Monday, June 12, 2006

My favourite Helsinki-ite


Isn't she pretty? She is called Havis Amanda.

2 comments:

nmj said...

I love that Havis Amanda's right nipple is symmetrical with the point of her left elbow, on my laptop anyway, who is she?

Anna MR said...

She is just the maiden of the city, sculpted by Ville Vahlgren around, umm, I should know this, turn of the 19th-20th centuries. She caused quite a lot of moral outrage, what with all her bits showing and also as her figure betrays the signs of corset-wearing and so on ("a Parisian floosy"). She stands in the Market Square, right by the sea.