It was snowing, nearly minus 20 degrees and cold. So cold in fact that my fingers froze everytime I took my gloves off, so I gave up with the SLR and resorted to the Android instead (hence the polaroid vintage pictures)
The hotel was reassuringly warm (and also happens to have tasty breakfasts)
While out on my wanderings, I stumbled on some random vintage chairs, as you do
And found a pretty awesome indoor Nordic food market, Eat & Joy, with hot soup, pulla (sweet cinnamon bread) and much more
I've only ever seen the H&M home range online, so was quite surprised to see a dedicated store (although it seems to have been the exact same range for ages)
Started the next day at Fleuriste, a lovely French-style cafe
With pretty china, tea and cakes
Wandered through the design district and stumbled on some lovely boutiques. This one's called Pino
Wish I had better pictures, but Marimekko's flagship store was amazing, and huge
There's plenty to do: the Design Museum, tons of design shops, the Cathedral, the harbour.
More coming up on Finland soon, with travel pieces I'll be linking to. But all in all, it's pretty cool simply seeing a city completely under snow.
