A short walk from our holiday apartment lies Keilaniemi. Located here overlooking the bay are the headquarters of some large companies including Kone and Neste Oil. There is a pleasant promenade to walk or cycle along and towards the far end you will find a lunch restaurant with an outside terrace called Keilalahden Ranta where we sometimes like to eat.
Weekly menus are posted on the restaurant’s website each Monday and we try to pick a day when waffles are on the menu for dessert! After enjoying soup, salad and a main course we went to the waffle table to prepare our own desserts. Three electric waffle irons are ready for use together with large bowls of prepared batter so all diners need to do is to pour in one ladle of batter, close the lid and wait until the light turns green when the waffle should be ready to be lifted onto a plate. We then piled on some apple purée and a dollop of whipped cream. It tasted so good that we had to go back and make ourselves a second one!!
To work of the excesses of our lunch we wandered further around the bay where there is a Frisbee Golf Course. We bought a set of 3 frisbees to play this game when we were here last summer as there are several courses located in the Helsinki area. The rules of the game are essentially the same as for golf, players select a frisbee and aim for the basket taking as few shots as possible. The course we were playing on had some baskets located near the water so we missed those out as our aim wasn’t too good and we didn’t want to risk losing our frisbees in the sea!
It was quite a windy day so it wasn’t easy to hit the target, but as the saying goes ‘practice makes perfect’. The only place I have seen a Frisbee Golf Course in England was in Harrogate but we didn’t have our set with us that day.
Have you ever tried Frisbee Golf and if so, is it a popular game where you live?
Later in the afternoon we went into the city centre and took a look in the Kamppi Chapel (Chapel of Silence) which is a wooden structure in a busy part of the city where one can go for a moment of solitude. The chapel is ecumenical, welcoming people of all faiths. The interior is created without windows and is of natural, light wood. It was designed in 2012 as part of the World Design Programme which was hosted in that year by Finland.
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I always enjoy making waffles when it is some place where I do not have to clean the waffle iron. Ha Ha. I have never tried Frisbee golf Marion, but we do have a course here in our little city. Thanks for sharing. Allan
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That sounds a great idea, cleaning the waffle iron can often rake time! Frisbee Golf is fun and quite a few courses have sprung up not so far from where we live and are free to use if you bring along your own equipment so we sometimes keep it in the car boot just in case we are passing!
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Great post! I’ve never had a luck with frisbess though
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Thank you for reading and commenting on my post. I’m not brilliant with frisbees either!!
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My husband is crazy about disc golf!
He wants to go and play in Finland.
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How interesting! There are numerous courses in Finland to play and I have seen the baskets for sale in sports shops, too. Thanks for letting me know!
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Waffles and then frisbee golf – sounds like a great fun day!
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I just love waffles and frisbee golf is fun, even if I’m not very good!
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Great read. Those waffles look delicious!
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They were, that’s why we had to go back for a second one! Thank’s for commenting on my post.
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I had never heard of the Kamppi Chapel. Quite interesting! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for reading and commenting on my post. The chapel is very interesting as it is such an unusual building but is very attractive in its own way.
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I like the little wooden chapel which I’ve seen on my last two visits to Helsinki (on business) – stayed at the Sandic hotel on Kampi wich is next to it on one trip – but never seen the inside so interesting to look at your photo
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Hi, Thanks for your comment and for reading my post. I know the hotel you mentioned, a good central position. If you go again you might find time to pop into the chapel for a little look.
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Oh goodness, I never knew of this cafe existed! I will have to check it out next summer, who can say no to a waffel?? 😀
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We can perhaps go together Suvi !!
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Great idea Marion 💕
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Frisbee golf sounds like great fun! Though if my lack of coordination in mini golf is anything to go by, I’d probably need a lot of practice!
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I know what you mean, my son seems a natural at playing frisbee golf but I’m not so good, but it’s definitely good fun. Thanks for your nice comment!
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Those waffles look wonderful. I’ve never tried frisbee golf, but my daughter plays it all the time.
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The waffles were delicious. It’s good to hear that your daughter enjoys Frisbee Golf too. Thanks for your comment, II enjoyed reading it.
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Lovely start for this new week and month. You presented new places to me in this post. For example I have not visited to Chapel of Silence. I think that Frisbee golf must be cool game. In Oulu at Meri-Toppila, there is huge area for Frisbee golf. It has 18 fairways. When biking there we have admired how skillful players there are.
Have a nice day!
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Thank you Sartenada! It’s nice to hear from you this morning. Frisbee Golf is fun, I hope it becomes more popular in England, too!
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Well, let us hope it. Torrow my new post presenting one tradition in Finland.
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Wow! The food looks delicious and I would love to try frisbee golf!
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Thanks Rasmi, Frisbee Golf is really fun and if you are playing often you can buy a larger set of frisbees so you have more options!
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I love the structure for a moment of solitude. I come across something like that at Burning Man once….it was wonderful. Everyone else was totally respectful and the energy inside was very moving. I hope I get to visit this place someday 🙂
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The Chapel of Silence is truly a place of quiet reflection. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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