Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮: Touring the city in a day

August 25, 2023. Bus Journey around the city of Helsinki Dairy Entry: once again, using my multi-country ticket purchased when I initially arrived in Scandinavia in Sweden. It’s valid for 11 days, every country, and includes the bus AND boat tours of the cities. It’s the most logical and reasonably priced way to see and learn everything when you have limited time in one location.

Spectrolite is a hard and rare variety of labradorite – only from Finland. The difference between spectrolite and other labradorites is that Finnish spectrolite labradorite has considerably richer, stronger and larger colourfulness, caused by its opaque base color as other labradorites have a transparent base colors. The colors of spectrolite include all colors in spectrum; mostly blue, green, yellow and purple often compared to Northern Lights, Aurora, Rainbow and Butterfly wing. The highest grade is widely used for jewelry and other products all over the world. I went on a mission to find my unique pieces from Finland..and I succeeded greatly:

This is the jewelry creator. I found what I wanted. In 30 minutes he took the rare Finland Spectrolite stone and created a beautiful custom fit ring for me. Right in front of my eyes, it was genius. A well spent €80. He does mine for the Spectrolite himself then creates jewelry pieces with the best of his finds. It changes color in the sun, it’s so gorgeous.
I simply had to find a matching necklace for the ring. Again, it is handmade and 100% authentic. And actually the Finland Spectrolite itself is mined for by the jeweler herself (her husband does help at times I was told). Amazing pieces, each one of a kind. There were so many to chose from. In the end, I ended up with this design here. I felt something when I put it on and looked at it around my neck. It looks almost like the very first tattoo I ever got on the back of my neck, but it was more than that. It felt symbolic somehow, like life goes round and round and there are just endless points of possibility because it never actually stops, spinning.

Helsinki Sights & Fun Facts:

Europe and their love for cobblestone. No wonder why my feet burn and throb. Yes, it makes everything look nice, aesthetically pleasing sight and all but damn…not even my most expensive, most cushioned, sneakers or urban hiking boots create any relief. 😏