Helsinki Zoo (Korkeasaari Elaintarha)

... , or course, Uppsala.The tour was very interesting. Apparently a majority of all cruise ships in the world are made in Helsinki. There was a fascinating old fortification out in the harbor that is not on my list to visit. Sweden built it when they owned ...

... lie-in, followed by a lazy morning in the apartment. After lunch we finally went out with the plan of walking through the parks to the Helsinki stadium to watch the France Norway game. Well, as ever, our plans didn't quite work out, so we got ourselves a ...

... 2 boatmen, and what looked like 2 members of zoo staff) to Korkeasaari (which means 'high island') which is home to Helsinki zoo. Time for a bit of history, so prepare yourselves - face front, don't talk or giggle, and certainly no note ...

After a ferry ride from Tallinn that at one stage was rocking all over the place we pulled into the post of Helsinki, Finland. As usual we decided to walk to our hostel which was quite a distance so once we actually reached it we were completely out of ...

... we were in Helsinki. And it was -9 degrees! Did a brief walking tour of the city and then took off to the Helsinki zoo where the world ice sculpting championships were taking place! We walked around and saw some lions, lynxs' and mountain goats, but ...

... were more larger homes and apartments, clearly suburbs of the city.  Returning to the harbour we passed an island that contained the Helsinki zoo.  We could see some enclosures but no actual critters as we cruised by.  We went ...

The capital. Suomenlinna fort, the zoo, restaurants, museums, happenings, nature ...

We started our tour of Zoos around the World today with a visit to Helsinki Zoo, the most Northern Zoo in the world that has animals from all the world in it. Felt sorry for the kangaroo and emu, they are not really built for Northern winters,  It ...

On Day 4 I went shopping in the morning whilst my husband went to the aero museum. In the afternoon we went to Helsinki zoo which, of course, is on an island in the bay. Another glorious sunny warm ...

Friday 28th July Today we flew from Manchester to Helsinki. The flight wasn't to long but it was boring and we didn't fly with the best airline in the world. After we arrived and checked into our hotel we went to look around Helsinki. We walked around ...