{"id":8234,"date":"2017-09-02T16:55:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T16:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=8234"},"modified":"2019-05-23T07:31:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T21:31:57","slug":"pirunpesantie-finland-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%ae-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=8234","title":{"rendered":"Pirunpes\u00e4ntie, Finland 2017 \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Travelled: 69 kilometres from Sein\u00e4joki to&nbsp;Pirunpes\u00e4ntie, Finland. &nbsp;2017<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Visited:&nbsp;Sein\u00e4joki, swim centre \u20ac6pp and the clock tower \u20ac1pp.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Stayed: Pirunpes\u00e4ntie car-park, free. &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/5m2UQSKVs3UDaYyf8\">N62.39898, E22.89609<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We enjoyed a quiet evening in Sein\u00e4joki despite the rain. &nbsp;It rained most of the night sometimes heavily. &nbsp;As we are parked in the swim centre car-park we intend a swim and sauna this morning. &nbsp;So its a stay in bed morning. &nbsp;The lady at the pool suggests 10 am as the squads are finished then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway I cannot post a picture but Sein\u00e4joki has a wonderful swimming complex. &nbsp;A eight lane 25 metre lap pool, a seperate diving pool with 1,3 metre spring boards and 5 metre platform and a childrens pool The Finnish people love their sauna and there are four large saunas, two for each gender. &nbsp;So we do our 40 laps, then head for the sauna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recover from the swim and sauna whilst parked in the laundromat car park having breakfast. &nbsp;We found a laundromat after having a Google around. &nbsp;The place is brand new and a reasonable price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sein\u00e4joki_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"1100\"\/><figcaption>Sein\u00e4joki is famed in Finland for it&#8217;s stricking architectural heart. Pam stands in front of the Sein\u00e4joki secular steeple clock tower.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sein\u00e4joki_22.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>A Finnish architect, in 1951 Alvar Aalto won a competition to design a new town centre, including the civic buildings and parks. This is the Lakeuden Risti Church.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sein\u00e4joki_23.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Inside the Lakeuden Risti Church, simple but elegant consistent with Finland&#8217;s Lutheran traditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sein\u00e4joki_24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"1100\"\/><figcaption>Climbing the clock tower. There is a perfectly good elevator to the top of the tower, but Pam insists on doing the 276 steps to the observation platform.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sein\u00e4joki_27.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>View from the top selfie.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sein\u00e4joki_28.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Sein\u00e4joki&#8217;s Rathaus or Town Hall. Strikingly different from the other public buildings being clad in rounded bronze tiles.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sein\u00e4joki_29.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Having said goodbye to Sein\u00e4joki we continue south, passing a lot of open farmland.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pirunpes\u00e4ntie_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>The Lonely Planet guides have the odd places highlighted in blue as something unusual. Pirunpes\u00e4ntie is one of those places. &nbsp;Its around 14 kilometres of the main road, the last four on this track.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pirunpes\u00e4ntie_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Must be getting close.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Pirunpes\u00e4ntie_4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Our parking spot for the night, no one around, haven&#8217;t seen a house for miles and the local name for the place is the Devil&#8217;s Nest. &nbsp;However its free and Pam is OK with some spookiness if the price is right.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael and Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"bpp_credits\" style=\"clear: both; float: right; width: 200px; height: 70px; text-align: right;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogpadpro.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"vertical-align: middle; font-size: 8pt; color: #999;\">Edited with BlogPad Pro<\/span><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/files.blogpadpro.com\/images\/speech-bubble.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\"><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelled: 69 kilometres from Sein\u00e4joki to&nbsp;Pirunpes\u00e4ntie, Finland. &nbsp;2017 Visited:&nbsp;Sein\u00e4joki, swim centre \u20ac6pp and the clock tower \u20ac1pp. Stayed: Pirunpes\u00e4ntie car-park, free. &nbsp;N62.39898, E22.89609 We enjoyed a quiet evening in Sein\u00e4joki despite the rain. &nbsp;It rained most of the night sometimes heavily. &nbsp;As we are parked in the swim centre car-park we intend a swim and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[97,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-8234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-finland","8":"tag-finnish-villages","9":"tag-hiking","10":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8234"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18156,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234\/revisions\/18156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}