Paris, London and Buenos Aires showed sombre Helsinki how to dance samba and rumba. The night in Helsinki is short, the gloomy period has been left behind once again. Aftertaste Summer 1952 gave a taste of what the city could be like if it put its heart into it. But the summer was soon past and the visitors went back to their faraway homes. The Olympic Summer offered the same dream that Helsinki holds out every summer.
Life moves out into the street caf s, parks and beaches.
The city always finds a new way to captivate you. Olympic Stadium Helsingin Sanomat, Suomen Kuvalehti and Ilta-Sanomat are the sources of the comments quoted on this article.