My Thursday door entry is from Aleksanterikatu in Helsinki. It’s not a very beautiful door actually. But it holds memories from my childhood, as my mother used to frequent this building with me in tow.
In the 80’s, we went to this building for bank errands. At the time, it housed a bank called KOP – Kansallis Osake Pankki.
The building has six floors and it was built in 1936 for a Nordic banking group called Pohjoismaiden Yhdyspankki. There was actually a competition to see who would design the most suitable building for this purpose and the winner was the architect agency Frosterus & Gripenberg. In the years that have passed, the bank occupying the building has changed but the main purpose of the building has not.
Finnish red granite was used for the front facade. Inside the building wood and marble were favoured.
Insipired by what I found inside, I am excited to tell you that will start hosting a linkup called Saturday Statues this week. It will open Saturday morning and end Monday evening (Central European Time). I have noticed that there are many interesting statues in this world and I hope you will join me in sharing the ones you have found! Do come back on Saturday to have a look and enter your own post.
In the meantime, do join the Thursday Door community at Norm 2.0.
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The Life and Travels of Mrs Suvi 
Your new challenge has reminded me that, although I live in a city with a lot of statues, I’ve taken very few photos of those I see regularly. Thanks for the challenge. I’ll be back.
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Hi Judith! Thank you for your kind comment, I really hope you will join my challenge. I am excited to see statues from Finland and beyond 😀
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I’ve not been inside that building but have walked past and waited for trams there often!
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Yes, I was sure this would be familiar to you. Maybe next time you walk past, you can pop in for a quick look.
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I’ll definitely do that, only three weeks to go!
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Wow it’s soon! How long do you plan to stay?
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The whole month!! Hope we get an opportunity to say hello!
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Yes I hope so, I’m sure we can arrange it with you being here for a whole month 🤗
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Oh! I already know which statue I’ll post! 🙂
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Yay, I can’t wait to see yours Snow ❤
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Nice one – I too have fond memories of being able to walk into a bank and be served by a live human being 😉
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It’s a pity there’s no service in banks anymore. Thankfully my mom has learnt how to use the internet bank, I don’t know how other grandmotherly/fatherly types manage who aren’t so computer savvy. 😦
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A door with good memories is the perfect choice, no matter how photogenic the door is. You got some good reflections, too.
janet
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Thank you Janet for your kind words ❤
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great job on those reflections
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Thank you so much!
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