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91 reviews 26 travel blogs 19 photos Attraction Type:
Historic walking area, Street, Park
Traveler PhotosEsplanade Helsinki
Related BlogsEsplanade Helsinki
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Helsinki
... had their health. All the transport signs here are written in Swedish and Finnish. Finland is also referred to as Suomi, and Helsinki as Helsingfors. Finland was once owned by Sweden, then by Russia. Now it's independent. It joined the EU in 1995 and ...
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Suomi
Helsinki, Finland - Right, let's be honest, Helsinki is not a backpackers city. It really isn't! It's very expensive and in my mind more suited to a romantic weekend or maybe part of an actual 'holiday' in Finland, while exploring Tampere ...
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The road to Tallinn
... i required i got a bus from Tornio to Kemi for Eur5 and in Kemi i got the overnight train to Helsinki. Unfortunately my student card didn't work in Finland, only Finnish student cards will work, so i had to pay the full fare of Eur70. Still the trains ...
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The best word to describe the match? Terrifying!
... girls' hotel. Yesterday we went for a walk round the western part of the city. As usual we started walking through the Esplanade (it's the most interesting road off our island), we came across Blues News, a blues festival going on on the bandstand so ...
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Lions and tigers and bears, oh my
... ) linked by bridge before heading back to the mainland by boat (Doris). A stroll through the Market Square and up through the Esplanade took us to Forum (rather large shopping centre) which houses, amongst many other shops, a Moomin shop (number 2 of the ...
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A gentle stroll
... do with not having a lot of food in the fridge helped that decision!) and went to Kappeli which is at the foot of the Esplanade Park (in the middle of Design District - the shopping area). It's glass palace which has a large terrace and a bandstand ...
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Helsinki bound
... as it's behind the Marimekko shop, away from the crowds of tourists! There are several other iconic stores on the Esplanade, including Iittala & Pentik, plus Stockmann is on the corner. As it was getting dark, the lights along ...
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Island Fortress
... sovereignty or during WWII. Finally we caught the public ferry back to the mainland and from there through the Esplanade Park including a statue of Finland's national poet and author of the Finnish National anthem, J. L. Runeberg. It was sculpted by ...
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Part 6 - Scandinavia and the World Cup Final
... rugs and wringing them through the machine and then drying them over special drying racks... they call it "sport for women" in Finland. More exploring Helsinki today by bike. We had another great salmon lunch at the fish markets and then off to book our ...
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Helsinki
... both, returning to the food market later and stopping at a stall to enjoy some fried fish for lunch. The Esplanade is Helsinki’s grand pedestrian boulevard and it begins at the Market Square, so we strolled along it and beyond after ...
Esplanade Map
- Forum Shopping Center
- Design District
- Nightclub Lady Moon
- Museum of Street Construction
- Hakaniemi Market Square
- Harborside Market
- Postal Museum (Postimuseo)
- The Railway Station (Rautatieasema)
- Bio Rex
- Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (Nykytaiteen Museo)
- Kolmen Sepan Aukio
- Stockmann's Department Store
- Mannerheim Statue
- Ateljee Bar
- Yrjonkadun Swimming Hall
- King's Road
- Mannerheiminaukio Square
- Toolo Bay (Toolonlahti)
- Don't Tell Mama
- Annantalo arts center for the children and the young