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Architecture buffs will enjoy sitting in a café admiring the
buildings surrounding Helsinki's lively Senate Square, renowned as
Europe's finest examples of the neoclassical style. The square...
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Many travellers have compared Helsinki to the beautiful Russian
city of St Petersburg (a close neighbour across a short strait of
water), and the exotic red-brick Orthodox cathedral...
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The bustling Market Square in Helsinki is not only where traders
set up shop selling food and various other goods, but it is also
the central meeting point of the city, sandwiched between the...
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This awesome and unique piece of architecture, the Temppeliaukio
('Church in the rock') was designed by brothers Timo and Tuomo
Suomalainen and carved out of solid granite as recently as 1969....
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The Seurasaari Open-Air Museum allows visitors to step back in
time and glimpse the traditional way of life in the Finnish
countryside, and all this in the heart of the capital city,
Helsinki. The...
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Visitors who enjoy getting to know the country they are
exploring will enjoy the National Museum of Finland in Helsinki,
which depicts Finnish life from prehistoric times to the present.
Housed in...
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It's Christmas every day of the year in the rather
commercialised (but quaint) 'Santa's secret hideaway' in Lapland,
northern Finland, where the redoubtable Mr Claus spends his time
preparing...
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Situated on the popular island of Korkeasaari, the Helsinki Zoo
is one of the best family attractions in Helsinki. Home to more
than 200 different animal species and five times the varieties...
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