Snowfall, Helsinki
Feeling the 40ºC swing from Sydney to Helsinki in 24 hours, and listening to the new sound of rooftop snow clearing
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3 min readFeb 12, 2011
A rather beautiful, if very cold, day in Helsinki yesterday. (Ed. This piece was originally published at cityofsound.com on 12 February 2011.) Hovering around -10ºC, this was a 40 degree drop in temperature from the Sydney I’d been in 24 hours earlier. The frozen harbour was still, ethereal, under pale sunlight. Can that really be the same sun that shines on Sydney? Whereas, further into the city, people were walking between buildings at a fair clip.
Ten minutes walk away, heavy snow was still blanketing the streets and parks…
