Where do you live and what does it look like?

[Sean]

How much?

'Paying' isn't going to be much of an experience.

But you do pay for any girl, wife, girlfriend: you want her to pay?

[oyasumi]

[BachQ]

[Harry]

You have a minor problem my friend!

[71 dB]

Did you listen to music too loud?

[71 dB]

Here's where I live:




nice and homey, isn't it?

Wow! Lego Escher! 

[stingo]

Here's where I live:




nice and homey, isn't it?

I approve

[SonicMan46]

Harry - if that's your 'new' house, then you put too many of your CDs on the second floor! 

[Harry]

Harry - if that's your 'new' house, then you put too many of your CDs on the second floor! 

Yes I  blew the darn thing with a blast of Reger!

[71 dB]

I live in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. As many might know, Helsinki looks like this:



The population of Helsinki is about 550 000. Helsinki is located on the southern coast of Finland and is surrounded from west, north and east by Espoo, Vantaa and Sipoo. The total population of the metropolitan area is about one million. I live in a small island Kulosaari, a respected suburb of Helsinki just 5 km from down town. Movie director Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger, Die Hard 2, The Long Kiss Goodnight, etc.) grew up in Kulosaari and his parents still live there. Composer Einojuhani Rautavaara lived in Kulosaari for many years. The population of Kulosaari is about 4000 and the place looks like this:



Kulosaari is an island of about 1 square kilometers. It's a peaceful and green place but very near to the centrum of Helsinki (10 minutes with Metro train).



My school (upper classes + high school). Renny Harlin went the same school before me and has dedicated the movie "Rambling Rose", which he produced, to this excellent school with awesome teachers and spirit. Harlin has said that without the inspiration of this school he would was become a boring lawer instead of a movie director. The architecture (old part by Jorma Järvi) of the school is brilliant. I graduated from the school in 1990 but I still remember my highschool years with warm.



Tesserakti's shadow by Håkan Simberg. Mathematical art in Kulosaari. This is a 3-dimensional projection of a 4-dimension cube. It reflects the harmonic living in Kulosaari.



The Metro train station in Kulosaari. Helsinki has good public transportation.



A view near the centrum of Kulosaari, near Tesserakti's shadow.



View from the southern part of Kulosaari near where Einojuhani Rautavaara lived.

My parents moved to Kulosaari soon after I was born. I have lived here practically all my life and I don't want to move away. I love this place, it's noble humanity and peace. Thank you for your interest!

[Bogey]

Very nice.

[SonicMan46]

I live in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. As many might know, Helsinki looks like this:


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71 dB - thanks for the pics & information about Helsinki - almost planned a trip to that area a while back which would have included St. Petersburg (wanted to go to the Hermitage Museum), but we changed our minds - wish I had gone now - place looks beautiful.   

[Scriptavolant]

Como. Eh?

[71 dB]

71 dB - thanks for the pics & information about Helsinki - almost planned a trip to that area a while back which would have included St. Petersburg (wanted to go to the Hermitage Museum), but we changed our minds - wish I had gone now - place looks beautiful.   

You are welcome SonicMan and thank you for your compliments! 

[Robert]

Have a look:

www.cityofindianwells.org


click on quick links to indian wells tourism site......

enjoy

[Hollywood]

Here are some views of where I live in Vienna, Austria:

[Que]

No Habsburgian grandeur to be found in Leiden, the Netherlands. 
As you can see the inner city is basically 18th century, like all major Dutch towns.






The oldest building of the University where I graduated.


A panoramic view of the neighbourhood where I live (built in the 30's and early '50s), a 15 minutes walk from the city center.

Q

[Greta]

Downtown Houston

Didn't realize you were in this area bwv. 

Downtown at night:



Jones Hall:



it's here:



Except I live to the east, near the Louisiana line. I actually live in a town called Nederland (shout out to the Dutchies) as we were founded by the Dutch and we even have a windmill in the center of town...



We have a LOT of Cajun influence down in these parts. Our nearby beach is okay, but Galveston's is much prettier. The communities around the Galveston Bay Area are adorable!

Although there are so many refineries in this area. Right by that Bay Bridge, good lord! It's a nice area to grow up, especially great schools. Though I don't plan to stay here in Hurricane Country when I finish school.

I've been to the Netherlands and thought it so lovely. Great people! Rotterdam actually reminded me a lot of Houston. The Museumplein in Amsterdam is beautiful, very impressive. And The Hague! I'd love to go back.

And Finland looks awesome!

[Que]

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I've been to the Netherlands and thought it so lovely. Great people! Rotterdam actually reminded me a lot of Houston. The Museumplein in Amsterdam is beautiful, very impressive. And The Hague! I'd love to go back.

Great pictures of Houston, Greta!
Rotterdam is actually a bit of a touchy subject here... It had also a 18th century city center, but that was bombed flat in may 1940. The same procedure was promised for all other major Dutch cities, if the Netherlands didn't capitulate immediately. But I'm glad you liked the new city center and your stay here.

Q

[rubio]

I live in Oslo, Norway, where we are something like 550.000 inhabitants.



The best thing about living in Oslo, is that even it is a place with a distinct city-feel, I don't have to go more than 30 minutes with the subway, before I can go skiing in surrounding like below.



A nice view over Oslo and the Oslo-fjord from the ski-jumping site, Holmenkollen.

 

Our small royal castle.