Frustrating day!

Found an amazing flea market in the north of Helsinki in an old factory building. It was a bit like I imagined Camden to be about 30 years ago. Lots of vintage fashion and bits and bobs but nothing that I was looking for. Definately not full of tourists especially this time of year.



So on the Architectural hit list were the Rock Church - closed for renovation. The Olympic stadium - tower covered in hoarding. The Finlandia Halls - closed on a Saturday and covered in hoardings.

However, I did find Aalto's Pension Ministry building which looked pretty good. In terms of scale it was about 5 times the size of Saynatsalo but lots of the ideas tried out there are played out here. No photos on the blog but there will be a few on fb when I get back.

The National Museum of Finland was pretty good. This one is for M, an amazing clock in the museum: