Hi guys!
Now I'm in Hämeenlinna again! Today we had a small sightseeing tour here. First of all we went to take a look at Häme castle, a medieval castle that is located near the centre of Hämeenlinna (or maybe I should say that the centre of Hämeenlinna is located near the castle?) This castle is hundreds of years old already, and it's the main attraction for the tourists who visit this town.
By the way, I have heard that there are no snow on the ground in the winter in many countries. Here in Finland the spring was already coming, but on Saturday night it started snowing again and we got 10 cm new snow. So, these photos were really taken the 25th March!
Next to the castle we saw a nice little park for children. As we are so childish we just couldn't resist it...
It was so nice to drive the toy car, climb, swing and run there that I had to rest a bit before we left for the centre of the town.
Then we drove to the centre of Hämeenlinna. Here you can see the market place of Hämeenlinna which is empty, as usual, and the white building behind the market place is the church.
This guy is sitting in the park all the time, even in the winter when it's -30 C and also at night when all the other people are sleeping. He must be thinking very important thoughts.
Hello guys!
Then we decided to visit Sibeliuksenpuisto, the park of Sibelius. Jean Sibelius, a famous Finnish composer, was born in Hämeenlinna. Jean was standing in the middle of his park but he didn't say anything and looked a bit angry. Maybe he was angry at the birds in the park, who had been, well, making his face and jacket dirty!
E and her sister absolutely wanted to show me the police station of Hämeenlinna because they like handsome police officers so much. Unfortunately they didnt see any. The building looks more like a prison but they are right now building a new one.
On the way back to our car we passed Reska, the pedestrian street of Hämeenlinna. I was told that there are more than 47 000 inhabitants in this town even though none of them was walking in Reska.