Side activities Ice fi shing & Snow scooters The volunteers went ice fishing with the local people from Juuka many times. It was possible to do net fishing or ice fishing on the traditional way with a fi shing rod. Many fish were caught and afterwards cleaned and eaten in Tulikivi Club. During ice fishing it was sometimes possible to ride on a snow scooter. With a speed of around 60 km/h builders were fl ying over the lake. Factory tour Tulikivi A tour was given by workers from Tulikivi trough the mine were the soap stones are extracted. In diff erent groups a tour brought us to the mine and the saw factory. It was very impressive to see how the big stones are sawn into perfect smaller pieces by a computerized saw. It was very interesting to see the whole process form the mining up to the end products. Husky tour at Koli In Koli there was the possibility to participate in a Husky tour. Many volunteers and student wanted to participate in this tour. It was a great experience to do! After the husky tour, a visit was brought to Koli National Park. The best-known point in the park is at the 347m high top Ukko-Koli forming a vantage point over the Pielinen lake and forests in the east. Unfortunately, on many days during our stay the fog obstructed the view. Only a few students and volunteers were able to see the beautiful view, standing on top. New Year’s eve On the last day of 2015, all the builders of the ‘Bridge in Ice’ went to the primary school of Nunnanlahti. A party was organized to celebrate new year’s eve. At this party, for many of the builders their future was predicted by tin, there was a campfire where they could fry sausages and a big firework was provided by the people. It was 48 striking that before 12 o’clock many citizens went home, this is because many people in Finland celebrate new year at home in the sauna. The building team went to Tulikiviklubi to celebrate de Dutch new year(1 hour later), and we have end the party in Hotelli Petra of course. Break the Week-Party’s clearly, building the Bridge in Ice and the other ice project had our priority, but to get extra commitment from the volunteers we wanted to organize some extra events. Therefore, we had a weekly theme party’s on Saturday were , all the volunteers and the local citizens were invited to. Furthermore, on Wednesday evenings, we had our Break the Week campfi re party. It was a spontaneous action of our Media-team. It was a nice moment to get to know the new people who had just arrived.
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