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Out of sight, out of mind  SOMPINMÄKI - Financial recession in today's Finland is something that everyone here has heard of, but necessarily... |
Dancers  LEINONEN - Dancing at stages is a finnish tradition, often related with drinking and romantic matters. However some people... |
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G20 Protests in London  IKÄHEIMO -The G20 Leader's Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy was held in London on 2 April 2009. |
Mormon missionaries in Finland  UUTELA - Everyone has seen them and everyone knows who they are - sharply dressed young men with name tags and speaking with a foreign accent. |
30th Provinssirock  LEINONEN - One of the most popular rock festivals in Finland, Provinssirock was organized in Seinäjoki during 13.-15.6.2008. |
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Backstage  SOMPINMÄKI - This series is my first contribution to Strap, so I figured it would be appropriate to post ... |
Jori Hulkkonen  UUTELA - Coming from the city of Kemi, Jori Hulkkonen is a electro musician with a very succesful career as a musician and as a DJ outside Finland, but in his home country he is almost unknown to the bigger music audiences... |
Summer Services  UUTELA/LEINONEN - The Summer Services is the largest annual gathering of conservative laestadians in Finland. The SRK (The Central Organisation of the Associations of Peace) Summer Services were held ... |
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The wheelchair racer  UUTELA - Janne Seppälä, world class wheelchair racer from Rovaniemi, Finland. Racer for ten years with three gold medals from the CP-ISRA World Championships .. |
1st of May  UUTELA/LEINONEN - Finnish traditions around 1st of May today revolve around sparkling wine and various other alcoholic beverages. Strap photographers .. |
Arktikum skateboarders  LEINONEN - Parking place for Arktikum Museum in Rovaniemi, Finland has been used by skateboarders for years. It's not a fancy place to ride but .. |
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Simerock 2007  LEINONEN - Northernmost rock festival in the world was held in the arctic circle camping area 5.-8.07. Consisting of three main stages .. |
Midnight sun film festival  LEINONEN - Sodankylä, Finland was the place to be for any moviebuff during 13.-17.06.2007. The festival was held for the 22nd time and this time it offered a .. |
Roilan  UUTELA - Roilan was a free wlan-game weekend for youth in Rovaniemi provided by EU-funded PicyBu project (Participation In Rural Communities .. |
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Round the clock  LEINONEN - Designer students from the university of Lapland set up an fashion show with a 'round the clock theme divided in morning, rush-hour .. |
Jutajaiset Folklore Festival  UUTELA - Jutajaiset folklore festival, june 23. - july 2. 2006. Over a week of performances ranging from live rock music to traditional folk dance performances held in a .. |
My father  LEINONEN - Some people tell you a lot without saying a word, some people have this in their eyes and expressions. This is usually referred to 'being photographic' .. |
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Reclaim the streets  UUTELA - "Reclaim the streets" street party held in may 2006. People chillin' and enjoying free food and live music on a temporarily closed street .. |
Rovaniemi Rock 2006  UUTELA - The second annual "northernmost rock festival in the world", No Sleep At Rovaniemi Rock - held in 7-9th july, 2006. |
Graphic funeral  LEINONEN - Graphic design students in the university of Lapland found themselves in a situation where something had to be done. Teaching staff was .. |
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Cardhouse builder  UUTELA - 8 hours of work and 13000 cards stacked on top of each other. Years of training have perfected his (glue free) building technique and resulted in countless .. |
The reindeer round-up.  UUTELA - The autumn round-up is a part of reindeer husbandry. The reindeer herds are gathered into a corral where reindeers are counted and registered .. |
IKEA opening day  LEINONEN - Haparanda IKEA store opening day was something a lot of people had been waiting for. Whole IKEA deal has sparked some new light on the whole .. |
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