This week’s statue takes you to the district of Tapiola in Espoo, Finland. Tapiola was built around the 1950s and was then known as the Garden City. Unfortunately it has lost a lot of it’s charm but with the metro arriving there soon, hopefully it will become a livelier place again.
Heikki Konttinen’s Bride is actually quite humorous. At the time it some people thought of it as indecent and chauvinistic! I would just think it’s cute and also it went well with the era of Tapiola growing and young couples moving there to start family life. I read that Konttinen’s wife Marjatta remarked that for the artist “Tapiola was a garden city by the sea, fair as a sea bride, born of the sea, a Venus among towns”.
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The Life and Travels of Mrs Suvi 
Ihhh, I thought I’ve got time till Saturday. 😮 Always last minute, me. 😀 Next week, then. I love your statue, it’s very dolfinny.
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No worries dear, it’s on every week 😀
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What a neat statue
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Thanks! After writing the post, I realized how fond of it I actually am ☺
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It’s quite interesting this statue. At first glance, I thought that the fisherman had caught a mermaid or something. And then reading about it that “uhun” moment. 🙂
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Heheh, I love your first interpretation of it. If it was by the seaside, then it would be exactly that 💕💕 Tapiola is near the sea but known as the Garden City.
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Maybe it’s because you’re often sailing, but in my head all places in Finland are by the water.
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Yes I can see that you might think that! There are a thousand lakes in Finland though and there’s lots of coastline too, so in a way you are correct 😀
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This is really cute, as you said. They seem to be excited of the wedding :-).
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Oh yes, they do don’t they? Such a cute couple 💕
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What a coincidence, I was just taking a look at this statue a couple of weeks ago when we first arrived as we were returning from our shopping trip!
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Oh yes, if you are in Tapiola, you are bound to bump into this at some point 😎
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