Today I went to the US embassy in Helsinki. It was really different than any other embassies, outside the buildings already have a few police cars to secure. When I was at the gate, a security guy immediately came out,I told him I had an interview, he checked my passport and let me get inside. Oh...security check! like before you enter a plane, I have to turn off my mobile phone and leave my bag there, the only thing I could take is the application forms. Then there was another guy use the equipment exactly like in the airport to check if I had something with me...Everything fine, one guy took me to enter the other building where I could apply the visa.
Everything went quite fine there, had my index finger scanned, had interview, though he just asked questions which I already answered in the forms. Then he said " ok, we will mail you the visa in a few days." Good! that means I got the visa.
Well, it was a quite different experience for me, I have never entered any embassy like this (like an airport), guided by strong security guards...