Finland 100 Celebrations

As anyone who knows anything about Finland knows, this is the 100 year anniversary of independent Finland. This jubilee has been celebrated throughout 2017, with celebrations culminating on December 6th, the Finnish independence day. The Finnish community in New York has also arranged many different events, most of them which took place in September. The Bleecker Street Fair and an evening party on Sept. 9th kicked off the string of celebrations.

The Finnish block on Bleecker Street. Here we are at the Finlandia Foundation booth where they were handing out FREE BUCKETS. 

Most of my pictures of the day were like this... we were all having too much fun to focus. 

Lots of friends at the Street Fair. Felt like the whole Finnish community came out to celebrate. 

The traveling sauna was a big hit! (Although it was not in use - if it was, this guy would've sit in there forever...a sauna fan that he is.) 

I'm a sauna fan too. Would love to have this sauna in my back yard. 

Meanwhile, the little girls painted t-shirts at the Finnish School. Apparently spelling is a little challenging in Finnish. 

The weather was gorge. 

A quick outfit change and freshen up at home and then out again, to a party held next door to the Empire State building. 

Lots of friends there too. 

And of course the biggest fan of Finland - my hubby!