We arrived last night after nearly 24 hours of flying but with the really long summer days (the sun isn’t setting until 10:30pm) we had lots of time to freshen up and then take a walk to get our bearings.
Our hotel is close to the city centre in an area promoted as ‘the design district’ so there are lots of interesting shops and eateries as well as interesting architecture.
I’ll write a fuller post tomorrow but here are some pics from our walk around last night:
Helsinki. Cathedral, Senate Square
Some imposing characters on the facade of the Railway Station
Art Museum
The old harbour area
Architectural detail on a shopping arcade
Bit more sculptural detail
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Liked the figures in front of the Railway station. Maybe it was the perspective but they reminded me of the imposing figures you see in Russian architecture. Are you going to the art museum?
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We made it to the Design museum today – there’s way more to see than we could manage on this trip!
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