Things to See and Do in Helsinki

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Recommended Attractions in Helsinki

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  • May 5, 2006: ... of the fortress was officially changed to the Finnish Suomenlinna, "castle of Finland." So a little history for you and ...
  • Aug 20, 2009: ... it was 1700. Hoping to go to the harbour and see the suomenlinna castle. Can't remember what it's called. Then I will go to ...
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  • Jul 15, 2009: ... The weather is really nice so I opt for , Seurasaari Open-Air Museum. It is a collection of homes and other buildings from ...
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  • Aug 9, 2008: ... blowing at the same time. Imagine reaching the National Museum of Finland, then catching glimpses of Finlandia hall from ...
  • Aug 6, 2009: ... that I walked - of course - to The National Museum of Finland (Kansallismuseo) and spent about an hour there. Mostly looking ...
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  • Sep 28, 2006: ... tour on a bus. I also visited Temppeliankio Church (a "rock" church), Sibelius Monument (composer?), Lutheran Cathedral (most ...
  • Jun 20, 2007: ... go down. They should really invest in curtains) we went to the rock church. It does have a better name than that, but its ...
  • Jun 15, 2009: ... much for my Adult ADD to handle. Steph’s Highlight: The Rock Church Steph’s Lowlight: It was paying to use the ...
  • Sep 27, 2006: ... Dad but it only opens in the summer. Our favorite church was the rock church which was carved out of a granite hill in the ...
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  • Oct 28, 2006: ... pleasantly surprised by) and that evening headed to Museum of contemporary art Kiasma which was brilliant, Mum loved it too & ...
  • Sep 28, 2006: ... Lutheran Cathedral (most visited landmark in Helsinki), Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (which I totally did not understand ...
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  • Jun 9, 2007: ... camp ground and Helsinki . sooo comfortable and such a nice community of portentous people . Finland is a wonderful ...
  • Apr 21, 2009: ... of a walking tour, starting off walking down to the Kauppatori for some breakfast.  I sat in the morning sunshine and ...
  • Jun 4, 2008: ... You name it we saw it - Uspenski cathedral, museums and kauppatori fish market (have a look at the warning photo for the ...
  • Jul 3, 2008: ... next day I woke up really early and set out to the Kauppatori (market) to get some breakfast.  I had a really long and ...
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  • Sep 28, 2006: ... Finnish National Museum (Nokia phones are made in Finland) and Ateneum Art Museum (I was too "museumed out"). I also went to ...
  • Jun 8, 2006: ... list of places I went to over the two weeks: - Ateneum Art Museum- The Finnish National Gallery; displaying the works of ...
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  • May 29, 2008: ... i got the overnight train to Helsinki. Unfortunately my student card didn't work in Finland, only Finnish student cards will ...
  • Aug 30, 2009: ... part of the city. As usual we started walking through the Esplanade (it's the most interesting road off our island), we came ...
  • Aug 27, 2009: ... A stroll through the Market Square and up through the Esplanade took us to Forum (rather large shopping centre) which houses ...
  • Jun 19, 2006: ... Finnish. Finland is also referred to as Suomi, and Helsinki as Helsingfors. Finland was once owned by Sweden, then by Russia ...
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  • Oct 28, 2006: ... Petersburg. Then around the corner is the onion-domed Uspenski Cathedral, a legacy of Russian rule, which is very beautiful ...
  • Dec 20, 2006: ... continued our sightseeing around Helsinki, walking past the Lutheran Cathedral, the Uspenski Cathedral, and the Market Square ...
  • Jul 7, 2005: ... to some nice churces : Uspenski Cathedral (the largest Russian-Orthodox curch in Western Europe), Helsinki Cathedral and the ...
  • May 9, 2009: ... Looking to the right of the City Hall is the Uspenski Cathedral which is the largest Russian Orthodox Cathedral outside of ...
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  • Sep 9, 2006: ... afternoon (it was now past 2pm) was spent in Stockmann, the department store with Dad, where we bought something for x Euro, ...
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  • Jun 8, 2006: ... two weeks: - Ateneum Art Museum- The Finnish National Gallery; displaying the works of Helene Schjerfbeck and Luonon ...
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  • Jun 8, 2005: ... meet a local or two. I ended up at a bar called 'Con Hombres' sat down and started to continue recording in my little ...