CLUES TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Planet Fun Fun

CLUES TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Planet Fun Fun exhibition @ Kerava Art Museum, 9.9. - 25.10. 2009.

Petri Ala-Maunus, Terhi Heino, Tero Juuti, Heta Kuchka, Sami Lukkarinen, Maiju Salmenkivi, Eliisa Suominen, Minna Suoniemi, Aleksi Tolonen and Thomas Westphal are all part of a generation of artists for whom art is a field of playful curiosity.

Get your own Che Kerava T-shirt from Kerava Art museum shop!

Ovi lifecasting

With Ovi, you can now keep your Facebook friends up to date where you are and what you are doing in a new way.

Right from your Nokia N97, you can lifecast the street address you are at, and your friends can see your location on a map. You can also share a meaningful location from the nearby places of interest or your favourite place that you have saved on Ovi Maps. To show your friends what a great spot you are exploring, you can take a photo, and attach it to your Facebook post.

More info: Ovi Lifecasting

Hyötypyörä - bike courier service

Hyötypyörä is a tiny bike courier service in Helsinki, Finland.
More info: www.hyotypyora.fi

Try also other bike courier services in Helsinki area: BikeXpress, City Mail

Lifelike, Helsinki 78-82, Hannulelauri @ Redrum

Lifelike (FRA), Helsinki 78-82, Hannulelauri

Redrum, Helsinki
Fri 09.10.2009 22-04
Price 12 eur

Enjoy Sauna in a Gondola Lift

Enjoy the hot ride while others are skiing around you. The sauna gondola at Ylläs is the first one in the world.

More info:
Click here.

Pelago Bicycles

The idea for Pelago Bicycles has developed during the last 10 years.

In 2009 Pelago introduced their first bicycles and a shop in Vallila district, uptown Helsinki. Pelago aims to make bicycles that you can be as proud of – bikes that still ride in 2050 – bikes that serve the purpose.

Click here to take a closer look and get one for yourself.

New seaside districts in Helsinki

The transfer of the Sörnäinen and Länsisatama harbours to Vuosaari and shutting down the Laajasalo oil harbour are setting into motion the biggest process of change in Helsinki in over a 100 years. These massive changes reminds me of Hafencity project in Hamburg.


In Hanasaari there will be five terrace buildings.

Kalasatama district

Moving the harbour away from the city centre provides the opportunity to completely transform the shorelines along Sörnäinen and Hermanni, as old industrial buildings, warehouses and harbour operations make way for modern office buildings and residential areas. Kalasatama will be planned for 18 000 residents and 10 000 jobs.

More info: City Planning Department of Helsinki


Länsisatama (West Harbour) district

Within the next couple of decades, the Länsisatama area will have been transformed into a waterfront city quarter with an estimated population of 22 000, which will enhance the appeal of central Helsinki and its services as a whole.

More info: City Planning Department of Helsinki




Kruunuvuorenranta district

The area presently occupied by the Laajasalo oil harbour will be free of the harbour operations by 2010. A new seaside housing district will be built on the site of the present oil harbour and the adjoining land. Kruunuvuorenranta will be planned for 10 000 residents.

More info:
The future neighbourhood of Kruunuvuorenranta (Exhibition)
18.6.-15.8.2009
Laituri

City Planning Department of Helsinki

Rytmikaravaanari - electronic music festival

Rytmikaravaanari (Rhythm Caravan) is an one day electronic music festival. The festival is part of "Summer in Alppipuisto" - a series of open-air events taking place in Alppipuisto-park in Helsinki.

Rhythm Caravan festival presents special foreign and Finnish electronic music acts in three distinct settings: the park, terrace, and club. The event includes big names such as Legowelt from the Netherlands and, for the first time in Finland, the joint project of German AGF and Finnish Vladislav Delay called AGF / Delay along with the local rising indie-electro wonder Villa Nah. In addition, the festival will feature a bunch of fresh and promising Finnish electronic music acts.

Friday 31.7.2009
17:00 - 21:00
Alppipuisto park
Free entrance.

Sarana LIVE
Smackos Astro Unicorn Set LIVE (NL)
Villa Nah LIVE
AGF / Delay LIVE (GER / FIN)

22:00 - 04:00
Kuudes linja club
Entrance fee: 10eur.

Yavi
Snoxn
KinoSport (USA)
Uusitalo LIVE (FIN / GER)
Legowelt LIVE + dj (NL)

Kinokompo vol. 1 and 2 DVD's - compilations of Finnish short films

Tampere Film Festival has cooperated with Suomen elokuvakontakti organisation in putting together the first compilations of Finnish short films, called KinoKompo vol.1 and vol.2. The DVD's include animations, experimental films and fiction ranging from 2006 to 2009. More information about the DVD's can be found at www.elokuvakontakti.fi.

In Helsinki at least Korjaamo shop sells the DVD's (Vol.2 contains English subtitles).

Nip, snack and more

Something new?

Nip and snack: Siltanen
Lunch: Dong Bei Hu (Tuomas Vimma: "Best chinese in town")
Dinner: Restaurant Luomo (Vironkatu 8) - Try classic Gin Tonic made out of Organic Gin