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After three years in Canada, young woman returns to Helsinki to find out if nostalgia is what it used to be.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

The Incredibly Fantaaabulous First of May



There it was, the human sea and the heavenly sun, perfect with picnic tables and popping corks.

And there they were, the vast bins for sparkling wine bottle recycling. Child labour was boldly used with the lure of 'You get us 20 bottles and we give you a movie ticket'.

It worked. 20 000 bottles got recycled, and this was only the sparkling wine department. We Finns are so pro with our alcohol. All hail Wappu, the First of May!

posted by Back to HEL @ 11:15 AM  

2 Comments:

  • At 12:04, Blogger Caspar said…

    Over the years, I noticed that I love pictures like those bottles.. taking them and staring at them..

    it's a typically autistic trait to love textures and patterns like this..

    and as if to illustrate the point further, i barely glanced at the photo with all the people in it :-)

     

  • At 03:23, Anonymous Soippa said…

    Hi!
    I found out that Turku is so much smaller and warmer - inside :) Last of April I visited exited Turku "inside".. on morning hours walked in centre and saw - nobody. After talking hours with warmly "ab-originals" and drinking vanilla-vodka. Sun rise up and no empty bottles in Aura-river. I was happy. I love Turku too!

     

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