Helsinki nightlife

Winter nightlife in Helsinki starts at about 3:30 in the afternoon and lasts until 10 in the morning. That's how long the nights are, in early January.
To stay awake, the Finns and tourists alike drink lots and lots of coffee. If they don't, they change over to booze, preferably vodka. Yuk!
Since I had broken Elsis' coffeemaker, and Kliment, being the strict teadrinker, not having any, we had to buy a new one. Which we did in a mall close to Kaisaniemi. We had the rare chance to see the home departments of all the other big malls as well, Sokos, Stockmann, to name a few. But the new coffeemaker is so much nicer than the old one, we are all happy I broke it.
Early in the night (aka between 2 and 6 pm) Annabel and I did some sightseeing without Elsis who had to work. Helsinki looks great in winter, but would be even better if we had some snow. It's too warm and sometimes raining. To avoid getting soaked we took the tram 3T which took us once around the center. Pity we couldn't see more. :(
Later at night we met Theriel and a few more from HC in "Club Liberte". The group "Saaga" that had played at the HC-meeting at lake Kiljawa had a gig there. We had agreed on going there in chat and forum, so to allow others who were in Helsinki at the time to join us. And they found us! We enjoyed the music and chats with friends until after midnight.
And what with chatting (online and offline) it was 3 o'clock in the morning again when we finally went to sleep. So breakfast again at 11 am. Long nights indeed! :)