pori

pori provided a nice trip out of tampere for a change of (snowy) scenery. the trip was part of an excursion for my landscapes class. we visited villa mairea (one of aalto's most famous works--photos coming soon), pori for a site visit and urban landscape studies, and rauma for more of the same. unfortunately, this entailed walking around the city for 3 hours in the heavy wet snow.

a snowy pedestrian-only streetthe finns bike in all weather. the main church in town

sculpture on the river

they tell me there's a river under there somewhere

rauma, villa mairea, kykka, etc coming soon-ish.