Bears conquered Helsinki / Osos conquistaban Helsinki / Ours conquéraient Helsinki

September 17, 2010

Bears conquered Helsinki / Osos conquistaban Helsinki / Ours conquéraient Helsinki

In English:

All these 142 bears from different countries are called United Buddy Bears. To see them all together at first time stops one. They have been visiting around the world since 2002 on five continent in 20 exhibitions and now it was the turn of Helsinki. Many of them are so nicely painted that they are real art. Their height is two meters and they are made from fiberglass. Enjoy from my 70 photos.

Wikipedia knows more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Buddy_Bears

En español:

Todos los 142 osos de diferentes países se llaman United Buddy Osos. Para verlos todos juntos por la primera vez para hombre. Ellos han estado visitando todo el mundo desde 2002 en cinco continentes en 20 exposiciones y ahora fue el turno de Helsinki. Muchos de ellos están tan bien pintados que son el arte verdadero. Son de dos metros de altura y están hechas de fibra de vidrio. Disfrute de mis 70 fotos.

Wikipedia sabe más:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Buddy_Bears

En français:

Toutes ces 142 ours en provenance de pays différents sont appelés Les Oursons Unis. Pour les voir tous ensemble à la première fois immobilise l’homme. Ils ont visité dans le monde entier depuis 2002 sur les cinq continents dans 20 expositions et maintenant c’est le tour d’Helsinki. Beaucoup d’entre eux sont si joliment peints qu’ils sont de l’art véritable. Leur hauteur est de deux mètres et ils sont fabriqués à partir de fibre de verre. Amusez de mes 70 photos.

Wikipédia sait plus:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Oursons_Unis

Bears conquered Helsinki / Osos conquistaban Helsinki / Ours conquéraient Helsinki

Comments (45)

45 Comments »

Oh my, what a sight! The bears are incredible! I had never heard of them, but what an idea that is! ‘m afraid it would take me a week just to look at the detail of each one and contemplate the culture of the country it represents. Thank you so much for posting this with all of the excellent photos!

Comment by montucky — September 17, 2010 @ 07:33 | Reply
Hi Terry.

I have to confess, that I had not also heard about them before this week. I took these photos on last Monday this week. It took me about one hour to take photos. The biggest problem was people who wanted to be photographed with them and of course just in front of that bear of their own country. When I just passed the bear from US, there was a married couple from the States and I took photo from them in front of US bear.

Comment by sartenada — September 17, 2010 @ 07:45 | Reply
Hello Matti,
Une colonie d’ours qui apporte de la joie et de la bonne humeur.
Les sujets sont extrêmement variés, certains rigolos, plein de fantaisie et originaux, d’autres naïfs, et aussi de vrais trésors artistiques.
Un petit coucou amical aux personnes qui se sont jointes à eux !
Bon week-end… ami blogueur du pays des ours ! 🙂

Comment by Marion B. — September 17, 2010 @ 08:24 | Reply
- Bonjour Marion.
  
  Quelle joie de lire ton commentaire que t’as aimée cette série de mes photos! Je me souviens très bien que dans les années cinquentes on á dit que quelques touristes provenant de pays exotiques “ont eu peur de” l’ours polaires dans les rues d’Helsinki. Les temps ont changé depuis lors. Hm, oh maintenant je me trompe parce que les ours sont de retour à Helsinki 🙂
  
  Bon week-end á toi et ta famille.
  
  Comment by sartenada — September 17, 2010 @ 13:58 | Reply
What a fun Blog! And this on the back of your other bear sculptures! I just love the painted bears, they’re so bright and happy. Although they are all identical in shape, the painting has made them each unique. Even the faces have different expressions. Like the first comment, I tried to think of which country they represented – I will have to keep coming back to get more clues.
Have a nice week-end.

Comment by jackiequeen — September 17, 2010 @ 14:14 | Reply
- Hello Jackie.
  
  First I was “afraid” that two posts consecutively showing bears are too much, but now I am sure that it is Okay. Thank You very much.
  
  Comment by sartenada — September 17, 2010 @ 14:49 | Reply
Hi again Matti, I have just found this site, that helps find each individual bear –
http://www.buddy-baer.com/united-buddy-bears/united-buddy-bears-show/united-buddy-bears-show.html
I had to find out which country had the grumpy looking lady with the flowers and found it is like a Russian matryoshka. There was no explanation for the Canadian bear, that looks as if it is out of focus. Any ideas after seeing it?

Comment by jackiequeen — September 17, 2010 @ 14:32 | Reply
- Hi again. I’ll send to You Canadian bear photos, no problems. You can look the Canadian bear in the photo number 48. It is the most right in “pixel format painted”. To easily find it, just move mouse pointer over some photo and then it popups the number of photo. After that You can roll to the right number.
  
  Comment by sartenada — September 17, 2010 @ 14:50 | Reply
Good afternoon Matti,
I am excited about these wonderful pictures and teddy bears. The first picture is a brilliant idea as an introduction to this wonderful site. Such a brilliant idea and colors including the subjects I never saw before. I counted 70 pictures. There is a considerable amount, and all excellent. A picture is more beautiful than the other. If I could I would, I would give you for more than 1000 stars. Some favorites I found for me in different images, from top to bottom. In Figure 21 the bear with the Letter Scene, in Figure 28, the Statue of Liberty, in Figure 30 I liked the building in the background. It would interest me, what purpose and meaning it met. In Figure 46 the bear with her apron, in Figure 51 the bear with the heart motif in Figure 61 the bear with the flying carpet as a motif, in Figure 68, the overall view and in different images I liked the way the bears side by side in a row in are the same height. Picture 70 I liked best, with Anja. She is very happy and small between the bear. I think that many visitors did take pictures before and between the bears in memory of a beautiful day.
I am grateful that I was allowed to view this page, and look forward to the next series. Many thanks for all your nice comments in my blog. We wish you and Anja, a nice weekend and best wishes on your everyday common paths. This weekend, follows an e-mail with a surprise for you. We hope you like it. Dear greetings, Christel and Detlev

Comment by Christel — September 17, 2010 @ 15:04 | Reply
- Hi Christel.
  
  Thank You for Your visit and so nice comment. So, You guessed that in number 70 she was. Right. I am very glad that my photos pleased to You and had so much interest.
  
  Happy weekend to You and Detlev.
  
  Comment by sartenada — September 17, 2010 @ 16:52 | Reply
La Finlande est le pays des ours-artistes 🙂 C´est magnifique ! Je reconnais certains édifices de Helsinki, la grande place avec cette réunion d´ours est extraordinaire, merci de nous faire partager ces beaux moments.

Comment by isathreadsoflife — September 17, 2010 @ 21:08 | Reply
- Bonjour Isa.
  
  Merci beaucoup. Hmm. Finlande est le pays des ours, peut-être, mais voyons parce que j’ai plus tard une surprise plus concernent des ours.
  
  Bon week-end.
  
  Comment by sartenada — September 18, 2010 @ 11:13 | Reply
I haven’t heard about the United Buddy Bears. They are fabulous with each their own distinctive and creative painting-art work. All are outstanding and a treat to look at. There are a few I especially like in which includes one of the mountain scene and fence in blues. Nice photo at the the last too 🙂 Happy weekend!

Comment by Anna — September 18, 2010 @ 16:51 | Reply
Each one is a work of art. So much detail. It would take a long time to study them all.

Comment by kateri — September 18, 2010 @ 20:12 | Reply
- Hello Kateri.
  
  Thank You for Your comment and for Your visit on my page. You are so right when saying that it would take a long time to study them.
  
  Comment by sartenada — September 24, 2010 @ 06:58 | Reply
Preciosos paisajes de la colina y originales osos llenos de colorido ¡una explodión de color!
Saludos

Comment by trapatroles — September 24, 2010 @ 12:22 | Reply
- ! Hola Trapatroles !
  
  Muchas gracias por tu comentarios de ositos grandes en Helsinki y de la Colina de Aavasaksa. En mi tierra la gente ama ositos y eso es porque se hace muchos ositos tallados cerca de portillos.
  
  Muy buen fin de semana.
  
  Comment by sartenada — September 24, 2010 @ 15:45 | Reply
Fantastic blog! I actually love how it is easy on my eyes as well as the information are well written. I am wondering how I can be notified whenever a new post has been made. I have subscribed to your rss feed which should do the trick! Have a nice day!

Comment by Norris Kurland — September 27, 2010 @ 03:58 | Reply
- Hello Norris.
  
  Thank You.
  
  You can order easily new posts of my blog by using email subscription button. You find it on the right and after my list of most new posts.
  
  Comment by sartenada — September 28, 2010 @ 06:25 | Reply
hello matti
these pictures are as usual outstandig.
those bears are great
now i will try to make my own blog 🙂
hope to see more of your pictures tomorrow .
saludos de alemana 🙂

Comment by sonja — September 28, 2010 @ 22:58 | Reply
- Hello Sonja.
  
  Thank You for Your comment. I encourage You to restart blogging. WordPress is ideal, because it is offering plenty of space for photos.
  
  Comment by sartenada — September 29, 2010 @ 07:28 | Reply
Magnifiques ces ours colorés de joie et de bonne humeur. Je ne les connaissais pas aussi farceurs (lol)
C’est du véritable art. Celui de cuba avec le cigare m’amuse.
Merci pour ce partage.
Belle journée.

Comment by Tanira — October 6, 2010 @ 10:09 | Reply
Bonjour Tanira.

Eh bien, t’as trouvée le ours de Cuba avec son cigare, C’est bien ça. Merci pour ta visite ici et ton comemntaire.

Bonne journèe.

Comment by sartenada — October 6, 2010 @ 10:16 | Reply
Hi Matti,
You took photos of all the bears. I just took a few. Wouldn’t it be funny if we were there on the same day. I will be back in Helsinki in May for a few days. I hope we have good weather again.
Debra Kolkka

Comment by bagnidilucca — April 30, 2011 @ 11:33 | Reply
- Hi Debra.
  
  Thank You. Fascinating idea. We were visiting in September 13th, 2010. I decided to photograph all of them, because I thought I could not see them anymore. So I calculated that when taking about three bears in one photo, I can handle them all.
  
  I wish that May would be warm and sunny when You are visiting in Helsinki again.
  
  Have a wonderful weekend!
  
  Comment by sartenada — April 30, 2011 @ 12:01 | Reply
Me encantan los osos, son muy bonitos y coloridos. Había visto algunas fotos que un amigo les hizo cuando estuvo en Helsinki. Me alegro de haberlos podido ve todos. Gracias.

Comment by Esther — December 20, 2011 @ 12:33 | Reply
- Hola Ester.
  
  Me alegro de que te gusten mis fotos. ¡Fue muy interesante de leer que uno de sus amigos ha visto estos! Muchas gracias por tu visita y comentario.
  
  Un abrazo.
  
  Comment by sartenada — December 20, 2011 @ 13:26 | Reply
I saw these bears in Berlin in 2002 and I loved them. I didn’t realized that they were going to be travelling around the world. It’s a great artistic idea!

Comment by Mrs. Bingles — July 29, 2014 @ 12:16 | Reply
- Hi Mrs. Bingles.
  
  I have seen few posts from other bloggers “around” the world concerning these bears. ) Thank You commenting.
  
  Have a great day!
  
  Comment by Sartenada — July 29, 2014 @ 12:22 | Reply
Beautiful! Really beautiful!

Comment by petrudumitru — May 12, 2018 @ 09:49 | Reply
- Hello Petru.
  
  Thank You leaving Your kind comment.
  
  Happy weekend.
  
  Comment by Sartenada — May 12, 2018 @ 10:32 | Reply
So many bears🙂and they are all so different

Comment by Tanja — May 15, 2019 @ 22:43 | Reply
- Hello Tanja.
  
  Yes, the amount was big. They look gorgeous when they are aligned and photographed from behind. Thank You.
  
  Have a good day!
  
  Comment by Sartenada — May 16, 2019 @ 06:38 | Reply
What amazing bears, London had once something similar. It is great to see so many ideas of painting the bears for the countries. Really great!

Comment by utesmile — August 27, 2019 @ 15:37 | Reply
- Hi Ute.
  
  Thank You. These have travelled around the world. I say that amazing bears. Last autumn we visited Berlin and we saw some similar there.
  
  Have a great day!
  
  Comment by Sartenada — August 28, 2019 @ 06:40 | Reply
These bears are soooo cool! I must add them to my list of things to see in Helsinki!

Comment by RiA — November 4, 2019 @ 01:01 | Reply
- Hello Ria.
  
  This was an exhibition if United Buddy Bears. They are travelling round the world. In Finland we have around here and there carved wooed bears. Also, we have every year bear carving contests, This happening is fantastic:
  
  Bear carving contest1
  
  Bear carving contest2
  
  Thank you leaving your kind comment.
  
  Have a wonderful day!
  
  Comment by Sartenada — November 4, 2019 @ 11:54 | Reply
  - Contests to carve bears is pretty cool and must be fun!
    
    Comment by RiA — November 6, 2019 @ 10:50 | Reply
    - It is indeed a great fun. Thank you.
      
      Comment by Sartenada — November 6, 2019 @ 10:55 | Reply
Fascinating! They are truly pieces of art 🙂

Comment by Len Kagami — July 22, 2020 @ 17:57 | Reply
- Hello Len.
  
  How nice that you checked my post showing bears in the middle of Helsinki. Thank you.
  
  Have a nice day!
  
  Comment by Sartenada — July 23, 2020 @ 10:19 | Reply
  - It’s a nice collection! I was looking for the Vietnam Bear. But couldn’t find it 😛
    
    Comment by Len Kagami — July 23, 2020 @ 16:54 | Reply
    - Hello Pat.
      
      Hello Len.
      
      There is! Photo number 26 shows it. How to easily find numbers of photos. Move mouse pointer above the photo, then you see its number at the bottom left. At back ground of photo number 25, there is white express bus. On the left side is Buddy Bear of Vietnam!
      
      Have a wonderful day!
      
      Comment by Sartenada — July 24, 2020 @ 06:56 | Reply
      - Found it! Thank you 🙂 It’s a bit difficult to recognise though. I don’t know much about the painting or the artist.
        
        Comment by Len Kagami — July 24, 2020 @ 17:06 | Reply
        
        I am glad that you found it. 🙂
        
        Comment by Sartenada — July 25, 2020 @ 07:00 | Reply