The beginning of the week the weather forecast promises sunny weather in southern Finland. The spring weather in Helsinki's Töölönlahti area attracted good-natured outdoorsmen in abundance.
Sophia, Silva3, and Ok1, Scattered are on their way from their home in Nikinmäki, Vantaa, to grandma and papa's in Töölö.
“It's completely different to wake up in the morning when it's bright. You can cope much better, even if you have a bad night of sleep with small children behind you,” says mother Sofia Haajanen.
Sunglasses have been dug up for the trip to Helsinki today. From Haajas, sunlight has a clear connection to coping.
“When a bad night comes in the dark in midwinter, you can clearly see it in your mood.”
According to Haajanen, sunshine is a sign of spring.
“Summer is coming,” he smiles.
The best thing about being a mother in the coming summer is that it doesn't take so much time to dress the children anymore.
“At some point you can leave the overalls and many layers without wearing them. However, you have to do the dressing many times a day, all the time.”
From Silva, it's best to have your own birthdays in the summer. Today is also going to be a nice day.
“It's nice to go to grandma and grandpa,” says Silva.
On a cigar break an axeman basking in the sun Risto Kuusio and an electrician Pasi Varis. They are from the neighboring Finlandia building site.
Risto Kuusio (right) and Pasi Varis came from Finlandia Hall's construction site for a cigar break in the sun.
“The sun feels good,” comments Kuusio.
He wears color-changing goggles that work in all weathers, now as dark sunglasses.
Sunlight and the coming summer are on the mind of the workers.
“Let's work even better when the weather gets better,” Kuusio reasons.
The men do not reveal much about the renovation of Finlandia Hall. The work should be completed this year, but the men do not comment on staying on schedule.
During the renovation, the rough marbles on the exterior walls have once again been replaced with new white ones.
But will the marble tiles stay put this time?
“So far at least they have stayed,” says Varis.
Germany's Arrived from Heidelberg yesterday on a business trip to Helsinki Christoph Spengel and a daughter Marlene Spengel admiring the frozen Töölönlahti.
German Christoph Spengel took his daughter Marlene on a business trip to Helsinki. “The weather is better here than in Heidelberg,” says the professor.
“Our waterways don't freeze in winter anymore. Last winter was very light and it rained a lot,” says taxation professor Christoph Spengel.
“We have behind us one of the warmest winters ever”, adds Marlene Spengel.
Last week, it was 17 degrees warm in Heidelberg, located in southwestern Sakasa, and the cherry trees were blooming. But the weather was cloudy.
Marlene and Christoph Spengel admired the frozen Töölönlahti.
“The weather is better in Helsinki because the sun is shining. It's nice,” says Father Spengel.
The last time he visited Finland was in 1995. According to him, Helsinki has not changed much at last glance. Finlandia Hall also seems to him to be well preserved.
One thing about father and daughter is different in the light of Finland than in Germany. The sun shines so low.
“I noticed yesterday that the sunset lasted much longer in Finland,” says Marlene Spengel.
Spring can have a refreshing effect.
The spring sun cheers up part of the population, and makes others tired
■ Most people's mood improves, at least initially, when spring comes, when sunlight increases.
■ While the production of the pleasure hormone serotonin increases, the production of the dark hormone melatonin decreases. So is the need for sleep.
■ It is also common that some people feel more tired than usual in the spring. If it is a healthy person and the fatigue appears just in the spring, the probable explanation can be found in too short night's sleep.
■ As the light increases, sleep may become of a lower quality, and it will not be as refreshing as usual. The internal cycle of night sleep is disturbed: sleep becomes interrupted, lighter and does not contain enough different stages like deep sleep.
Source: Helsingin Sanomat science story 18 March 2019: Why does spring cheer up the majority, but others get tired and some get depressed? An expert explains how to combat spring fatigue
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