Only in Kokkola

Now when I'm living somewhere else, I fully notice how weird my little hometown is:

Today in the city center there was the Ice-sculpture contest, and alongside this event a restaurant had opened it's doors and started karaoke. Even though there was almost a snow storm outside and 5 degrees below zero, people were truly dancing with devotion to the karaoke music outside on the patio. When I passed the crowd I thought to myself that this can only happen in Kokkola.

Then I went to Gigantti to buy some electronics and noticed a sign nearby their entrance. It said Sveriges konsulat. In English: consulate of Sweden. So apparently Sweden has it's consulate in Kokkola upstairs of an electronic-device store and the building looks like this:


http://www.eniro.fi/KOKKOLA/147937/Gigantti/


You can even see the sign of the consulate in the picture next to the stairs, under the middle window.