Statues in Finland

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

A stick-sprouting statue watching a duo of disembodied dancing deities.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A Finnish artist's unique fauna statuary.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

More than 200 eclectic sculptures surround the artist's home.

Pigduck of Turku.