Finland Photo Gallery - Weeks 17~19

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1 - Jyrkkakoski preserved 19th
 century lake-iron smelting works		 2 - Iconostasis and icons
at Iisalmi Orthodox Church		 3 - 1900 birth-place farm-cottage
    of President Urho Kekkonen		 4 - Parkland setting under birches at Rauhalahti Camping, Kuopio

5 - Kuopio neo-Gothic City Hall
 viewed from the Kauppatori		 6 - Kuopio's elegant Art Nouveau
   Kauppahalli (market hall) 		7 - Fish stalls
  in Kuopio Kauppatori		 8 - Buying Puolukka (Lingonberries)
 at Kuopio market

 
9 - Hanna Partanen's Kalakukko
 (meat and fish pie) for lunch		 10 - Jewelled silver Riisa covering
 the Icon of the Mother of God		 11 - Jewelled silver Riisa rescued from Konevitsa Monastery 12 - Historical aircraft displayed
 at the Finnish Air Force Museum

 
13 - Brewster Buffalo fighter
recovered from crash-landing site		 14 - Ilyushin Il-28 jet-bomber
   developed by USSR in 1950s		 15 - Distant view and lake
reflections of Petäjävesi Old Church		 16 - Decorated wooden pulpit
  at Petäjävesi Old Church

 
17 - Carved angel decorations on
 pulpit of Petäjävesi Old Church		 18 - Wooden nave and bell-tower
   of Petäjävesi Old Church		 19 - Cranes grazing before
beginning migratory flight south		 20 - Great Spotted
 Woodpecker

 
21 - Lingonberry picking using
 our berry-gathering box		 22 - Lake-side camp-fire
 at Iso-Helvetinjärvi		 23 - Helvetinkolu Cleft in
 Helvetinjärvi National Park		 24 - Contrasting shades of pines
 and birches in Helvetinkolu Gorge

 
25 - First section of board-walk
  across the Siikaneva Marshland		 26 - Ripening Cranberry fruits
 growing in Siikaneva Marshes		 27 - Peaceful camp-fire spot
  overlooking Siikaneva Marshes		 28 - Tampere skyline from
  Pyynikin observation tower

 
29 - Pyörykkä-baari market
cafeteria in Tampere Kauppahalli		 30 - Ambling among the stalls
 of Tampere Kauppahalli 		31 - Harbour-side market-place
against backdrop of wood-pulp mill		 32 - Looking across Tampere
 Keskustori towards City Hall

 
33 - Tampere Theatre from
   the terrace of Vanha Kirkko		 34 - Tammerkoski Rapids against
 conserved industrial backdrop 		35 - Former Tampella textile-mill
    and heavy engineering factory		 36 - Conserved factory gateway
 of former Finlayson cotton-mill

 
37 - Tammerkoski Rapids and
     HEP generating plant		 38 - Stunted pines on the Iso-suo
marshland board-walk nature trail		 39 - Osprey soaring over
 the Puurijärvi wetlands		 40 - Long Ruin of Huilu burial cairn
at Sammallahdenmäki burial ground

 
41 - Flat-slabbed structure of
 The Church Floor burial cairn		 42 - Bearberry fruits
  (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)		 43 - Conserved wooden buildings
in Rauma Old Town		 44 - Kauppatori (Market Square)
 at Rauma Old Town

 
45 - Sunset over the Bothnian
    coast at Pyhäranta Camping		 46 - Bottling this year's
freshly made Lingonberry sauce		 47 - Browsing the stalls in Turku
     Kauppahalli (Market Hall)		 48 - Aurajoki river embankment
 looking towards the Cathedral

 
49 - Turku Cathedral
 alongside Åbo Akademi		 50 - Aurajoki embankments
  and Cathedral at Turku		 51 - Wild-camp amid dock-yard
 cranes and 3-masted clipper-ship		 52 - Departing Turku on ferry for
 Stockholm - Farewell Finland!
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