Senate Square (Senaatintori) Helsinki

I can't tell the 5 months most awesome of my life in a blog, but I can try to give an idea.
Even if I was alone in a unknow, freezing and so different place from my hometown (Rome), I suddenly felt well, free, relax and happy. I loved so much my apartment in Domus Academica. There was everything I need and more. I can't forgot the clubroom (the …

We had a good snooze and good food on the Finnair flight which got us through the 10.5 hour journey. We made it to Helsinki!

It took forever to clear immigration even though there was no need to fill in an arrival card. The border patrol officer was asked our plans, and made an assessment that we will not pose any risk to Finland, and let …

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 …

... Church, built into a pile of rocks. Other highlighs of Helsinki included:- The Uspenski Cathederal Senate Square Helsinki University The Presidential Palace Paul had read that films in Finland are shown with the original ...

... but they must have been in some other country. After this pointless trek we headed back into town to see Senaatin Tori (Senate Square) and the white domed Tuomiokirkko (Dome Church). The Ice Hotel didn't eventuate so we decided to check out the next ...

... games), want along main drag Mannerheimintie where the Parliament building and Opera House are, got off at Senate Square & the exquisite Tuomiokirkko or Lutheran Cathedral beside some impressive university buildings & Government Palace, catherdral very ...

... I type this we have begun our 2 ½ day journey back to Dover, England.   Our sail from St. Petersburg to Helsinki, Finland was uneventful. Mercifully we regained an hour overnight, allowing us an extra hour of sleep.   Finland proved to be the ...

June 12, Helsinki, Finland Today we were in Helsinki and it was sort of anti-climatic after St. Petersburg. The weather was lousy, cold, foggy, raining, and extremely windy.  However we pressed on into the heart of Helsinki bad weather, tired feet, ...

... this collection. I fell in love with Carl Larssons work as well as Eero Jenerfelt's and Impressionist Vilio Suostöm's works. - Senate Square and Cathedral- The large cathedral overlooking the square is a lot smaller inside than it looks. The square ...

... interesting.  There is an ENORMOUS owl that is native to Finland! 4th June was the start of Helsinki Week festival, so in Senate Square there was the Provincial Festival, which this year featured Satakunta province, in the west of Finland.  ...

... a few hours before heading out to go see some tourist attractions. First we decided to walk to the Senate Square to take a look at Helsinki Cathedreal, completed in 1842. It is an absoloutley gigantic building, bright while with pale ...

... of Helsinki and should be on the tourist route of all city tours. There was method in our madness in heading for this focal point of Senate Square. As  most people know, the best way to see a city in such a short space of time is to use the ho-ho ...

... of which are quite close to each other near the impressive Central Station. The best ones we saw were the Helsinki Cathedral in Senate Square and the Uspenski Cathedral just off Market Square but we did see many others too. Perhaps the best tourist ...