Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (Nykytaiteen Museo) Helsinki

Helsinki (Finnish) or Helsingfors (Swedish) is the capital ofFinland. Founded in 1550, the "Daughter of the Baltic" has been the Finnish capital since 1812, when it was rebuilt by the tsars of Russia along the lines of a miniature St. Petersburg, a role it has played in many a Cold War movie. Today, Helsinki pulls off the trick of being something …

It's been an eventful couple of days in Finland but mostly Russia, as you can see from the title of this entry! For a start, just so you don't worry - I am fine - I did break my arm, super conveniently in Russia (where we only stayed for 72 hours, the one place on our itinerary with the least English spoken and probably the worst health care system …

... for the hotel! Had late lunch there (vege options available which I was pleasantly surprised by) and that evening headed to Museum of contemporary art Kiasma which was brilliant, Mum loved it too & this is the woman who laughed her way around MOMA in New ...

... Church (a "rock" church), Sibelius Monument (composer?), Lutheran Cathedral (most visited landmark in Helsinki), Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (which I totally did not understand), Finnish National Museum (Nokia phones are made in Finland) and ...

... got to see several large dinosaur skeletons! 1 hour was enough for this museum. Onto my next museum which was the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. If you go you must get the English guidebook for one Euro! I would never been able to read the plaques ...

... and is part of the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate based in Constantinople  Stop 3 Train station Stop 4  Museum of contemporary art: Kiasma Kiasma is a museum of contemporary art under the umbrella of the Finnish National ...