昨日はノキアのミッドサマーパーティーでした。ミッドサマーパーティーとは、夏至を祝う社内パーティーです。フィンランドを含めた北欧の国々では、かなり大切な年中行事です。広い公園を借りて大きなテントを建てて、ヘルシンキ近郊で勤務する何千人もの社員が集まる大パーティーでした。日本で例えるなら、上野公園を借りて、東京近郊の従業員を招くってかんじかな。日本IBMにいた頃、東京ディズニーランドを半日借り切って、１万５千人くらいの首都圏従業員とその家族に無料開放したことがあった。ディズニーランドですれ違う人が顔見知りばかりで、だけどビッグサンダーマウンテンとかに並ばなくて乗れるという、不思議な体験でした。昨日のパーティーは実際に何千人参加したのかわからないけど、写真に移っている人の群れの3－4倍はいたと思う。随分長く勤めてる会社でも、知らない人だらけの社内パーティーでした。
We had Nokia's Midsummer party yesterday. Midsummer is very important annual event in Nordic countries. Everyone celebrate the longest day light. Sunshine was the gift and it was actually one of hottest day in the past months. Nokia rent the space in Kaisaniemi park, one large park near the Helsinki rail station. If I explain to Japanese friends, the idea is to rent the Ueno park and invite all employees, working in greater Tokyo area. When I worked for IBM Japan, we got Tokyo Disneyland for private use in one of weekdays. It was open for 15,000+ employees and their family members. It was fun to see everyone you know wherever you walked in Disneyland, but no need to be in a queue for Big Thunder mountain or other attractions at all. I don't know how many employees the party gathered yesterday, but there were a number of people, maybe some thousands. I recall at least 3 to 4 times more people from what you see in the first picture. I've been working in this company over 12 years, but could not see many whom I know. Maybe one sign of aging (in the company)...
午後３時半に始まって夕方７時までここでひたすらビールを飲み続け、そこから前々回のブログに登場した海沿いの公園に移動してまたパーティー。最後の一杯はシャンパンでした:-) 最後に一緒だった同僚との写真を一枚。わたし、酔っ払ってません！
The party started at 3 pm and we continueｄ having beer till 7pm in the park. There were shuttle buses to send us to another park - which I introduced in my Sunday jogging blog - and we continued the party under blue sky till late. Here is one pic with my colleagues who shared the last glass (of Champagne) :-) FYI, I am not drunk!
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