For the past two days there have been orange cones beside the cars parked on the street opposite our apartment building. Gradually all but one of the cars has been moved. I have been waiting for a tow truck to show up and drag the lone car away. I was very surprised this morning when a man in the winter wear I have come to recognize as belonging to the snow removal crews showed up with the keys for the car. He cleaned a lot of snow off the car then opened the passenger side, got in and started the car. When the windows were defrosted, he got into the car and parked it further down the street.
The only thing that I can imagine is that the city located the owner using the license plate number and arrangements were made to have the car moved. From my perspective that is totally amazing. What a kind and civilized world Helsinki is.
As you can tell from my photograph, the work began before the sun came up this morning. A huge truck appeared and lifted people up to eaves on the roof. They began to break away the ice and shovel the snow off the edges of the roof. Meanwhile two men were on the roof itself with shovels. Those men were tethered to something to keep them secure if they slipped or lost their footing.
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