We had a tour of our production facilities and warehouse. We also got to see the paper production line next to our plant where Kemira supplies chemicals.
Paper machine provided much needed mid-summer sauna to us.
//Antti-Jussi
Friday, 29 July 2016
Visit to Świecie
Throwback to when I had a quite different Midsummer Eve visiting Kemira´s production plant in Świecie. Morning started with two hour drive from Gdansk to Świecie. Upon arrival it was safety first as usual at Kemira´s sites.
We had a tour of our production facilities and warehouse. We also got to see the paper production line next to our plant where Kemira supplies chemicals.
Paper machine provided much needed mid-summer sauna to us.
//Antti-Jussi
We had a tour of our production facilities and warehouse. We also got to see the paper production line next to our plant where Kemira supplies chemicals.
Paper machine provided much needed mid-summer sauna to us.
//Antti-Jussi
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Stacja naprawy rowerow
In Wrzeszcz you can find these "Stacja naprawy rowerow" which means bike repair station. I think this is excellent idea, because who hasn't been in the situation when riding a bike and all the sudden you notice you have a flat tire?
Well that has happened to me many times (nothing to do with my bike riding skills (; ). Anyway I don't have any tools at home to fix it so I just always take my bike to my parents house, listen the short lecture about how it would be easy to fix it by yourself. Maybe if we would have these bike repair stations in Finland, I could make my father very happy by repairing my bike all by myself! Or just find another excuse to avoid it...
In these stations you can find air pump, screwdriver, wrench.. and many other things which I could easily name, but let's just call them bike repairing things :D
//Annica
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Differences between Poland and Finland
We all have been here more than a month now. We are starting to wear off the first "crush" of being here. So far we have been excited about everything and all the new things have been fascinating. Now we are finally able to organize our thoughts and try to point the differences between living in Poland and Finland.
Traffic lights
Although one would suspect that there wouldn't be that many differences but here are the two most deviant: beebing sounds and arrow lights.
Beebing sounds are meant for people who cannot see that well and we also have them in Finland, where they similiar all around, but here they differ from traffic light to traffic light and we think of them as songs.
Other major difference is the use of arrow traffic light. In Finland when car has a arrow light, then he/she is free to turn and there no other cars or pedestrians in the way and it's easy to make the turn. Here though there are different ones: Arrow that similiar as in Finland and a arrow that is usually always on, except on small period when pedestrians start to cross. So for me atleast as a pedestrian it's were odd to be careful of cars coming from right when other cars are waiting in traffic lights, especially on larger rouds like Aleja Grunwaldzka.
Using cash
It would seem to become a trend to pay with your debit card, in particular with near pay feature, than with cash. It would also seem that shop keepers prefer customers to pay with card.
But what sets two countries apart is ability to give back cash. As in Finland it isn't usually a problem to pay with larger bills (like 50€) even the smallest of purchases, here even if the cost of something is 20 zloties, cashier might not have enough money to return for 50 zloty bill. And even if they have enough, they would prefer exact sum.
Bottle recycling
Finland has one of the largest bottle return precentages in the world ( over 90%). But Poland doesn't have any kind of return system. So it is difficult just to throw bottles away in the trash when you're accustomed to return them for re-use.
We will continue observing these differences but there is a few that we wanted to share already.
//Annica, Mira & T-P
Traffic lights
Although one would suspect that there wouldn't be that many differences but here are the two most deviant: beebing sounds and arrow lights.
Beebing sounds are meant for people who cannot see that well and we also have them in Finland, where they similiar all around, but here they differ from traffic light to traffic light and we think of them as songs.
Other major difference is the use of arrow traffic light. In Finland when car has a arrow light, then he/she is free to turn and there no other cars or pedestrians in the way and it's easy to make the turn. Here though there are different ones: Arrow that similiar as in Finland and a arrow that is usually always on, except on small period when pedestrians start to cross. So for me atleast as a pedestrian it's were odd to be careful of cars coming from right when other cars are waiting in traffic lights, especially on larger rouds like Aleja Grunwaldzka.
It would seem to become a trend to pay with your debit card, in particular with near pay feature, than with cash. It would also seem that shop keepers prefer customers to pay with card.
But what sets two countries apart is ability to give back cash. As in Finland it isn't usually a problem to pay with larger bills (like 50€) even the smallest of purchases, here even if the cost of something is 20 zloties, cashier might not have enough money to return for 50 zloty bill. And even if they have enough, they would prefer exact sum.
Bottle recycling
Finland has one of the largest bottle return precentages in the world ( over 90%). But Poland doesn't have any kind of return system. So it is difficult just to throw bottles away in the trash when you're accustomed to return them for re-use.
We will continue observing these differences but there is a few that we wanted to share already.
//Annica, Mira & T-P
Friday, 8 July 2016
Update: Table Football Tournament
Third game of Kalsarikännit was on Wednesday. Kalsarikännit played against Queens and what a match it was! Kalsarikännit has been significantly improving their game and it has been a pleasure to see them grow.
First match was just a warmup and now you can actually see how they are building the game, controlling the ball. The team is playing better and better together and I believe they have quite good opportinity to keep winning next games also.
//Mira
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