#Kalasatama

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Promenading Under Cover 1 by Pekka Nikrus Via Flickr: In-camera multiple exposure

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Grass snake (Natrix natrix) juvenile I picked up in Kalasatama, Helsinki, Finland. July 2024.

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Okay and here they are! I've got two all new foil prints, first of the grand winner of the popularity poll Aoquaith and a reprint of one of my most popular paintings, Metsäinen UwU then we have a new A4 print of Narya's homeland, and two new postcards! I just had to do the Homer one xD it was too dumb of a joke to pass by xDdd sorry not sorry! You can find these and so much more at the Art Market of Vapaakaupunki TOMORROW! In Redi, Kalasatama! Free entry! Open 16-20! See you there UwU (free entry!)

[huomenhaamu]

Went outside, touched grass, stargazed on a park bench, listened to grasshoppers and whatever it was that was rustling in the bushes

It eventually went eep like a squeaky toy so probably not rabbit

Perseid shooting star count 11 for this night

Cursed be the Eye of Sauron (Kalasatama high rise buildings with too many lights)

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Kalasatama towers by clogz

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Kalasatama, Helsinki

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Prettyboy Wingery, Kalasatama, Helsinki, Finland

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A pine in Mustikkamaa (Bilberry Land) island next to the foot bridge to Kalasatama (Fish Harbour) on the mainland.

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Finlandia, crolla un ponte pedonale: 24 feriti tra cui molti bambini

A Tapiola, un distretto della città di Espoo in Finlandia, 24 persone tra cui molti bambini, sono rimasti feriti nel crollo di una passerella temporanea installata presso un cantiere edile.  Secondo la polizia, il ponte pedonale è crollato intorno alle 9:30 del mattino. La maggior parte dei feriti, precipitati per alcuni metri, sono scolari della scuola media Kalasatama che si stavano recando in…

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The Erkki Pirtola the exhibition presents a unique box and an artist's portrait of sincerity and a deeply human sense of humor. In autumn, an autonomous R-bus robot b...

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Affaj by Pekka Nikrus Via Flickr: Reflective surface of a wall.

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#winter is back! 😃 #frenchbulldog Uuno (paikassa Kalasatama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTn7IVtyvi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Helsingin Sanomat has an editorial (siirryt toiseen palveluun) on the dangers of housing company loans now that zero interest rates are no longer available. The Helsinki housing market has been dominated by new housing sold with debt loaded on to the housing company.

Most Finnish housing is sold as shares in a housing company, allowing the owner of the shares use of an apartment or dwelling owned by the company. These companies can take on debt to pay for renovations or improvements — but in recent years building firms have often used this collective debt to fund the building's construction itself.

That makes the housing cheaper for buyers, as the housing company loan covers a hefty chunk — up to 80 percent in some cases — of the purchase price. It also offers some tax benefits to landlords who want to rent out the property for profit, rather than live in it.

Often there would be a period of 3-4 years when buyers had to make interest-only payments on the loan, making this an affordable way to buy property close to central Helsinki. This was especially the case when interest rates were at or near zero, even though some observers have been warning against this practice for years.

Now interest rates are rising, with the 12 month euribor rate north of three percent, HS notes that those chickens are coming home to roost. The conditions for housing company debt are often not as favourable as those for mortgages, making a rapid increase in costs possible.

The paper reported on one housing company in Helsinki's Kalasatama district where the cost of maintenance fees and debt servicing for a 100 square metre apartment recently rose from 200 euros to more than 1,700 euros.

With that kind of increase, there could be turbulence on the way for the Finnish housing market.

Electricity now as cheap as 6 months ago

Ilta-Sanomat reports (siirryt toiseen palveluun) on a dip in the cost of electricity, with new contracts currently available at the same price they were six months ago.

Currently, fixed-term contracts are available at just over 17 cents per kilowatt hour. That comes off the back of fluctuations in price that have seen some signing up for contracts at more than 30 cents per kilowatt hour in the autumn and early winter.

Current prices include the VAT discount brought in by the government that brings the rate down from 24 percent to 10 percent up until April this year.

Meanwhile IS also reports that on Monday the government agreed (siirryt toiseen palveluun) the details of a new package of support for those struggling with larger bills. The proposal will see those paying more than 10 cents per kilowatt hour get support for 50 percent of their bills from November and December, paid in March with a 90 euro deductible.

All-Star Markkanen

Finland's basketball star Lauri Markkanen has had an impressive start to the NBA season. The Utah Jazz man is averaging 24.5 points per game, and plenty of people are now talking about him as a potential All-Star player.

That means that fans, players and coaches might vote him on to the teams for the All-Star game to be played in Utah in February. It would be the first time a Finn has played in the game, so Iltalehti tries to explain (siirryt toiseen palveluun) what it's all about.

Even though it's a bit of a circus, with dunk contests and no defending at all, the game is one of the ways basketball lore is created. You cannot be an NBA great if you're not an All-Star player at least once or twice.

It raises Markkanen's profile, basically, making him one of the faces the NBA will use to sell the sport.

"Branding and image are big things," says Hanno Möttölä, the former Atlanta Hawks centre. "It can sound strange to us in Finland, because over here we don't really have any money in sport. No branded sneakers and suchlike, but out in the big wide world these kinds of selections are quite significant."

IL makes sure to remind readers that anyone in the world can vote, even from Finland, if they just go to the right page (siirryt toiseen palveluun) on the NBA website.

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Keittolista viikko 20 Maanantai Porkkana kikherne keitto V.G Tiistai Punajuuri & kookos keitto V.G Keskiviikko Intialainen linssi keitto V.G Torstai Thai bataatti keitto V.G Perjantai Maroccolainen kasviskeitto V.G V=Vegaaninen G=Gluteeniton Keitto satokauden salaattipöytä 10.90€ Keitto lounas 8.90€ Satokauden salaattipöytä 9.90€ (Sisältää myös itsetehtyä leipää ja jälkiruoan + kahvin/teen) Tervetuloa lounaalle arkisin 11-15 #lounas #kalasatama #kasvisruoka #sompasaari #terveellinen #tuore #raikas #lunch #helsinki #lounasravintola #kahvila #salaatti #vegaani #kasvis #cafe #kahvilahelsinki #cafehelsinki (at Frangipani bakery & Café) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO9hP6UNSsZ/?igshid=wt9v1ka8bp7c

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Sompasaari building site of Kalasatama in Helsinki, Finland, Sompasaaren rakennustyömaa Helsingin Kalasatamassa. November 2018 marraskuu.