tournedos wrote:

This will be a good day to defrost the freezer!

 

Not that bad actually...

Apparently a true story, this. Back in 1999 they scored a cold record in Kittilä, Finland. The thermometer dropped to -51.5C

A radio station in Helsinki called a resident of Kittilä to get a first hand reaction to the cold. From memory this, and I'm probably not getting it exactly right.

"We hear you've set a cold record. 51,5 degrees below! Congratulations!"
"No, it's not that cold here, only around 20 below."
"You're in Kittilä, right? The weather service says you have 51,5 degrees below?"
"Oh, you mean outside?"

soundproof wrote:

Apparently a true story, this. Back in 1999 they scored a cold record in Kittilä, Finland. The thermometer dropped to -51.5C

A radio station in Helsinki called a resident of Kittilä to get a first hand reaction to the cold. From memory this, and I'm probably not getting it exactly right.

"We hear you've set a cold record. 51,5 degrees below! Congratulations!"
"No, it's not that cold here, only around 20 below."
"You're in Kittilä, right? The weather service says you have 51,5 degrees below?"
"Oh, you mean outside?"

😁 Only in Finland!

tournedos wrote:

This will be a good day to defrost the freezer!

Ah, great idea! I'll do that tomorrow.

-18° C here in Stockholm. I'm originally from the north of Sweden, so I have no problems with this :)

soundproof wrote:

Apparently a true story, this. Back in 1999 they scored a cold record in Kittilä, Finland. The thermometer dropped to -51.5C

A radio station in Helsinki called a resident of Kittilä to get a first hand reaction to the cold. From memory this, and I'm probably not getting it exactly right.

"We hear you've set a cold record. 51,5 degrees below! Congratulations!"
"No, it's not that cold here, only around 20 below."
"You're in Kittilä, right? The weather service says you have 51,5 degrees below?"
"Oh, you mean outside?"

😂😂😂 Unfortunately I can't confirm the story one way or the other, but it's plausible.

It's not always that easy, though - that same night, there was a five hour electricity break in Inari elsewhere in Lapland and the authorities were getting ready to evacuate hundreds of people from their homes. I'm not sure if

beocool wrote:

"Oh, you mean outside?"

....+10....c   :-)

I always enjoy reading your posts Soren - this is my favourite yet😁

Made me feel a lot better about the UK grinding to a standstill due to one day of snow.

Chris.

tournedos wrote:

This will be a good day to defrost the freezer!

 

Whoa...😉

-and we thought it was cold in Denmark when we just had -16 C...😂

Medogsfat wrote:

I always enjoy reading your posts Soren - this is my favourite yet😁

Made me feel a lot better about the UK grinding to a standstill due to one day of snow.

Chris.

Thanks Chris, it is a bit off forum, but I have a soft spot for Finlandians and Finland, When I worked in Sweden I met a lot of them, worked with some and I never met anyone, before or after, that could work harder, be more honest or be better friends. Very very tough people, not much talk but a lot of DO.

Finns are great. Hardy, resilient, reliable and fun - as well as crazy. I've been fortunate to have worked with Finns for a number of years, and also to have done projects for some excellent companies (iittala, Amersports Group brands, etc).

A very long time ago, as I was starting out making commercials, I was shooting one in the Turku Castle. There were pillars supporting arches there, and the whole place looked impossibly photogenic. We had set up a "crypt" inside this location and were about to film.

When I noticed a large dark smudge on one of the pillars. The photographer confirmed it would show up on film, and we couldn't mask it. So I told the set designer to just paint over it with white, which was promptly done.

Turku Castle is a national treasure, the oldest building still in use in Finland. As the crew were wrapping up, the custodian noticed that the "smudge" on the pillar had been painted over ...

Turns out it was a pillar that had been "touched for luck" over the ages, and that was the reason for the now no longer to be seen smudge.

We made the national news as despoilers of the national heritage of Finland.