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Helsinki feels like home so far – bit cold, pretty damp and sitting waiting for a bus 🙂0
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Seems to be free wifi everywhere in Helsinki! Found my hotel using the Angry Birds city wifi and now my budget hotel offers it as well!0
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So its a fiver for (almost) a pint of Carlsberg in Helsinki – not the end of the world but hardly good value 🙂0
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Have clearly ended up in a local bar – despite it being called the Pickwick Pub – its obviously Finns only! Though the snooker is on 🙂0
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Ended up in ‘King Kebab’ having the ‘special’ which consisted of kebab meat, chicken wings, chips, rice, salad, garlic mayo & pasta sauce!0
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After a day of lovely weather it seems like the real Helsinki has decided to make an appearance – its pissing down!0
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…busy morning on day one proper in Helsinki – wandered the streets a bit getting the lay of the land, had breakfast in Esplanadi park, caught the ferry to the Suomenlinna sea fortress where I was adopted by a South Korean tour (thus all the pics!), had fried squid with garlic mayo from a market stall for lunch and then rode the tram for a while taking advantage of my 4 day ticket…knackered now but have scoped pub(s) for later!
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Finally made it to #okfest but am now a little lost. Was going to do the open research strand but really interested in the open cities stuff0
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Oh well #okfest has lost me for the morning – this is next door http://sarjakuvakeskus.fi/in-english the Finnish Comics Center 🙂0
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Sarjakuvakeskus – In english
The centre now houses the Finnish Comics Society and 100 years of F innish Comics project. We’re open for public with a shopfor comicbook…0
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Getting the hang of Helsinki now – can spot the convenience stores for a start which makes sourcing lunch easier 🙂0
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Greart slide from the CIO of the city of Barcelona http://yfrog.com/h0wxvgcj – they named IT strategy after citys best brand 🙂0
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Interesting afternoon at #okfest especially the last 2 open cities talks that gave me loads to think about.0
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Philip Ashlock (philipashlock) on Twitter
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OpenPlans | Helping cities work better.
OpenPlans is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit that helps cities work better. We inform and engage communities through journalism and open sourc…0
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Change by Us NYC
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Much better organised this evening and found somewhere to eat straightaway and picked up an English paper to read..0
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Sorry to be a bit sexist but my god there are alot of very beautiful women in Helsinki – no way my blood pressure would have coped in summer0
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should have done this before I came but now can at least say thank you and sorry in Finnish!0
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BBC – Languages – Quick Fix – Essential phrases – Finnish
BBC Languages – Learn in your own time and have fun with Quick Fix Finnish. Learn useful holiday phrases in Finnish with audio. Download …0
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fun morning being all touristy – another lovely morning in Helsinki (which probably means it’ll piss down this evening!)0
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…nice morning riding the rails (well the trams!) Took advantage of my dayrider ticket and rode the entire route of one tram getting off whenever it looked interesting. Watched a bit of a schools footy cup final, helped some lost Brits, got lost myself looking for the Olympic stadium (you’d think it would be easy!), booked a boat trip for tomorrow morning, went to the Cathedral and the morning market…now a break before popping back to the conference for the last 2 keynotes..
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Trying to get in the mood to head to #okfest now for the last couple of plenary talks – think I am too deep into tourist mode..0
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Popped back to #okfest for the talk by Michael Edison from the Smithsonian and maybe Hans Roslings data journalism talk…0
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I feel like I should go it to experience the Helsinki night life but the reality is I’m knackered and begrudge paying so much for the beer!0
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