Steem Meetup and Street Photography in Tampere

Yesterday we had the first Steem Meetup in Finland. There aren't that many Steemians in Finland, at least as far as I know, and out of those already slim numbers, only seven of us were able to make it yesterday, @tarazkp, @momone, @smallsteps, @celestal, @markkujantunen and @insaneworks. Some of us had already met each other previously, but it was good to meet a few new Steemians face to face and strengthen the connections between people you've gotten to know through Steemit. I feel like every time Steemians meet in real life, it strengthens the community and gives you hope for the future of Steemit.

If you ever want to feel dumb, hang out with Steemians, there are some seriously smart people in here and you can learn a lot by listening and talking to them. The amount of knowledge, ideas and enthusiasm is really inspiring among Steemians. But I'm not gonna lie, it's not all serious, we did laugh and gossip a fair bit too during the day.

After we'd sat for a coffee for a good couple of hours for our initial getting acquainted with each other, we went for a long walk. My Health-app tells me I walked 10 kilometers yesterday, a good portion of that being our photo walk in Tampere. Excluding Momone and Smallsteps, we all had our cameras out and looked like a tourist group, which we kind of were. We have some pictures from the same situations, but everyone having different cameras, viewpoints and artistic impression, the results are very different and I don't think you'll be bored even if you see all our pictures from the same day and places.

We got really lucky with the weather in Tampere and it was a really bright and colourful autumn day, which you of course don't see in these picture because I decided to go for the classic black and white out of not liking to photograph in the middle of the day. I usually take really shitty pictures when in company and walking all the time, but I managed to capture quite a few shots that I think are not bad at all and want to share for you.

We walked through a market place, then to Pyynikki and slowly circling back to the city center towards the old Finlayson factory area to eat at Plevna and then to have more coffee and talk in a cafe inside Siperia. We parted ways around 9.30pm, with promises to do this again and try to get a few more people to attend.

If you ever have a change to meet Steemians in real life, do it!

_{@smallsteps and @momone being adorable.}

_{Tiny @insaneworks
Tiny @celestal and @tarazkp's favourite tree.}

_{All pictures are shot with the Fujifilm x100f.}