{"id":248,"date":"2018-09-09T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T11:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/?p=248"},"modified":"2019-01-14T21:17:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T19:17:43","slug":"lively-village-celebration-in-pitajanmaki-sockenbacka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"Lively village celebration in Pit\u00e4j\u00e4nm\u00e4ki Sockenbacka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A bit worn out after a highly successful village celebration yesterday, arranged by the Helsinki Pit\u00e4j\u00e4nm\u00e4ki community association which I am president of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Welcoming the villagers and other guests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Well, village is maybe not the right word. This city region has a population of 20,000 and covers everything, from a war veterans’ village to the Helsinki ’silicon valley’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lots of people crowded around the library and sports field where the retired bus and tram drivers’ brass band animated the event. Voluntary fire fighters showed their equipment, the sports club held running races starting with three years olds, kids sold their own bakeries, families crowded a large flea market and I counted at least four cafe’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Selling home made pastries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Inside the library we could show some unique 5,000 years old artefacts that were found by archaeologists in a park around the corner. Next summer we will continue excavations where our community association will of course participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finland’s environment minister Kimmo Tiilikainen addressing the crowd. He spent much time at the event, talking with many activists and familiarizing himself with their projects. As a result we saw him a few weeks later on a Saturday afternoon with a shovel and wheelbarrow working on a neighbourhood creek where trout is being planted by local enthusiasts. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All our main political parties were present with numerous members of Parliament discussing with the villagers. Also the environment minister spent a good few hours here and was especially interested in a project where local fishing enthusiasts are reviving the fish population in the creek that runs through our part of town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wondering at the stone age artefacts found in the Pit\u00e4j\u00e4nm\u00e4ki Sockenbacka village in Helsinki. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We wanted this celebration to look like our city region itself instead of just being a market day among others. Our community took up the challenge and the result exceeded all our expectations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A last moment scare when a local thunderstorm was predicted for exactly these hours passed away and we enjoyed a beautiful late summer day. If it was because of the strong support and presence by our parish here in Pit\u00e4j\u00e4nm\u00e4ki goes beyond my competence to assess \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Helsinki Traffic Authority HKL veterans’ brass band entertained during the event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coffee anyone?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The local sports club – Pit\u00e4j\u00e4nm\u00e4en Tarmo – had their coffee and pastry stand next to the sports field where children were competing in playful competitions. Everyone got a prize, thanks to the local K-Market grocery store.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The flea market was of course an important part of the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The voluntary fire brigade – Pit\u00e4j\u00e4nm\u00e4en VPK in Finnish, Sockenbacka FBK in Swedish – was established 110 years ago in 1908. Still going strong but would need more young members. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yes they live in the local Marttila – Martas village also, these sheep…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The political parties were there also. Here the green party booth is being set up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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See you all next year… The 2019 village celebration will be on 1 September.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A bit worn out after a highly successful village celebration yesterday, arranged by the Helsinki Pit\u00e4j\u00e4nm\u00e4ki community association which I am president of. Well, village is maybe not the right word. This city region has a population of 20,000 and covers everything, from a war veterans’ village to the Helsinki ’silicon valley’. Lots of people … <\/p>\n

Jatka lukemista ”Lively village celebration in Pit\u00e4j\u00e4nm\u00e4ki Sockenbacka”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[14,16,13,17],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-english","tag-finland","tag-helsinki","tag-jan-furstenborg","tag-pitajanmaki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janfurstenborg.fi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}