Robert's Coffee

No Starbucks's in Finland. Robert's Coffee is the local coffee chain here... It's good but I still do miss my latte's from Starbucks and Coffee Bean.

FULL

With 4600 parking spaces, Jumbo has the largest parking area in Scandanavia but in the above shot, the parking area P1 is FULL and in P2 no. of lots VACANT is 1.

This was taken 1st day of Hullut Päivät sales.

spring crazy days (hullutpäivät)

Great bargins are here again in Stockmann. People waiting to enter the department store in Jumbo which opened at 8am. I was there like 5min to 8. Not so 'kiasu'. ;-) I was there to get some electronic stuff.

This event happens twice a year in all the Stockmann stores in Finland. The other crazy days sale's period is usually in october. The sales started today and lasts four days. The 4 day sales is such that they have different items on sale everyday and most of the special offer items are grabbed fast.

Crazy days shopping bag
Hullut Päivät Catalogue

Gem Gallery in Jumbo

Beyond the doorways is this Gem Gallery. It is the first thing greeting you as you enter the second floor entrance. Jalokivi Galleria (Gem/Precious stone/Jewel Gallery) is a very colourful shop. They sell birthstones, mood rings, gems and dream catchers. As you can see, they even have unique, bright and lovely lamps. There is always something interesting to browse through here. One of my fav. stop and see shop. With this ends my jumbo theme week...
p.s. the second photo in jumbo-falls shows the location of this shop.

DP Theme Day: Doorways

Every 1st of the month is DP's Theme Day and for September it is Doorways. My first entry into the DP Theme Day! ;-)
Keeping in theme with my Jumbo week and this month's theme, here is the entrance to the second floor of the shopping mall. Doorways to a shopping paradise.

Here are the other cities participating in the theme day! Mine was a late entry so i might not be on others' webpages.
1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 -19 -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30-31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36 -37 -38 -39 -40 -41 -42-43 tat's mine!!-44-45

Jumbo's new extension

This new extension was opened in Autumn 2005. At the far end is the Stockmann Departmental Store. The other main one is in Helsinki.

Jumbo-falls

This waterfall is on the first floor. It is the first thing that greets you if come in by the old entrance. People usually sit here to get cool and take a rest from their shopping.

Here's another view of the waterfall from the escalator. The hypermarkets Citymarket(on the left) and Prisma(on the right) are here. They are basically supermarkets selling everything from food to electronics.
The shop on the left on the second floor is Jalokivi Galleria

Jumbo by bus, car or bicycle

of cos if your live nearby, walk. On the left of the bicycle stand is the carpark area. Aleksi 13, KappAhl, H&M and Intersport are just a few of the 120 shops found in this complex.

Jumbo Week

Jumbo Shopping Centre at Vantaanportti is the second largest shopping mall in Finland. It houses nearly 120 specialist shops, two hypermarkets with unbeatable prices, plus a full variety of services in the light and airy two-storey mall. With 4600 parking spaces, it has the largest parking area in Scandanavia.

Jumbo pronounced 'youm-bo'by the locals. It is a borrowed word from English and the Finns do not use it in their everyday language. The only Jumbo many are familiar with here is this shopping centre and the Jumbo jet.

More Jumbo this week...