These butterflies skateboard about the city center donating parking time to cars whose parking meters have expired.
Kuva: Eljas Sallmen
The Parking Butterflies (Parkkiperhoset) will expand its operations to Oulu this summer. The parking butterflies have been active in other Finnish cities in recent summers.
These butterflies skateboard about the city center donating parking time to cars whose parking meters have expired. They also leave a greeting on the windshield that explains the gifted parking time and wishes the motorist a happy summer in Oulu.
The group hopes that its good deeds and helpfulness will spread goodwill and bring smiles to the faces of tourists and city dwellers alike.
Last summer also saw the parking butterflies functioning as city guides. The parking butterflies will be active in Oulu from the beginning of June until mid-August.