Helsinki is the capital of Finland overlookng the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. It is a predominantly modern city with approximately 500,000 inhabitants. Helsinki is a well planned and spacious city with some beautiful buildings in the Senate Square dating from around 1840. This is where we began our tour:
The six of us found a HOHO bus around the corner from where the ship docked, bought a ticket and began our tour at Senate Square. There we found the Government Palace, Cathedral, University buildings and the Library. The Lutheran Cathedral stands on the northern side and was built between 1830 and 1852. It is a parish church but major State events take place there.
We took some photos around the Cathedral and traveled on to the Sibelius Monument. This unusual monument was created over a period of 6 years using hundreds steel pipes to honor Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
We traveled around the city on the bus for awhile and then decided to visit an Ice Bar. What fun that was!
Lots of fun in Helsinki -
Tomorrow: St. Petersburg, Russia
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