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Weird Pieces of Urban Art in Helsinki

Helsinki isn't as boring as I was told it would be.
They seem to struggle to make every day life less dreary by spicing up the streets with art. No, I'm not referring to that "street art" fashion (like graffitis), but specifically-created art pieces positioned here and there...

I can't help mentioning that there's something very weird, unusual, weird about Finnish modern art.
Art can be found even in less usual parts of the city...

In the beginning, I imagined Helsinki as a "simplist Scandinavian"-type city, but it was a lot more diverse than I previously thought it would be.

There's quite an abundance of these "art pieces" in the Finnish capital. And they indeed make street wandering more interesting. Especially in the central area.

Some of these artistical creation were quite captivating and as an "art addict", I couldn't help watching them for long minues...

For instance, the one on the left has stopped me for a while wondering what it represents.

Perhaps it's just another abstract vision of a "mad artist" (in the good sense!).

But if it were an object, I reckon it would be some sort of a flying machine...
I called it the "flying chicken-horse jet saddle".

By the way, the most famous artistic monument in Helsinki is the Sibelius Monument, dedicated to Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius.
It consists of over 600 steel pipes welded together. The entire complex weighs over 24 tonnes.

You'll find it in the Sibelius Park, which I had to skip during this short trip. Hey, it was a business trip and not leisure, by the way...

I didn't go hunting for urban art at all. I came across all these by accident.

Here are several more photos below to get a taste of Helsinki's urban art...

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