The one and only time I’ve been to Joensuu so far has been work related. I work as a journalist nowadays and during my studies to become one we had to make a television report on something. I decided with a friend of mine to make a report on anarchists. And it so happened that there was a small alternative festival in Joensuu that year (1999?) called “Vastarintafestarit” (Resistance festival). We went there mainly to get inspiration for the whole thing and ended up having a lot of fun. Joensuu is small but cousy, and you can really feel that you are in Eastern Finland. I enjoyed it.