The Villa

Sometimes - well, mostly, given the opportunity - I can't resist taking pictures like this. The sky is a bit bright if one wanted that "it was a dark and stormy night" feel, otherwise fairly successful. I reduced the brightness of the sky a bit already, but the trouble in cities is of course light pollution.

These villas aren't gloomy and dark at all. On the contrary, they are large, immensely beautiful wooden villas from the early part of the 20th century (I think), from the times when the wealthy still did that sort of thing - stayed in villas in the summer. This one is located in the part of Helsinki that is called Töölö, on a hill, overlooking a bay. Here is a satellite picture: LINK. It's the building immediately below the bridge that goes over the railroad tracks. The other buildings visible in the wooded area around the railroad tracks and along the bay are similar villas. I love walking this particular route, from the railway station (to the south in the satellite map), along the left side of the railroad tracks, along the bay, up on the hill and across the bridge. With sunny weather the view over the bay is magnificent, the way the sun glimmers on the water. Others have noticed it too, since a summer cafe operates there.