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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.

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 ...

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 ..

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 ..

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' ..

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 ..

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 ..



Railway renovations
G20
Dancing at stages is a finnish tradition, often related with drinking and romantic matters. However some people travel hours to a venue to dance four hours straight and go to work 9 AM next morning.

I went to see a typical weekday dance at Pyhäsalmi, one of the most popular stages in the region. The setting was like the classic finnish movies, but the dancing wasn't. On weekdays dances are usually women's pick, which can lead to rather furious hunt for a dance partner since men are low in numbers compared to women.

Photographer
Jussi Leinonen

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