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Photography Series twenty days and one week
In 2015 we stayed for twenty days and one week in Finland. We traveled to some EcoVillages, had a cruise to Stockholm, went for Coffee many times and did some earth works.

Flight I
When we booked our flight to Helsinki we found that without any additional costs we could have an connecting flight from Helsinki to Tampere.

Growing the seeds
Growing the seeds of the future.

Ant II
Ants do a great job when there are no bees around. Don*t forget about the ants. They are great pollinators.

Dandelions
Dandelions grow everywhere in Finland. They are a pioneer plant and used to rough surroundings.

Coffe and pulla
Home made pulla. What else would you want?

Ants I
Close-up photo of an ant sitting on a plant leave.

Marienkäfer
A ladybeetle at a flower.

White tullip
a White tulip in perfect lightning.

Kahvia ja pulla
Kahvia and pulla are most important in Finland. Take a chance and grab one or two or more.

Still I
A still live taken at a bath at a mökki in Finland.

Cafe
In the near of where we stay in Laitikkala is a nice Café. We used to go there often and have some coffee and pulla.

Juhannus rosut
I was walking arround the field while looking for flowers. I came across a bush of Juhannus roses.

Flower IV
A yellow flower in front of green.

Flower III
A close-up of a flower.

Tunnel
A tunnel at a train station in Stockholm, Sweden.

Heavy pollutant
The incineration plants at the city of Stockholm. Doesn't incineration mean pollution? So isn't the actual correct name pollution plant?

Enjoy the silence I
The stern of a ferry after sundown.

Midnight sun
Enjoy the silence will travelling back from Stockholm to Helsinki. Near midsummer

Enjoy the silence II
Arriving with the ferry in Maarianhamina. The sea seems to be very quite.

Maarianhamina
A ferry at the port of Maarianhamina during night

the entrance
Cars entering the ferry in Maarianhamina.

Moonlight promenade
The Moonlight promenade at a ferry

Arriving
Arriving with the ferry in Helsinki, looking toward industry chimneys near the city centre.

Ferries, day at the sea
Passengers leaving the ferry at Helsinki, Finland.

Rautatiaasema lamp
The lights at the main train station (rautatiaasema) in Helsinki, Finland.

Flower II
A close-up of a flower

Blown
A dandelion ready to be blown away.

Flower I
Close-up of a yellow flower.

Flight II
Proper plane in the sky of Finland.

cuban affairs
Cigars, cars and landscapes. Photos from Cuba, the city of Havana, and Varadero

oh my portugal
Visting Portugal / Tamera ecoVillage in September 2014 on invitation by Solar C³ities e.V. I joined the Blueprint, a group of like minded people…

Ruhrpott Part Four - long kiss goodbye
Part four of the Ruhrpott series. The final chapter. I was already torn away from Essen.

Oslo Permanent
In 2019 I went to Oslo for the Nordic Institute…

NYC spring
In 2014 I followed an invitation by SolarC³ITIES TH Culhane to visit NYC, Dobbs Ferry. It was the first time I went to the States.

biogas experimentation week
In August 2015 I went to Tamera for the 3rd Blueprint meeting and the Biogas experimentation week.

the 7 states
In March 2016 Lumia and I travelled 7 US states. We were invited by Solar C³ITIES INC, a non-for-profit organization based in Pennsylvania.

a Finnish year
On the 25th of May 2016 I moved to Finland with my wife. We live on the countryside near the lovely small town Pälkäne.

Ruhrpott Part One - a new city
Over 8 years I took a lot of photos. I started with a Canon 60D and then switched to a Sony Nex 7. Those bulky and heavy DSLRs are like dinosaurs…