This time, I’m just posting some photos.
Merry Christmas!
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Helsinki in December
This time, I’m just posting some photos.
Merry Christmas!
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49 replies on “Helsinki in December”
Good ones!
Merry Christmas!
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Thanks, you too, Sandy!
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Pretty all but the last is the sweetest.
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Thanks, Manja – I agree! 🙂
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Love the reflections in the water and on wet pavements
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Thanks, Sheree! Reflections add something, don’t they
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Absolutely
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Beautiful images. This make want to return to Helsinki. Happy Sunday
Anita
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Thanks, Anita, happy Sunday!
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Beautiful images Snow and Merry Christmas to you and your family too! 💚
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Thanks and Merry Christmas!
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Thank you!
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Yay! Atmospheric! And you got ice already. I remember around the corner there were large icebrakers waiting for action. 🙂 Lovely pictures. I wish you and your family a merry christmas.
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You remember correctly: the icebreakers are still right there, at the same spot! Very little ice, and I was quite surprised to see any at all! Merry Christmas to you too!
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Pictures are all that one needs sometimes. Helsinki looks so good in your pics. Merry Christmas!
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Thanks, Linda! Merry Christmas!!
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You’ve captured some lovely reflection photos!
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Thank you, Linda! 😊
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Beautiful! Especially the gingerbread house 🥰
Merry Christmas!
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Thanks so much and Merry Xmas!!
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Great selection of photos. Love the nighttime shots, or possibly late afternoon in your part of the world! The waterfront sparkles a good deal more with the lights on, and I liked the sheepskins on the cafe seats. Do people sit outside this time of year?
I hope you and your family have a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
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Thanks, Graham! They aren’t nighttime shots, they are daytime shots! Unfortunately. People don’t sit outside, except smokers who will sit outside in any weather, smoking like it’s summer.
I wish you a beautiful Christmas, too!
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Ah yes, the things people will do for a smoke!
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What a sweet (in every sense) gingerbread house.
Happy holidays to you and your family. 🎄
Tanja
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😍Thank you, Tanja! Happy holidays!
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Thank you!
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Beautiful photos. Helsinki looks like a charming place. Love the gingerbread house pic. So sweet. Happy Holidays to you and yours.
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Not sure about charming but it certainly is dark! Thanks, Ally, and happy holidays to you and yours, too!
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Finally a gingerbread house that I would love to eat.
I’m surprised how little snow there is on the streets of Helsinki.
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Helsinki usually gets snow in February… and it stays around until May, when everyone else in Europe is already having sunny picnics!
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Interesting. I didn’t know.
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Merry Christmas, Snow!
Loving the pictures and wishing I was there.
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Merry Christmas, Amanda! 😊 House swap one day for sure!!!
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I will keep that in mind, Snow. I am definitely up for it!
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I wish to visit the part of your world one day! Beautiful photos and I wish you and family a Merry Christmas and happy holidays!! 🎄🎄🎄
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Thanks and the same: Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🤩
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I used to beg my Mum to make me a gingerbread house like that one, it’s lovely. Good thing to eat to keep the cold out! Your photos make Helsinki look very cold but I love the light effect with the low sun. Merry Christmas!
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Hah! We cheated and bought baked parts that just needed assembling and decorating! The kids did the decorating – definitely the best part of having a gingerbread house, if you ask me!
As for the weather, it was -12C today and with the wind factor, the weather report told us it ”felt like -20C”🥶 Merry Christmas!
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funny to think how cold it must be there as we are sweltering in a hot summer! merry xmas.
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I wouldn’t mind having a summery Christmas but what can you do. It’s cold and dark here, no snow (which is normal: I don’t remember a single white Xmas while I’ve lived in Helsinki). Merry Xmas, Sherry!
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Lovely array of pictures.
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Thank you! 😊
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beautiful shots. looks cold, but beautiful shots ! 🙂
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Thanks, Andy! ☺️
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Super photos … Merry Christmas!
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Thanks Julie, you too
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Beautiful captures!
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Thanks!
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