Finland Photo Gallery - Weeks 15~16
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1 -
Reindeer ambling along
main Route 79 south of Kittilä
2 -
Vikaköngäs rapids
in Arctic Circle Hiking Area
3
- Wild-camp at Vikaköngäs
in the Arctic Circle Hiking Area
4 -
Vaattunkiköngäs Rapids
on the Raudanjoki river
5
- Distant views over forested
landscape from Könkäänvaara
6
- Fieldfare pecking around in the
dewy grass at Kemijärvi Camping
7
- Crossing the line of the Arctic
Circle southward near Matkatupa
8
- Farewells to Urho and Elvi,
the owners of Matkatupa Camping
9
- Auttiköngäs log-flume
bypassing the waterfalls
10
- Waterfalls in
the Auttiköngäs gorge
11
- Fungal spore-producing
projections on rust infected spruce
12
- Rust-infested spruces standing
out among dark green pines
13
- Lapland's southernmost herd
of reindeer at Kelankylä village
14
- Haukipudas parish church
with its Baroque wall paintings
15
- Neo-Gothic City Hall
at Oulu
16
- Oulu's neo-Classical Cathedral designed by Engel
17
- 'Course of Time' memorial
to Oulu's 400th anniversary
18
-
Course of Time
figures
commemorating Oulu's history
19
- Oulu's 1901 Kauppahalli
(Market Hall)
20
-
Toripolisi
bronze statue of a
market place bobby-on-the-beat
21
- Searching Oulu market stalls
for
Puolukka
(Lingonberries)
22
- Browsing the stalls of Oulu's
Covered Market (Kauppahalli)
23
- Merikoski dam spanning
the Oulujoki delta at Oulu
24
- Merikoski fish-ladder enabling
spawning salmon to bypass the dam
25
- Merikoski dam and generating
plant on Oulujoki river at Oulu
26
- Oulu Cathedral viewed from
across the harbour
27
- Red Squirrel among the
birches at Nallikari Camping
28
- Arctic Bramble (
Rubus arcticus
)
with fully ripe berries
29
- Hepoköngäs falls with the
Heinijoki river in full spate
30
- Bilberry-picking on
the Hepoköngäs Nature Trail
31
- Bilberries at peak
of ripeness
32
- Log-writing on a sunny morning
at Ristijärven Pirtti Camping
33
- Sunset across the lake
at Ristijärven Pirtti Camping
34
- Looking down the line of chair-
lifts from Vuokatinvaara summit
35
- Vuokatinranta Camping
looking out over Nuasjärvi lake
36
- Remains of Kajaani's Swedish
Castle now supporting town bridge
37
- Elias Lönnrot, author of
Kalevala
and Doctor at Kajaani
38
- Engel-designed Old Town Hall
in Kauppakatu at Kajaani
39
-
Muikku
lunch (fried whitebait)
in Kajaani Kauppatori
40
- Fruit stalls in Kajaani market,
but this year's
Puolukka
still not ripe
41
- Kajaani's Swedish Castle
against back-drop of Tar Canal
42
- Kajaani Tar Canal, bypassing
rapids for tar-boats into Oulujärvi
43
- Hydro-electric dam now
blocking the rocky Ämmäkoski gorge
44
- Kajaani's restored 1904
Art Nouveau railway station
45
- Kajaani's neo-Gothic Lutheran
Church and war cemetery
46
- 18th century wooden church
at Paltaniemi
47
- Wall painting of the
Annunciation in Paltaniemi Church
48
- Sunset across Nuasjärvi
at Vuokatinranta Camping
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