Zombiewalk Helsinki 2010
May 16, 2010The Zombiewalk phenomenon is fairly new, and kind of intriguing. It’s interesting in the sense, that like flash mob events – that Zombiewalks could actually be classed as – it basically serves no purpose, but instead is simply doing something for the fun of it.
This year’s Zombiewalk was the sixth in Helsinki, and took place on a beautiful, sunny Saturday. There was a fairly large turn-up of one hundred or so (plus one dog), and the zombie horde made for an imposing sight. While I didn’t take part in the actual walk, I took some photos of the event, displayed below. To be a nit-picker, I’d have preferred a little more in-character shuffling. Zombies leisurely walking along and texting or sipping beer just seem to lack something essential. Oh well. Zombies will be zombies.
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Even with years of zombie experience, there are two things that I learned yesterday:
- Without the noise, a zombie horde is almost indistinguishable from a crowd of living people if viewed from 100-200m away. Better remember this when the inevitable apocalypse hits.
- Judging from the composition of the horde, when the zombies take over, cute young girls are the first to go. Don’t be one.
Dawn of the Lead 
A friend of mine yesterday sent me the following YouTube link of the recent Dublin zombie walk. I wasnt in attendance but judging by the clip it appears that there was a fair bit of “in character” behaviour.
There is a L4D Hunter in there at some point too. The people involved look like they are having fun at least. There seems to be quite a large number of them too, which always helps with the look.
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Zombie walks seem to be a pretty common thing nowadays, certainly looks like a lot of effort is getting put in some of the costumes. The Hunter was a great touch!
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