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Himmeli. 4 euroa. Kirppikseltä. Tunnen itseni äärettömän onnekkaaksi. Kävellessäni kotiin reissultani himmeliä sirosti kannattelen tuli hyvin kuninkaallinen olo. Himmeli kädessä läpi loskaisen kaupungin. 4 euros at the thriftstore. Burgher's House. The oldest surviving wooden house in the city dates from 1818 and is decorated in the style of a middle-class home of the 1860s. Burgher’s House presents the domestic life of a middle class family in the 1860s.

The house is furnished as the home of Head Fireman Alexander Wickholm and his family – his wife Erika and three children: Augusta, Alexander and Frans. Information about the furnishings and the property of the head fireman’s home were obtained from estate inventories, which indicate a considerable amount of property. The family was evidently fairly well off. The Burgher’s House is furnished as an imaginary household, in which some of the objects and furniture are inherited, some purchased when the home was set up, and some bought at a later date. The overall impression is a combination of different periods and styles. In addition to the main building there is an outbuilding that contains two chambers. History of the museum building. Finland: in search of the northern lights | Travel | The Observer. When it comes to the northern lights I am a hex, a jinx, a Jonah. I have been inside the Arctic Circle on several occasions – in northern Sweden, Norway and Canada – and have stood in nature's great freezer waiting for the door to be opened and the lights to come on.

I have been glued to the spot, quite literally, in the middle of nowhere, my head flung back, eyes locked on the polar darkness in anticipation, but I have never witnessed even a flicker of the auroral luminescence. This time, I am leaving nothing to chance. I have read up on the subject. Nasa scientists predict we are about to experience the most intense period of solar activity – the solar maximum – since 1958, and the northern lights will be at their most dazzling this winter. Andy Keen, the light chaser who drives all over northern Finland in search of a cloudless sky. Snow-compacted roads bordered by frosted pine trees that twinkle in the headlights like tinsel. Finnish Design Shop is a design shop specialized in Finnish, Scandinavian, Swedish and Danish design. Silent Souls » Silent Souls Photos. Silent Souls Silent Souls Photos Download official poster Download high-resolution photo Download high-resolution photo Download high-resolution photo Download high-resolution photo Download high-resolution photo Download high-resolution photo Download high-resolution photo © 2014 Shadow Distribution, North American Distributor | Contact | Website by Ben Greeley.