Aleksis Kiven païvä

Today is a "flag day", to celebrate Aleksis Kivi. He is a Finnish national writer, playwright, poet, novelist, the creator of Finland's modern literary language. Kivi's major novel was Seitsemän Veljestä (1870, Seven Brothers). Kivi was the first professional writer publishing his works in Finnish.
For the occasion, every public buildings, shops, and so on hang a flag.
There was one just outside our building too.