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Annika and Hannu Vahter, who have been spending Valentine’s Day, have wanted to support small restaurants in particular during the interest rate restrictions.
Pauli Halme enters his new 1954 Fender Telecaster guitar at the restaurant Juttutuva table in Hakaniemi. The guitar is on test when, after a two-month break, Halme gets to play with his band Hilland Playboy again on the Stage.
The band always plays country music on Mondays at Juttutuva, or played before restaurant crown restrictions. Is there anything special about the evening’s program when the restaurants were allowed to be open again until midnight on Monday after the break?
“The basic set feels special today,” Halme replies.
As a professional musician There has been little work in Halme, but time has passed at home with the baby.
“I know musicians who have had to sell valuable instruments because of corona restrictions. Many have struggled with their professional identities and mental health, ”says Halme about the difficult situation in the industry.
Now he is happy to be able to play live music to the audience again. There is joy in the air, even when it is raining sleet outside.
Before tonight’s gig, Halme has ordered burgers Congratulations to Leminen with. Leminen is a student at Halme at the Southwest Helsinki College of Music and plays guitar at Hilland Playboys as if on internship.
“I am a high school graduate at Sibelius High School. I go to the Sibelius Academy and Metropolia to study music or music, ”says Leminen.
At five o’clock on Monday afternoon, the restaurant is already comfortably crowded, some eating, some enjoying drinks.
Behind the bar counter Kimi Henttu keep the direction right when restaurants are allowed to be open again later. In addition to musicians, Korona has chastised Henttu and his colleagues in the restaurant industry.
“Yes, this has already started to happen after we have been laid off and part-time. I know especially my young colleagues who have changed industry completely since the Corona era. ”
On the fair side kilometers from the Chateau Majava Bar on Porthaninkatu Annika and Hannu Vahter celebrate Valentine’s Day.
“Usually I make arrangements if we’re going somewhere. Now, in honor of Valentine’s Day, Hannu has designed a program, ”says Annika Vahter.
He has more reason to celebrate. She has been losing weight and been without sugar and alcohol for five weeks. On Valentine’s Day, a treat and a good drink are allowed.
In Sörnäinen The couple’s Valentine’s Day started at noon with champagne and lunch at the Alexanderplats restaurant in the center of Helsinki. Then they went to Hotel Kämp in Irish Coffee.
Majava Bar was part of the holiday program because it is a “living room for well-being” for Vahtere.
“We’ve popped in here at times allowed by restrictions. During the Corona period, we especially wanted to support small eateries and bars. Big restaurant chains do better. ”
According to Hannu Vahter, the interest rate restrictions have been too much for companies in a certain field, such as restaurants and gyms.
“Each of us longs for a physical presence,” Annika Vahter concludes with words appropriate for Valentine’s Day and the easing of restaurant restrictions.
Correction 14.1. 2022 at 10:01 p.m. The singer in the picture of the band Hilland Playboys is Niina Huohvanainen, not Niina Sallinen.
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