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Helsinki. Unable to travel to Finland and not visit one of his classic saunas. In Helsinki, is probably the most traditional Kotiharju, located in the city center, the only one that still warms the water timber. Tourists from around the world travel to this center exclusively for relaxation and rejuvenation. Is 72 years old and since then provides a high level of service. In total there are three saunas, separate for men and women. Right there you can rent all the necessary services, from towels and even non-alcoholic drinks and snacks in case you want to spend a whole day. The usage time is free, only general admission is paid. Helsinki. The swimming Yrjonkatu (Yrjonkadun Uimahalli, Yrjonkatu 21b, phone 09 310 8740 1) is a historic pool with a specialty that makes it unique: you can swim naked. Using swimsuit at the pool was allowed until 2001, since then it is forbidden bathing swimsuit, one must keep in mind that nude swimming is very popular in Finland. The opening times are different for men and women, so check by phone or on their website what time open. Built in 1928 and renovated in the 90s, the pool is the oldest in Scandinavia and its architecture and decoration is inspired by the ancient Roman baths. Places have several saunas and a massage service is available whenever you book in advance. A gym and fitness center are also present in the facility. Helsinki. The swimming Yrjonkatu (Yrjonkadun Uimahalli, Yrjonkatu 21b, phone 09 310 8740 1) Why locals love? Wonderful piece of architecture and the first public indoor pool in Finland since 1928. It has 25-meter pool, an electric sauna, a steam sauna and a heated wooden sauna. Bathing suits have been allowed since 2001. Why you should visit? You can rent a cabin on the 2nd floor which includes a towel, a bathrobe and a seat cover. The building is an impressive example of the 1920 classic and is a building of historical and architectural importance. Try the "Cafe Yrjö", located on the 2nd floor and order of garlic snails (11 €).
     
Helsinki. Sauna Arla, one of the few remaining old public saunas in the city, at the corner of an apartment block in the district of Kallio, Helsinki response to Dalston. There are stairs artists studios, and a growing clientele hip. Anu, a journalist who we meet there, says that after years of disgrace, public saunas are becoming fashionable again:. "People who have in their apartments, but is becoming very popular as a social thing new " Helsinki. Sauna Best Western Premier Hotel Katajanokka. This hotel is located in a prison from 1837. Located in Katajanokka, in downtown Helsinki. It houses a famous restaurant and rooms with flat-screen TVs. All rooms at the Best Western Premier Hotel Katajanokka have free wired internet. They are decorated in warm colors and feature a work desk, minibar and kettle. Helsinki. Store-Shop Aitta Sauna Sauna-Shop Aitta offers hundreds of Finnish sauna / sauna bath items and gift ideas! Buckets, ladles, Finnish textile and clothing sauna bath, thermometers, hygrometers, natural flavors, sauna, articles for body care, soaps sauna / bath, accessories and items for interior decoration. The luxurious Stockmann de- partment store and the major shopping malls of Kamppi, Fo- rum and Galleria esplanad can all be found right in the heart of the city centre. Popular shopping streets include Aleksanterinkatu, Korkeavuorenkatu, Fredrikinkatu and the two Esplanadi streets. The Market Square and the Hi- etaniemi Market Hall are real treasure troves for those looking for culinary delights and little presents to take back home.
     
Helsinki. Katajanokka Guest Harbour Jetty north of Katajanokka. Katajanokka & Kruununhaka bit isolated from the rest of the city, Katajanokka was known in the past for its ports and jail. Today, the district is architecturally significant Jugend style. It offers sightseeing tours, and is populated by artists and journalists. It is also a political center. Katajanokka North is the quiet and highly respected Kruununhaka district, neighboring the historic center designed by Engel. Helsinki. Marina Cafe in Katajanokka Guest Harbour, one of the private clubs where a sauna next to the Gulf of Finland. An authentic Finnish sauna experience is mandatory, and not hard to find: there are 1.6 million saunas in this country of just over 5 million people, including parliament has its own sauna. The sauna, which is traditional Finnish relax on wooden benches, pouring water over hot coals, and smashing his neighbor's back with birch branches, is an integral part of the life of the car and now the life of the city, as the apartments are equipped with small saunas in their bathrooms. Helsinki. An elderly lady out of the water after a sauna in the Marina Cafe in Katajanokka Guest Harbour, one of the private clubs where a sauna next to the Gulf of Finland. SWIMMING AND SAUNA The sauna heat relaxes the body and mind. After steam sauna, you can dive into refreshing water. The swimming pool Yrjönkatu Yrjönkatu recreates the atmosphere of the Roman baths. It is the first indoor of Helsinki and the oldest of the Nordic countries, completed in 1928. Its uniqueness is that you can swim with or without a swimsuit. There turns men and women on different days of the week. You can rent cabins to relax and enjoy a drink.
     
Helsinki. Cosy Evening Sauna. Some families in Helsinki meetings organized for visitors who teach in the city and also have the possibility of ending up in this family house enjoying a snack and taking a sauna with family at home. In http://www.cosyfinland.com site is all the information. Cosy Finland offers the opportunity to learn about the Finnish lifestyle. We have a unique way to do that through a local organization that provides daily life. You may even be invited to the home or other private settings Finnish! MEET THE Finns in Finland - all year round and in all weather conditions Helsinki. A couple of customers Kotiharju sauna relaxing on the street in freezing temperatures for a few minutes between sauna and sauna. This public sauna located in the city center, the only one that still warms the water timber. Kotiharju Sauna - Wood-burning, Enjoy the best authentic traditional sauna in Helsinki The Finnish sauna is a must for visitors to Helsinki. And the famous Sauna is the only remnant Kotiharju public sauna in Helsinki wood. Only wood saunas allow you to enjoy the gentle heat of the traditional sauna experience. - Separate saunas for men and women - in public saunas Finnish State. - Wood stoves give off much heat huge soft, relaxing steam. Helsinki. A customer with a bicycle at Arla Sauna door. The Sauna Arla is one of the few remaining old public saunas in the city, at the corner of an apartment block in the district of Kallio now understand my surprise when, during my visit to the sauna Arla, the first two sounds we hear were open cans of beer and loud jokes by a group of rough-looking men. I found this fascinating cultural difference became even more interesting when I witnessed Finns usually rather shy, squeezing the buttocks themselves-to-buttock in the top row of the sauna. The interior of the sauna - and certainly only a sauna, not a lot of different temperature saunas - is also very different from anything I've found in Germany before: is courageous, no ill equipped and wall tiles the plaster peeling off the roof.
     
Helsinki Railway Station. The main meeting point for residents and visitors to Helsinki's Central Railway Station. Your beautiful Art Nouveau architecture and the energetic atmosphere of people that changes direction and path represents the personality of this great building. The central train station is practically the first thing seen by tourists to Helsinki-especially if arriving by air. The airport bus makes its final stop here. The large building was designed by Eliel Saarinen in 1914 and represents very well the Finnish Art Nouveau. The exterior and interior (especially the entrance hall and the restaurant "Eliel") shows many elements of this style, such as interior ornaments. Helsinki Railway Station. One of the milestones for a seeker of modernist essence, the Helsinki railway station, stands amidst a secluded embankment by the amount of people who seem to be home, sometimes the city center, or at less than its bustle. The building represents outstanding architecture and style of the era in which they arose. You have to look in particular at the clock tower, which is itself a symbol of Helsinki. The decoration of the facade with monumental statues, especially the light bearers of industrialization and progress, that are worshiped by the Finns, and the interior rooms with wide arches accentuate and give a very special nature of the building. This station serves trains to almost every corner of Finland and surrounding countries, such as Russia. Helsinki. A couple kisses next to the cruise terminal in Kauppatori. The port of Helsinki is divided into two areas. West Harbour and South Harbour port map www.portofhelsinki.fi / ...nal_cruise Port call 2013 www.portofhelsinki.fi / ...uise_ships The list is available every ship is expected to dock both in South Harbour as in West Harbour, with name, date, terminal and dock. The South Harbour cruise terminal dock in Katajanokka (spring ERA and ERB) and the West Harbour Quay Munkkisaari Hernesaari (LHC springs and LHB)
     
Helsinki. Genrales views of the city by tram, the market and the fund since Senaatintori Eteläranta Street. Helsinki, capital of Finland, is a Nordic city with many charms to be discovered. It is surrounded by ice and forests that form a stunning landscape. If you are thinking of making tourism in Helsinki, keep in mind that the best time to do it in spring and summer, as its winters are very harsh. The Market Square is the commercial center of Helsinki, and an important meeting place for city dwellers. In its vicinity, lie a set of historic buildings, including City Hall, the Swedish Embassy and the Presidential Palace. Helsinki. Genrales views of the city by tram and street market Eteläranta background. Visit the market. Along the port to foreign markets, find the covered market. It is a good place to try the local fish or to buy reindeer sausage. The Old Market Square area of ??the city of Helsinki, is perhaps the most bustling city agglomerated. The reasons are obvious, on the one hand is the knot that leave the most important shopping streets, is also the starting point for the ferries that carry Suomennlina and boats that take you around the coast. Besides the surrounding monuments as the Cathedral, the Uspenski Church, the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court, and is itself small center of trade and food stalls, crafts and seasonal fruits that are made in the summer, which become Christmas crafts and baking in December. Helsinki. A woman walks past the window of the famous Mall Sotkmann. The city center is home to some famous shops and excellent shopping, including fashion design and the Moomin Shop Stockmann, official center Moomin objects. The interior design and fashion Nordics are the main attraction for visitors to Helsinki, but worth seeing something out of the busiest routes: find bargains in the market square, in Kaartinkaupunki or Hakaniemi Market in Kallio. Stockmann is a mall in the capital of Finland, Helsinki where you can find everything you intend to find and buy. There are large shopping Sieta Stockmann brand in the country, but the largest is in this city that is the largest. The building is beautiful and very modern. He has seven top floors of local businesses that offer customers an incredible variety in clothing items, beauty, cosmetics, shoes, jewelry and even food products, as this shopping also has a supermarket inside. If you think the K-Supermarket is for rich ... Stockmann is not your supermarket. There are only a few in Finland, and their prices are for 5% of the richest in Finland. In the Stockmann there oddities that are not normally found in Finland: top quality meat, fish does not come from the Finnish lakes and many grandmothers money. If you do not read this post while your butler gives you freshly squeezed exotic fruit, not a good idea to go.
     
Helsinki. A mythical character of Finnish television fabulous breakfast at Café Regata. Regatta Café is the cutest little cafe in town. This is a small log cabin with room for only about 4 tables inside! When inside you may have the feeling that the place which decomposes in the next few minutes (it will not). The cafe is full of the most unexpected imaginable: old kitchen appliances, musical instruments, old paintings, etc. - is so welcoming and wonderful! Helsinki. Outside the small Café Regatta, one of the most visited cafes in town. What could be better on this beautiful Sunday than sitting in a cafe on the beach, drinking your cup of coffee and delicious cakes have Finnish while sunbathing? The best without doubt, the most welcoming and unique to make Regatta Café between Sibelius Monument and the old rowing stadium. Traditional red wooden house next to the water is easy to find. The simple wooden interior gives a welcoming atmosphere immediately. At the counter you homemade Finnish pulla (pastry) and drinks. Prices are reasonable. You have to pay cash, but no longer have a card reader there. Helsinki. Boats by the sea outside the small cafe Regatta, one of the most visited cafes in town. Why locals love? Love, love, love this little cute little wooden building right next to the water in Meilahti. Why you should visit The smell of cinnamon buns best of Helsinki (korvapuusti) if you are swirling around inside cozy between Finnish paraphernalia old. If not go outside to enjoy the sun and the breeze on the waterfront terrace expanding. You can even grill your food there. Simply divine.
     
Helsinki. Uspenski Cathedral (Finnish, Uspenskin katedraali, Swedish, Uspenskij-katedralen, Russian??????????????, Uspenskij bribes) is an Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, dedicated to the worship of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. Its name comes from the word Uspenie that signfica Dormition. The cathedral was designed by the Russian architect Alexey Gornostaev (1808-1862), but after his death rose between 1862 and 1868. The chapel in the crypt of the saint called Hotovitzky Alexander, who served as vicar of the Orthodox parish of Helsinki between 1914 and 1917. The sunsets from the south of Helsinki, in Kaivopuisto leave no one indifferent. Kaivopuisto offers several acres of parks, both plain and on the cliffs. The park also includes remains of stone fortifications built in the 18th century. Every summer, thousands of Helsinkians reached Kaivopuisto sunbathing, having picnics, or to keep the sport. The highest hill in the park is an outstanding environment for all facilities during the winter. Many people come to cycling Kaivopuisto Hill, south of Helsinki to enjoy an unforgettable sunset. Kaivopuisto (Swedish Brunnsparken) is one of the oldest parks and more known in the center of Helsinki, Finland, and also an area of ??about 500 inhabitants where the park is located. Kaivopuisto offers several acres of parks, both plain and on the cliffs. Every summer, thousands of Helsinkians reached Kaivopuisto sun, have a picnic, or for conducting sporting events (...)
     
Some couples enjoy in Kaivopuisto Hill, south of Helsinki an unforgettable sunset. Kaivopuisto (in Finnish), Brunnsparken (in Swedish) is one of the oldest parks and more known in the center of Helsinki, Finland, and also an area of ??about 500 inhabitants where the park is located. Kaivopuisto offers several acres of parks, both plain and on the cliffs (...) Many people approach Kaivopuisto Hill, south of Helsinki to enjoy good views and an unforgettable sunset. The oldest park in the center of Helsinki cliffs, beautiful gardens, water and sunshine, even an old fortress, so many reasons to visit Helsinki Well Park (Kaivopuisto). And not to be missed: the park places in the heart of the city, and is a favorite destination of Helsinki picnic in the summer. The old park Kaivopuisto often visited by bicycle or walking especially at sunset, offering great views and an unforgettable sunset. Helsinki is a very green city with many parks and among them is the most popular is the Kaivopuisto around Ullanlinna hill (Ullanlinnanmäki). This is an old park, with restaurant and nightclub kaivohuone dating from 1830 and the small observatory on top of the hill until 1926. It is popular throughout the year, with picnics and life-park in summer and snow fights and sledding in winter. The height of the popularity is still Kaivopuisto day celebrations of May Vappu students first. The entire park (several hectares) then fill with student picnic and flow of sparkling wine. During the summer there are always at least several concerts and other events in the park.
     
The Street Art Project Simonkatu. One of the many galleries for artists with which the city of Helsinki. l Ancient Art Galleries Aside HELSINKI Helsinki's museums, art lovers should consider art galleries run by artists of the city. The best-known small galleries are in the city center, while new spaces have flourished recently alternative trend in neighborhoods like Kallio. As with energy, and recovered from the cold , a walk through the most "cool " is something stimulating Helsinki . The neighborhood known as the " Design District " is located in the vicinity of the Design Museum and can be seen loitering stores all design objects (clothing, furniture, textile, etc. ) . A neighborhood with a high international reconociemiento in design. One of the many shops and restaurants Mannerheimintie Avenue, the commercial artery of the city of Helsinki. Taking as its point of origin the central train station, two blocks walking we found the shopping streets of the city of Helsinki. Shop clothes, shoes and accessories for all tastes, and even a kind of English Finnish Court (Warehouses Stockmann). These streets are curious to walk, mainly because they are heated and therefore there is no trace of snow and ice (are the only streets of Helsinki you can see the cobblestones in winter). Continuing along these streets, we find one of the most important monuments of the city, the Helsinki Cathedral and Senate Square. Jewelry design and cutting edge in Simonkatu Street, next to the Chapel of Silence. In the Helsinki Design District, between the streets of downtown and Iso Uudenmaankatu Roobertinkatu, look navigating from place to another without knowing where they roost: the furniture store with the most cutting-edge and comfortable at the same time, the objects of unimaginable kitchen. Or the dream shoe, such as Minna Parikka cozy space, with its brightly colored shoes, boots and handbags abotinadas to the 50s manages to cross the threshold of your door stop time, especially when she, a young dramatic 1.80m coiffed and dressed following is the chronology of his shoes.
     
The Café Kiasma, totally edgy style, is located inside the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki. The Kiasma (built 1993-1998) is a contemporary art museum located in Mannerheimintie Avenue, City of Helsinki, Finland. Exhibits the contemporary art collection of the Finnish National Gallery. The main goal of the museum is to make contemporary art more popular and to enhance their status. Shop Tiedettä Nuorille is an example of how you can combine a clothing store, a cafería, a souvenir shop, bookstore and cafe and all with the edgy style you can imagine. It is located on the street Aleksanterinkatu. For a small population such as the Finnish, the proportion of designers is immense. From newborns in the design of the second millennium, which "The Design Forum Finland" not only is giving you a chance, but encourages them and helps them by offering advertising space and even great as can be Aalto or Marimekko, where Jacqueline Kennedy bought seven outfits in the '60s, or Aleksi Perala famous designer and creator of Ote Iittala, Iittala glass again who believes that growing up in a place where the color is missing and where nature is superb has helped him find his own language and philosophy and maintains that "place in the world" when he and young creatives Finns belong is an indispensable tool for creation. One of the approaches to the Helsinki Metro. The City of Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. As part of public transport, Helsinki has a Metro system (subway metro - Helsinki Metro) consists of one line and 17 stations. In turn, in addition has a tram system and a network of suburban trains. About 60 million passengers a year pass. The Helsinki Metro (in Finnish Helsingin meters, meters Helsingfors in Swedish) is used subway system in the city of Helsinki, and currently is the only subway system in Finland. The system was opened to the general public on August 2, 1982, after 27 years of planning. It is the world's northernmost meters, and at the time of opening the subway was also shorter in the world. Transport is operated by the City of Helsinki (HKL).
     
Lobby of the Hotel Scandic Paasi (5b Paasivuorenkatu +35892311700) one of the last hotels built in the city of Helsinki, and the design is not missing. Paasi Scandic Hotel is a premier hotel history of Finland, located in central Helsinki Siltasaari near Hakaniemi Paasitorni square and Congress Centre. The hotel opened its doors in August 2012. City Museum, the Museum of the City of Helsinki. Urbanism, architecture, art, design, fashion and entertainment are some of the topics included in the Museum of the City of Helsinki. A perfect compendium of artistic sensitivity and creative Finnish, and also an excellent introduction for neophytes. One of the rooms at Hotel Klaus K (Bulevardi, 2 Tel +358207704700) that features the award World Travel Awards Europe 2012. Klaus K Hotel in Helsinki is your address whether traveling for business or personal exploration. Let us be your host in Helsinki. We are a family company with a young and energetic team that is dedicated to providing services seamlessly with the real intention to enrich your life. Klaus K Hotel has an interesting history, which continues. Follow the links in our Press Room to learn more about our stories or simply book your stay with us to enjoy the experience and join people who share the story of Klaus K Hotel with us.
     
From the cruise pier Olympia (Olympialaituri) leave many Baltic cruises. The Olympia Terminal is located at the south pier and from there depart ferries Silja line to Stockholm, Sweden. Makasiini Terminal, Terminal and Terminal Länsi Kanavaranta depart ferries to Tallinn, Estonia. The Hansa Terminal located at the north dock, operates ferries to Germany. Port of Helsinki: Tel +358 (0) 9 173 331, Fax +358 (0) 9 1733 3232 The Helsinki Cathedral (in Finnish Helsingin tuomiokirkko, Domkyrka Helsingfors in Swedish) is a cathedral Evangelical Lutheran located in the center of Helsinki, Finland. The church was built as a tribute to the Grand Duke, Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia and until the independence of Finland in 1917, was called St. Nicholas Church. It is a hallmark of the landscape of the city of Helsinki, the church that stands tall with its green dome surrounded by four smaller domes, is a neoclassical style and was built between 1830 and 1852. It was designed by Carl Engel, to complete the housing estate of Senate Square that Engel had diagrammed and which was surrounded by several buildings of his own. The building has a plant in the form of a Greek cross (ie a central hall surrounded by four arms of equal length) and is symmetrical in all four directions, each with its colonnade and pediment. The Cafe Terrace Ursula is one of the most requested of the city, is located near the old park Kaivopuisto and is one of the best places to enjoy the last rays of the afternoon sun. Kaivopuisto PARK The main attraction of this park, located south of Helsinki, are the open sea. In fact, for many locals is the most beautiful of all the green areas of the city, even more so than Central Park. Here were built the most beautiful buildings in Helsinki, many of which today have become the headquarters of some embassies. Immerse yourself in the beauty of the area, which are buildings like the Ursa Observatory, to go to sea and see how many yachts that dock in place. There is an obligatory stop Ursula Café, where you take a steaming cup of coffee and a cinnamon typical pasta.? '
     
The Helsinki Cathedral was designed by the architect's favorite Russian tsar, Carl Ludvig Engel, as part of the reconstruction of Helsinki in the 19th century after a fire caused by being forcibly annexed by the Russians and destroyed much city??. The building was begun in 1830 and completed after Engel's death in 1852. The design of the cathedral is in the form of a Greek cross, much like a Russian Orthodox Church, although it is a Lutheran church. 93% of the Finnish population is Lutheran. The four small domes that may be now added to the original design after the death of Engel. The head of it was Ernst Lohrmann, who also added zinc statues of the twelve apostles on the roof and two side buildings, one of which is a bell tower, and the other is a chapel. Icebreakers fleet moored in the harbor of Helsinki. More than 80 percent of Finland's foreign trade is conducted through shipping, and in winter, merchant ships rely heavily on the help of icebreakers to direct them safely into port. Finland has approximately 1,500 kilometers of coastline on the Baltic Sea and 60 ports. The Baltic is almost an inland sea and its northern part is frozen during winter. In a hard winter, possibly even all the sea freezes, although this rarely happens. The project Kiasma is a contemporary art museum to Helsinki by Steven Holl. Opened in 1996 and covering an area of 12,000 m² is inserted into Töölö Bay, with works coming as Aalto Finlandia Hall and the railway station Saarinen. The project is structured through a ramp that connects the entrance hall with spaces expositi-you. The human scale, according to the architect, has been a constant in matching dimensions of the different elements of the project, together with the treatment of natural and artificial light.
     
Some of the houses surrounding Töölönlahti Bay. The park around Töölönlahti Bay begins in the heart of Helsinki. The winter gardens, boasting hundreds of plants, is located at the northern end of the bay. Wooden houses along the coast are a reminder of the history of Helsinki. Töölönlahti Bay is a treasure especially for birdwatchers. On weekends, many people flock to the Bay of Töölönlahti to practice running, biking or any other sport. Töölö Bay (Töölönlahti) is a beautiful park in the heart of Helsinki, mainly preferred by birders, who enjoy the many birds that nest here. Töölö Bay (Töölönlahti) is also one of the most romantic parks of the city, with beautiful scenery along their paths. Some of the main attractions of the city merge here, including the ancient villas Linnunlaulu. Around Töölö Bay (Töölönlahti) also see the Finlandia Hall, the Opera House, the winter garden and wooden villas Etu-Töölö district. A reindeer made ??from old branches adorns the outside of one of the restaurants located in the Bay of Töölönlahti. When asked about the major routes to run your city, this is the first mention more Helsinkians. Töölönlahti Tölöviken is a bay which is right in the city center and is easily accessible on foot or by tram from the center of most places. The area is safe, scenic, serene and run through. A path leads under the trees carefully tended over the primordial waters and breaking, and it is common to see runners taking around here at all hours of the day. Feel free to ask your longer term, as the runners made ??it right. Add to distance as much as you want, following the trails along the coast of Helsinki!
     
An old feeds ducks living in Töölönlahti Bay. Töölö Bay and its surroundings are one of the most talked about and important for Finland. Some of the main attractions of the city and the parks amazingly beautiful fusion to create a charming landscape. If you stroll right by the bay Linnunlauluntie road by the railroad tracks, the first sight you see is in the old villas Linnunlaulu. Romantic wooden houses line the streets and a sandy road leading to a park. On the right, is Helsinginkatu Street, across which is the Winter Garden City. Enjoy the view of the fountain in the bay, and the Opera House and Finlandia Hall on the other side, in the magnificent Park Hesperia. Views of the mansions located in the northwestern part of the Bay of Töölönlahti. Eläintarha (Swedish:'' 'Djurgården''') is a large park in the center of Helsinki, Finland. The name "Eläintarha" means "zoo". The location of the park acts as a divider between the districts of Töölö west, and Hakaniemi and Kallio in the east. The southern half of the park includes two bays of the Baltic Sea: Toolonlahti westward and eastward Eläintarhanlahti. Railway line to the north, stretching from the central train station run between these bays Helsinki, effectively dividing the park Eläintarha half. Some of the houses of the inhabitants of the island of Suomenlinna (Sveaborg). Suomenlinna (Finnish), or Sveaborg (in Swedish), is a fortress built on six islands, in Helsinki, the Finnish capital. It is part of the World Heritage Site of UNESCO and it is a tourism hotspot. Its original name was Sveaborg (Swedish castle), they changed the Finnish Suomenlinna (Finland's Castle) for patriotic reasons, but both Swedish and Swedish-speaking Finns they still know by its original name.
     
Seurasaari is an island located in the northwest of Helsinki. The island has two attractions: first, the island itself is a place to enjoy nature on the other, has an outdoor museum of buildings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The island can be reached by bus (end of line 24) or take a walk along the coast. The start of the bus line is beside Stockmann. To access the island should be done through a bridge. Curiously, you can only get to the island on foot, as they are not allowed cars, buses or bicycles. One of the old villas Linnunlaulu located in the northwestern part of the Bay of Töölönlahti. Töölö Bay and surroundings are one of the most famous and important of Finland. Some of the main sights of the city's most beautiful parks and blend to create a charming landscape. If you walk along the bay from the road by Linnunlauluntie paths pathways, the first thing you see are the old villas Linnunlaulu. Romantic wooden houses line the streets and a sandy path leads you to a park. On the right is the street Helsinginkatu, in which the other side is the Winter Garden City. Enjoy the view of the source of the bay, and the Opera house and the room across Finland, in the great park Hesperia. Seurasaari, also known as the village of squirrels, is an island and a district in Helsinki, Finland, known mostly for being the location of an outdoor museum, which consists of old buildings, mostly wooden, transported from elsewhere in Finland and placed in the dense forest landscape of the island.
     
One of the many tunnels that connect various ways in rocky areas on the island of Suomenlinna (Sveaborg). The island of Suomenlinna offers a journey through the history enjoy complete relaxation. Just a quarter of an hour to board a ferry from Market Square to Suomenlinna (Sveaborg in Swedish). Augustin Ehrensvärd Memorial Sculpture on the island of Suomenlinna (Sveaborg). The main character in the history of Suomenlinna is Ehrensvärd Augustin, director of the fortifications of Suomenlinna for three periods. Besides being a competent soldier, Ehrensvärd was a skilled painter and illustrator, whose art can be seen in Suomenlinna in many formats. Ehrensvärd Sveaborg fortifications led from the start in 1748. It was praised, but also criticized, for example, most creative technical solutions in fortification. The criticism was partly due to the fact that after Ehrensvärd was quite independent. Put aside the office of fortification in making decisions regarding Sveaborg caused some bitterness. Tunnel entrance from the pier to the island of Suomenlinna (Sveaborg). Considering the island of Suomenlinna part of the city of Helsinki, you can travel to it by taking a regular ferry (about 4 € return). During the half hour that lasts little journey, you can see other smaller islands with enigmatic solitary houses and a view of the bay of Helsinki. The square where a market is Sami and souvenir stalls. Suomenlinna is a group of islands linked by bridges, very important for the Finns. Here are forged from Helsinki history: in 1748 the Swedes built the fortress included in the World Heritage of Humanity to fend off the Russians, though they were hindered little strength to beat them. Curiously, once called Viapori (Swedish fortress) and now his name is Suomenlinna (Finnish strength), since Finland gained independence from Russia.
     
The Sibelius monument is located in the park of the same name (Sibelius Parken), near the west coast of the city. One of the tracks from which you can reach from the street is just dedicated to the composer (Sibeliuksen Katu). The neighborhood, called Taka-Töölö, is primarily a quiet residential sparsely populated in our author's life. The hospital where his brother Christian was in this area, and it was common to find Jean Sibelius walking. Hence the choice. In the same neighborhood we find also streets named for poets Topelius and Leino. The Source of Havis Amanda in Helsinki. Helsinki is hosting, you get the girl, get by sea, land or air to the heart of Helsinki. Normally you'd find in the center of the main square of the city, in front of Parliament, but is at the side, as shameful, covering their nakedness, but unable to avoid the gaze of the thousands of tourists who admire and capture with their cameras. French Art Nouveau jewel as it is French, arrived in Helsinki in 1908. It is made of bronze and placed on a granite fountain that supports four fish that squirt water and four lions that guard, with a total combined height of 5 meters. It was to symbolize the rebirth of Helsinki after the Russian occupation. It is well known and much discussed, that a country as liberal as Finland has put a lot of fault with the nakedness of the statue, considered as an object that denigrates women and reduced to sex objects. The Sibelius monument in Helsinki. In Helsinki one of the visits of all tourists is the Sibelius Monument, a work of art by sculptor Eila Hiltunen Finnish in honor of the composer of the same nationality Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). It is especially visited by the Finns, obviously, because here remembers the courage of a man who rebelled against the Soviet regime became a symbol of Finnish patriotism and fighting for the independence of this country. The sculpture was commissioned by the government of Finland to his death, and is constructed with steel pipes. When it was built many people thought it was the sculptor of pipes but devised a work vertically with some uneven levels, as an old church organ, and placed beside the sculpture of the artist's head.
     
A couple eating at the restaurant Havis Amanda, one of the most prestigious in Helsinki. The Havis Amanda is considered the oldest and one of the leading seafood restaurants in Helsinki. It is next to the port and the market square in the heart of the historic city center. Havis Amanda has attracted fans of seafood since 1973 and has since gained a reputation as one of the best places specializing in this field. "Onion and sorrel" one of the delicious dishes offered by the restaurant Spis of Helsinki. Finland, the only Nordic genuinely agricultural combines knowledge of Russian cuisine and Eastern European countries, as well as his own, typical ingredients of Finland and hard to get out of their borders, and a design-oriented mentality that put Finland in the center of the New Nordic Kitchen. Interior of restaurant Havis Amanda, one of the oldest and most prestigious of Helsinki, especially in fish and shellfish. Named for the heroic statue woman (the Havis Amanda) which is a few steps from the entrance, this luxury saloon is the finest seafood restaurant in Helsinki. Across the boulevard from the Market Square, which has vaulted ceilings covered with fresh nautical and a sense of calm attractive well-established and well-being. Established in 1973, and after moving to its current location in 2004, the restaurant is proud to serve mainly seafood Finland. Depending on the season, you can enjoy delicacies like soup perch with a crepe stuffed perch, grilled tuna with avocado and citrus, fried whitefish shining prepared to open fire with a puree of peas and carrot sauce and lasagna mushrooms with parsley sauce. Changes dessert with the whim of the chef, but could include a strawberry soup with strawberry sauce flavored Pernod. The service is impeccable.
     
Helsinki. Sauna inside the pool Yrjonkatu (Yrjonkadun Uimahalli, Yrjonkatu 21b, phone 09 310 8740 1) On the other split in the center of the city of Helsinki is called Yrjönkatu pool. Here swimsuits are optional and you mess with or without them. In addition there are sections and also unisex for men or women. The Finns have the feature to enjoy much of the heat and humidity and an average household of a sauna in which to debate usually sit and talk with friends. Sauna in Helsinki is the Kotiharju that it is the only public sauna citywide still heated with a wood stove and one of the few places where you can swim peacefully alongside 30 other people with absolutely no clothing. Helsinki. Utensils inside the hotel sauna Katajanokka Best Western Premier. Housed in a converted prison from 1837, this atmospheric hotel is in Katajanokka, in the center of Helsinki. It offers a popular restaurant and rooms with flat-screen TV. Free access to wired internet available in all rooms at the Best Western Premier Hotel Katajanokka. All rooms are decorated in warm colors and feature a work desk, minibar and kettle. Ursula Coffee, located near the old park Kaivopuisto is one of the best places to enjoy the last rays of the afternoon sun. Travelling in Helsinki and looking for a good place to have a cup of coffee? -Cafe Ursula is your answer. Cafe Ursula is in Kaivopuisto and has an ocean view with a nice atmosphere. We went there on Sunday afternoon and could not find a free table for us. It is a place so popular.Nuestra selection of this Sunday afternoon was Berliner donut and a slice of cake with coffee. Yammy! And just made! The prices are quite high (coffee € 2.70, € 6.50 and € 3.10 Berliner donut cake) but includes extra coffee cup coffee and this is known of its high calidad.Servicio products depends in office , sometimes good and sometimes not so good. Cafe Ursula is not just a cafe also serves meals and salads and can also drink alcohol. Occasionally there are jazz events when boarding the famous musicians escenario.Y if you have musical talent, feel free to play the piano in the cafeteria at any time.
     
Private Sauna Pikkukoski north of the city of Helsinki, Vanhankaupunginselkä lakeside, near the town of Oulunkylä Aggelby. Another alternative with which the Finns have to do is take a sauna in a private club, as in the case of this photo, in which the members pay a fee each year to make use of the facilities. A woman bathes outside the private Sauna Pikkukoski north of the city of Helsinki, Vanhankaupunginselkä lakeside, near the town of Oulunkylä Aggelby. Members pay a fee of EUR 75.60 to join and then another 30 euros per season, ademñas of 10 euros for the key deposit. This open both summer and winter. A man cools outside the private Sauna Pikkukoski north of the city of Helsinki, Vanhankaupunginselkä lakeside, near the town of Oulunkylä Aggelby. A defined area of the lake has heating in water so that it never freezes in winter and people can swim.
     
The chapel of silence. The chapel of silence recently inaugurated in Helsinki is a secular space paid by the association of Lutheran churches in the city. No priests, who listen to those who need to talk to are social workers. The commission was made ??clear. It was recovered a religious idea to improve it: listen without judgment. Helsinki. The Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral. The Orthodox Cathedral of Helsinki (Uspenskin Katedraali), was designed and built in the time of Russian domination of the area by the Russian Emperor Alexander II. This is one of the largest Orthodox cathedrals throughout Europe and an architectural symbol of Helsinki. This magnificent building Katajanokka Hill, offers fantastic views of the city of Helsinki. Inside, the most typical is dressed orthodox style, so it has stunning lamps, spectacular vaults and a superb collection of orthodox religious icons. Helsingin tuomiokirkko or Helsinki Cathedral was built by Carl Engel Lugvig under Russian administration in 1850. Renewed by Juha Leiviskä. In the early nineteenth century a fire destroyed much of the center of Helsinki and consequently began a rebuilding process under the rule of the Russian administration, which after centuries of disputes with Sweden had taken Duchy of Finland in 1808. An annexation would end in 1917 with the outbreak of the Bolshevik Revolution and the proclamation of the independence of Finland. The project includes the reconstruction of the new Senate Square and Lutheran Cathedral. The German architect Carl Ludvig Engel, assumed the command of the project and the construction of the library and the university also located in Senate Square.  
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