{"id":12048,"date":"2015-08-11T02:29:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T06:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=12048"},"modified":"2015-08-09T17:28:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T21:28:03","slug":"helsinki-pub-tram-four-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/helsinki-pub-tram-four-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Helsinki Pub Tram\u2014four photos."},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a great concept that blends the conviviality of a pub with the rolling urban vistas provided by a streetcar.<\/p>\n

Helsinki has a virtual maze of narrow-gauge tram tracks and the pub tram makes hourly circular tours. The car itself is one of the last non-articulated trams in regular service in the city and is painted a distinctive red.<\/p>\n

\"Exposed<\/a>
Exposed in July 2015 with a Lumix LX7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On an earlier visit to Helsinki in 2002, I photographed the car, but was unable to ride because it had been booked for a charter. In July 2015, Markku Pulkkinen and I took a spin on this unusual railway vehicle. I think it is the only city tram that I\u2019ve ever seen with a loo.<\/p>\n

The pub tram is great way to see Helsinki. Every city should have one!<\/p>\n

\"Exposed<\/a>
Exposed in July 2015 with a Lumix LX7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Pub_tram_interior_Markku_at_bar_P1300034MOD1\"<\/a>\"Pub_tram_P1300031MOD1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a great concept that blends the conviviality of a pub with the rolling urban vistas provided by a streetcar. Helsinki has a virtual maze of narrow-gauge tram tracks and the pub tram makes hourly circular tours. The car itself is one of the last non-articulated trams in regular service in the city and is … Continue reading Helsinki Pub Tram\u2014four photos.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[3786,2430,7535,2739,2874,814],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-38k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12048"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12094,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12048\/revisions\/12094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}