Rock Church (Temppeliaukio Kirkko) Helsinki

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 …

11th July

I had sauna with Chong Jing in the morning and Jacky was deliberately left in the room. We then headed off to Suomenlinna by ferry which took about 15 minutes. Services are at 00, 20, and 40 every hour. Single trips costed 2.2euro each. It was some sort of fortress built by the Swedish some years ago. There isn't much to see …

Ahh... Finland. For some reason, I can't get the old Monty Python song out of my mind .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwc3VGv lRY. But there is a lot to be said about Helsinki - they do know to make a decent latte here. And here's the deal - there is no rocket science in making a latte. All you have to do is put espresso coffee into a glass of …

... I was very busy being a tourist. I went on a audio city tour on a bus. I also visited Temppeliankio Church (a "rock" church), Sibelius Monument (composer?), Lutheran Cathedral (most visited landmark in Helsinki), Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (which ...

... no where - blinded me all night. That and the sun doesnt really go down. They should really invest in curtains) we went to the rock church. It does have a better name than that, but its Finnish so I have no idea. Basically a church carved into a ...

... 8217;s Lowlight: Hate to say it, but our tour guide talked too much for my Adult ADD to handle. Steph’s Highlight: The Rock Church Steph’s Lowlight: It was paying to use the bathroom at the church until I realized that it counts as “my ...

... a nearby town has an outboard motor museum. We would go in honor of 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 middle of the city. We were able to attend an English language ...

The first day we got off the boat was July 17 when we were in Helsinki, Finland. I lived in Finland for a few months as an exchange student when I was 16, but didn't spend much time in Helsinki, so it was just as new for me as for Scott. We just walked ...

In Helsinki the sun shone and we took the cheap option of a day ticket on the tram to see the city. We visited the Olympic stadium, the Sibelius monument, an amazing rock church, and I sat on one of the many brass turtles on the ...

... of oz!).  I then took the tram back to the centre, checked out the big, white, pretty Lutheren church (a main symbol of Helsinki) then wandered through some markets in market square before meeting up with Suvi in the afternoon.  We met at ...

... Lake Töölönlahti, past the Olympic Stadium, taking in the very popular Sibelius Monument and finished at Temppeliaukio or Rock Church, built entirely underground with a fascinating coiled ceiling made of copper wire. Our departure time came around so ...

... we walked to some nice churces : Uspenski Cathedral (the largest Russian-Orthodox curch in Western Europe), Helsinki Cathedral and the amazing Rock Church (Temppeliaukio). It is a church built into a rock underground with a sober interior and a ...

... could see the sights and evaluate if we wanted to get off and go to the sight. Our first sight that we selected was the Rock Church (Temppeliaukion Kirkko). It is a church that was hued out of a large rock outcropping in the city about 40 years ago. The ...