''Bad Bad Boy'' is a pink sculpture made of concrete in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, Finland. The sculpture was created by sculptor Tommi Toija and represents a naked urinating boy. The sculpture is tall and weighs seven and a half tons. The water flow in the sculpture is heated so the boy can urinate all year round, even in winter.Verkkokauppa.com Oyj: Bad Bad Boy Jätkäsaareen
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26 February 2015. Accessed on 4 August 2016. The sculpture was made of spray concrete around a steel frame and was made in Sweden.

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The sculpture was originally ordered as part of the

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festival OpenArt in

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, Sweden, in summer 2013. There ''Bad Bad Boy'' urinated into a river in a park near the Örebro castle. In August 2014 ''Bad Bad Boy'' was installed onto the

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where it urinated into the ocean in front of the

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and the Presidential Palace. At the time it was part of Tommi Toija's exhibition at the

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art museum during the

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.Vaaleanpunainen pissaava jättipoika saapui Kauppatorille
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'' 12 August 2014. Accessed on 4 August 2016. It became one of Helsinki's most photographed objects. In February 2015 the sculpture was moved to

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onto the Tyynenmerenaukio square in front of the

electronics store.

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{{reflist Statues and sculptures in Helsinki Jätkäsaari

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