Santa looked a lot like daddy…
In the early 1960s, Santa Claus is wearing a gray coat. The world is black and white. In a small square-shaped photograph, the camera lens has […]
Avainsana: 80’s
On the Buses!
The superior mode of transportation in the 60s and 70s was the bicycle. With a bicycle, you could quickly and reliably get anywhere. Tapiola, the garden […]
The Wizard of the Silver Ball
”Ever since I was a young boyI’ve played the silver ball.” In the 1960s, many a child was enthralled for good when a Fortuna game emerged […]
The Age of Aquarius
Räkälä, as the church’s youth club was called, had burnt to the ground and Heikintori’s disco didn’t even have a B-license. Teenagers on the verge of […]
Thieves Like Us
Theft is a regrettable occurrence. Both stealing and being stolen from – most of us have experiences of both. Usually, it’s over some trivial thing, not […]
I Can Smell a Horse!
In Buster Keaton’s final movie, ”A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” there is a scene where the young hero, an utter fool, […]
A Pool in the Middle of the Village
In the beginning, Aarne Ervi created the Central Pool. Tapiola was formless and empty. Dirt and sand covered everything, but the spirit of the Garden City […]
Kinosaur
You need to take 223 steps to get from our apartment door to Kino Tapiola’s ticket counter: I once calculated that distance. Rush down the stairs […]
Birdwatchers, Eggsnatchers
Hassan, as you can easily guess by his name, was of Turkish origin. He, his father, his stepmother, his stepbrother as well as his aunt, all […]