A record number of electric scooters and city bikes were fished out of the sea off Helsinki

A diver lifts an electric kickboard from the Aurajoki in Turku on 18 September 2022.
Electric scooters were also raised from the sea in Turku in mid-September.

The city’s maintenance company said that it had also lifted debris and garbage, as well as one car, from the sea.

The popularity of electric scooters can also be seen in the sea.

The maintenance company of the city of Helsinki, Stara, says that it has collected a large pile of electric scooters and city bikes from the coastal waters. This year, the number was significantly higher than last year.

Stara also picked up one abandoned car from the car-free Vartiosaari.

In total, the city of Helsinki collected more than 100 cubic meters of different waste from the capital’s coastal waters this summer season.