Greetings from a dynamic shopping mall

I've seen collections of boring postcards but always wondered where people found such random tributes to a humble gas station or burger joint out in the middle of nowhere. A few days ago I found this deliciously boring postcard of the Forum shopping mall in Helsinki which is described as "The dynamic, continental shopping centre in the heart of Helsinki." Wow, what's a dynamic shopping centre?! Who would send this postcard to someone and what would they say?

Darling Veronica,

Salutations from Helsinki! The shopping center is nothing like Palm Beach but they have a food court with two McDonalds! They have this shop, Merimekko, that is just like Lilly only with a bit more of the kitchen curtain appeal! They have electricity, plumbing, and FedEx! Can you believe it? I always thought Russia was filled with a bunch of people living in yurts or something and riding reindeer! What a scream! Those Japanese wireless Nokia phones sure seem popular around here, too, as everyone seems to be talking into them. Can't understand a single word they're saying though. Nothing seems to be open all night, except for the sunshine [no tanning rays :(], so we have to run and go find something to eat before everything closes. The cruise ship heads for Stockholm tomorrow, bork! bork! bork! Love to Mopsie!

XXXOOO Boopsie and Trip

One curious thing about the postcard is, if you look closely, there are only 2 people on the sidewalk standing at the crosswalk waiting for the light. The snow on the rooftops and lack of holiday decorations put the time of year sometime in the Jan/Feb/Mar timeframe, and the direction of the glow in the sky indicates that it's dawn. Since the sun rises very late during those months, the number of people on the sidewalk is still too sparse for a weekday and the photo must have been taken on a cold Sunday morning at dawn. Why go to all that trouble just to make it look like the post-apocalyptic shopping mall?