Walking Tour

 Sunday walking tour of Helsinki. 

Lessons learned

1) Finnish is a fiendishly difficult language to learn, For instance, one of Finland’s longest words is, “Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas”.  (according to https://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/longestfinnishwords.html this means "airplane jet turbine engine auxiliary mechanic non-commissioned officer student".)

2) Because of this most blocks in Helsinki have pictures of animals on them, and this is how the Swedes used to identify the areas of Helsinki.

3) Finnish libraries are VERY different they are

-- meeting places, cafe, private rooms for meetings 

-- borrow books, games, drills

-- (I kid you not) book rooms to do podcasts, record Music (Borrow a guitar if you need to)

-- book a room to play the supplied console games with your friends (kids...)

-- book a kitchen dining room to make lunch with friends

-- use the supplied 3d printers to print objects (starts I think at 1.5 Euros)

-- use the supplied 2 Meter wide high quality printer to print posters

+ Much more ......