A puzzle from 2005 with the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, on honour of the Athletics World Championships. I bought this for the princely sum of 1 EUR at a flea market that had a bunch of these puzzles, all factory sealed. One piece missing (edge piece in top row).

The puzzle itself was much better than I expected, reasonably sturdy pieces, good mix of piece shape and OK fit. No indication where or by whom the puzzle was produced on the box. The image was a bit blurry, it wasn’t quite good enough to blow up to puzzle size.

The stadium was originally built in 1938 for the 1940 Olympics, but those games never took place, of course, and the stadium was finally used for its intended purpose in 1952. It recently went through extensive renovations, lasting several years. Unlike in this photo, all of the seating is now covered. When the original benches were taken out, anyone who wanted to could go and get a piece for themselves. That was a nice idea, and I’m sure much appreciated by people who have fond memories of the stadium. There was also a funny incident when they found an old wallet. The owner was eventually found and the girl who lost the wallet in 1990, when she was 13, got it back 27 years later. Here’s the story in Finnish.

UPDATE 8.8.: I found the little bastard! It was in my laundry, lucky it didn’t end up in the washing machine.