Currently in the city of Tampere visiting with my friend's parents. My friend also bought me a ticket to the Sauna open air metal concert (yes folks, I traded Kylie in Melbourne for heavy metal in Finland).
Tampere is a beautiful city to the north of Helsinki, about 1 hour and 40 minutes by train.
Before we left for Tampere, we made a stop at the Hakaneimi markets in Helsinki to buy some fish to bring to my friend's parents. A bit of music trivia...the Hakaneimi metro station was made famous in a videoclip by the Bonfunk MCs (for the song Freestyler in the 90s). Here is a still from the clip. You can see the orange door of the station:
This is what the Hakaneimi markets look like above ground:
The fish section:
I bought a whitefish and an arctic charr. When we arrived at Tampere, my friend's dad popped both of the fish into his hot smoker. Twenty minutes later, we were tucking into a amazing fish dinner overlooking one of the big lakes that borders the city.
3 comments:
OMG Halloween, Saxxon and Accept are playing that festival. It'll be hilarious! Make sure you wear your mullet wig.
The only thing I keep thinking about is missing the Kylie concert. Nathan had even bought the tickets ;-(
Will be going on the final night and seeing Judas Priest (whoever the hell that is).
....I'm going to Kylie for the first time....not really a fan, going with the BF!
You will be pleased to know that the singer in Judas Priest is actually openly gay, one of the few out n' proud heavy metal superstars!
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