! But if I visit it again, I am surely going to keep my camera ready:)
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Good excuse to revisit! 😋
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I just posted my contribution to the challenge,
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2019/06/01/friendly-friday-design/
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Yay, thanks so much for joining the challenge!
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Love the designs! Here’s mine – https://myheart2heart.blog/2019/06/02/bright-n-beautiful/
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Thanks for joining in!!
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I last saw that kind of Jugenstyl building in Helsinki. Didn’t connect your blog’s title with the Nordic countries until now. Silly me!
For this week I decided to go with an accidental design of cog wheels: https://blackbodyblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/02/athenas-poppy/
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Not silly at all, I have been quite vague about my location on purpose, as I want this to be an international/global blog rather than a local one 😊 Happy to hear you saw those Jugend buildings in Helsinki – when did you visit?
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I haven’t been to Helsinki for almost two decades now. Things must be different from what I remember.
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Oh yes, the city has changed drastically!!! Luckily 😊 It’s much more international now
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It was always a friendly city, in spite of the reputation that the Finns have for silence.
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Great challenge, love it! Here’s my take:
https://photographias.wordpress.com/2019/06/02/friendly-friday-design/
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Thanks so much!
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Aaah how cool that you went back to the café! If you’re into visiting new cafés now, I suggest you go to Relove next 🙂 My post is also about a café, check it out here: http://mrssuvi.com/2019/06/02/coffee-in-gdansk/
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Ah I’ve already been to Freda’s Relove but not at Töölö! 😁 Checking out your post now, thanks for participating, Suvi! 🤗
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The cafe looks so pretty! A place to admire the interiors while enjoying the hot drink 🙂 I heard that the last few days were very sunny and pleasant in Finland, hope you’ve been enjoying, Snow 🙂 ❤
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Oh yes Pooja, this is our 2nd day of summer weather in a row and it’s lovely! 💕 And you, what’s up?
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Looks like a lovely place that café. Makes you wonder, how in those days, when there was no such easy communication, art trends and styles traveled the world.
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True!!
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I’ve often wondered about the same thing. I guess places like Paris, where people gathered (artists, probably scientists too) were even more important then inspiration
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Paris was very creative at one time. Not much any more I’m afraid. But still a wonderful place to be. Leaving in 3 weeks! 🙂
And yes, the connection between artists at the beginning of the 20th century was incredible.
Scientists too. Think Einstein, Bohr, de Broglie and many others. They wrote a lot to each other. Einstein said he would have written the general theory of relativity without de Broglie’s work.
I wonder whether our blogging, posts, and comments are a renewal of those old letters?
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On a less brainy level, yes. 😊 Penpals of our age. Only a certain personality type is interested in this sort of thing, I’d say
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Yes. You’re most certainly right. When I think of all the great people I’m in contact with, they’re all over the world. Many have traveled extensively. I think most have talent and curiosity. Curiosity beyond what happens on their doorstep, which you will agree many people stop there. Hyvästi…
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Yes, I’ve always wondered about people who aren’t curious… A plus!
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I remember a post of yours that rang a bell, where people around you, at the office were not the least bit curious about your travels. Happened to me a lot in France. 🙂 After a while, I stopped telling.
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Definitely the same with me. And ”where are you from” is a tough question becaude once I start answering, it turns out they didn’t want to know after all. But if I don’t answer, I’m not really telling it how it is
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You’re a Finn from Down Under… (Blank stares…)
“The number you are trying to reach has been disconnetected… Tut-tut-tut”
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😁
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(And say: “Down where?”) 😉
And you say: “The land of Oz”.
“The Land of who?”
Bon week-end Lumi.
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🤣 And then we’d never speak again… that’s how it always seemes to end here! Bon weekend, Brieuc!
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🙂
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I’m glad of this online community we have, where I can be myself 😊
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Me too. It’s a great community. Great people. From the Land of OZ to Finland to the US to India to Singapore, etc. .)
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Yes, definitely! It doesn’t really matter where you’re from or what you do for a living, how old you are etc. People from all around. And many have mixed backgrounds 😊
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Yep. It is very pleasant. And people are very… courteous (not as in Twitter). If they disagree they just “nod” and say nothing. I’ve only had 2 unwanted experiences.
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I haven’t had many unwanted experiences either, during my 4 years of blogging. How long have you been blogging, by the way?
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About the same time, I think. 2014? But I didn’t really start posting in earnest until 2015.
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wow! It’s like something a bit out of time!
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Yes, in a pleasant way!
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