“Nothing too touristy”, he says … in a place that doesn’t have any tourists

    I was at the Helsinki tourist information picking up some maps and while there, I overheard a tourist asking for restaurant suggestions. He said that he doesn’t want anything too touristy, that he’d wish to avoid all the tourist crowds. Tourists crowds? In Helsinki? In March? Now that’d be something!
    And it was then that I realized one thing I like about Helsinki – there are no places that can be immediately branded as “touristy”. There are no “menu turistico”s in restaurants. The locals are everywhere and eat everywhere. But of course, the poor tourist couldn’t have known that – thankfully wherever he went, he probably found what he was looking for.

Could it possibly move any slower?

    The world’s slowest-revolving revolving door can be found in East Pasila, at the end of an indoor corridor that starts near the Pasila railway station. I rarely lose patience with things like doors, but this thing sure is annoying. Its head-spinning speed really makes you want to push it, which of course causes another amazing phenomenon: it slows down even more. (While the thing on the right is actually a photo of the revolving door, it might as well be a video. You wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.)

Expending energy creates energy

    It’s counter-intuitive, but it works. One of the weirdest things in life is that when you feel tired, when you feel like you lack energy, the best treatment for the condition is to expend energy – that is, exercise. There are few things more invigorating than exercising after a hard day at work.