Photo album
Finland
Photos from a visit to F-Secure in Finland.
F-Secure's office building. 
F-Secure's electronic map, showing in real-time the infections detected by their scanner around the world. 
Katrin Tocheva, team manager, anti-virus research and response. Note the yellow monkey in the front. When spanked, it emits a loud squeak. It is used in the company as an alarm signal for a virus epidemic. 
Again Katrin, a close-up. If you think that there are too many stuffed animals in her room, you haven't seen her sister's room. 
A working meeting at F-Secure. It was a W32/Bagle outbreak, as you can see from the bagels on the table. Near Katrin is her boss, Mikko Hypponen. Unfortunately, my camera's flash is rather weak, so the picture is rather dark. 
Another take of the same situation, this time without a flash. Better lighting but higher speed, and a trembling of my hand has made the picture out-of-focus. 
Helsinki's main shopping street with Christmas lights. 
The same street, at the same time, in the other direction. 
An old hotel building in Helsinki. The city has been built by the same architect who has built many buildings in Tallin, so the two cities look very much alike. 
The next day the temperature fell as if somebody had dropped the termometer from the fifth floor. The sea froze, not to mention my ears. 
The Sibelius monument. In case you didn't know, the composer Jan Sibelius is a Finn, despite the unlikely name. 
Another take of the Sibelius monument. 
A big Orthodox church, bult by the Russian tzar Nikolai II. Finnland has been part of Sweden for 650 years and part of Russia (but not the USSR) for 150 years. 
A monument of the Russian tzar Nikolai II in the front of the church. 
To the left of the church is the University of Helinki. 
To the right of the church is the Parliament. 
The oldest stone building in Helsinki. 
The Finnish House of Lords. There are 105 noble families in Finnland. 
The biggest Orthodox church in Western Europe is in Helsinki. 
The Presidential Palace. The President doesn't live here; he only works here. 
A monument of tzarina Aleksandra - the wife of one of the Russian tzars.