"Филиал" Одессы в Хельсинки :) "Branch" of Odessa in Helsinki :)

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, in the dynamically developing Helsinki, it was decided to build "social housing" for workers in factories and factories. Wooden houses with one-room flats, similar to those that are called "communes" in Odessa, were actively built up in the Kallio district of Helsinki, which is now considered "bohemian". In the mid-50s of the last century, dilapidated wooden buildings began to actively disappear from the face of the city, but the municipality, recollecting itself in time, managed to take the rest under its care. In one of these preserved houses, under the wing of the Helsinki City Museum, the "Museum of Working Life" is located, the purpose of which is to show how the life of city workers changed throughout the twentieth century. It is interesting that the long wooden house-museum has a common courtyard with its "twin brother" - exactly the same wooden house in which people still live.
You can get into the courtyard through an ordinary gate, which you would never have thought to open if you didn’t know for sure that there is a museum behind it. The inhabitants of the courtyard-museum decorate their local area with imagination and enthusiasm, not inferior to the inhabitants of "Southern Palmyra". There are numerous bird feeders, and wicker chairs for outdoor recreation, tables and chairs for solemn gatherings hidden in the bushes, linen on the ropes, flowers in the front garden ...At one fine moment, an old frame swung open above my head with a noise, and an elderly madam appeared in the window opening with a smoking cigarette. Glancing expressively at my camera, she hesitated slightly, apparently deciding where to start the conversation - with a "reprimand" for unauthorized photography or immediately with an invitation to coffee. From the experience of the “Odessa citizen”, knowing that the harsh question is: “Are you taking pictures of our yard?!
"ends with a three-hour tour of this very courtyard, and then a long tea party, I hastily retreated, because I was running out of time : ) In short, 1500 kilometers from Odessa, I felt at home, and it was all the more offensive that ...MUSEUM WAS CLOSED! We came here on a Tuesday, and Tuesday is a day off at the museum : (
The Working Life Museum is located at Kristinkuja 4, a two-minute walk from the Linnanmaki amusement park. It works from April 15 to October 25 from 11 am to 5 pm, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. The entrance is free.