Helsinki Cathedral
Helsinki University on Senate Square
A selfie taken on Senate Square in Helsinki
The statue of Emperor Alexander II located in the center of the square.
The esplanade is made up of two parallel one-way streets with a park in the middle. The sidewalk in front of the shops is heated in the winter to prevent icing and snow accumulation.
Three Smiths Statue depicts three smiths hammering on an anvil.
Helsinki Railway Station
Mannerheim Memorial
In a Finnish survey 53 years after his death, Gustaf Mannerheim was voted the greatest Finn of all time. Given the broad recognition in Finland and elsewhere of his unparalleled role in establishing and later preserving Finland's independence from Russia, Mannerheim has long been referred to as the father of modern Finland
Helsinki Music Center
Kiasma - The Museum of Contemporary Art
Even the animals are literate here.
Statue in front of the Natural History Museum
Two giraffes having coffee at the Natural History Museum
The Rock Church
Excavated directly into solid rock, the Temppeliaukio church is situated in the heart of Helsinki, at the end of Fredrikinkatu. Because of its special architecture, the church, completed in 1969, is one of the main attractions in Helsinki. The church hall is covered with a dome, lined with copper and supported on the rock walls by reinforced concrete beams. The interior walls are of rugged rock and rubble wall. Before noon, the sunlight spreads from the row of windows surrounding the roof periphery to the altar wall, where an ice-age crevice serves as the altarpiece.
The church was under renovation when we were there.
There are practically no single family houses in Helsinki proper so most of the people live in apartments with underground parking. This "Park" covers an underground parking structure.
Access to the underground parking
Since the growing season is so short, most of the flowers you see around town were started in hot houses
All thses boats need to come out of the water in the fall because the Baltic is not salty enough to prevent freezing.
The Sibelius Monument is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
A sculpture of Jean Sibelius
Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral
The walk back to our ship took us by the old Customs building on the left
Old Customs Building
Sometimes Finland is referred to as the land of the thousand lakes, but that is a serious understatement. Finland has some 180,000. You can see a bunch of islands here as we leave for Stockholm and the end of our cruise.
The domes of Helsinki Lutheran cathedral (left) and the Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral (right) as seen from our ship as we were leaving port.
Helsinki Harbor at Sunset, a fitting end to a lovely cruise.
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