I came home a while ago after visiting friends and family in both Turku and Helsinki. In Turku I was in a bar called Haarikka to enjoy a jazz-jamming night, held every month's last thursday. I liked the athmosphere and was pleased to notice that there were many young people both on stage and audience; not just old jazz farts!
Then, on friday, I took a 2pm train to Helsinki, where my brother has now lived for a couple of years. He lives in Kallio, definitely one of my favorite areas in Helsinki. We did some barhopping and I also met my friends Hanni and Mikko, who lives in Töölö, close to the Helsinki Opera.
Something funny happened while I was going to the trainstation last night, heading back to Turku. We ran to catch the tram and noticed a guy who was running to get it, some other guys kept the tramdoors open and he finally got in, breathing heavily and his thank you, a very finnish way, was "haistakaa vittu", "f**k you". All the people inside had a lot of fun. I guess it tells a little something about our sense of humour...
2 comments:
The Finsk sense of humor is widely known.
Kaurismäki is an exponent.
Nice observations, Liisa
Thank you for visiting my blog, Vincent!
Yes, Kaurismäki has definitely succeded in expressing certain areas of a Finnish character in to the wide screen. I've always loved his movies, but also been a little afraid that some people might really think that the only Finland is through the directors eyes!
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