The first Wednesday of a month has been the market day in Lahti for more than a hundred years. Holiday makers enliven the July event - weather permitting.

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Selling and buying Viipurinrinkeli buns.

 

Baskets made from recycled plastic packages.

 

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Strawberries, obviously...

 

The Midsummer pole was built and raised by Alanders in honour of the Nordlek folkdance festival. It will stand in the market place just for a week.

 

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I bought a head massager on impulse, and then the inevitable, traditional buns, strawberries, peas in a pod, and the vendace which mother fried for lunch with potatoes and spinach sauce.