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Located in the Katajanokka district, Uspenski Cathedral was completed in 1868 and is the largest Orthodox church in Western Europe. With its golden cupolas and redbrick facade, the church is a…
Located in the Katajanokka district, Uspenski Cathedral was completed in 1868 and is the largest Orthodox church in Western Europe. With its golden cupolas and redbrick facade, the church is a…
Located in the Katajanokka district, Uspenski Cathedral was completed in 1868 and is the largest Orthodox church in Western Europe. With its golden cupolas and redbrick facade, the church is a…
Senate Square and its surroundings form a fine example of Neoclassical architecture. It is dominated by four buildings designed by Engel: Helsinki Cathedral, the Government Palace, the main…
Topped by green domes, the white Lutheran Helsinki Cathedral (Tuomiokirkko) in the city centre is visible across the city. It was completed in 1852 after two decades and, like the Senate…
The Sibelius Monument, in the Taka-Töölö district, commemorates Finland's best-known composer, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), who wrote the symphonic poem Finlandia. Initially controversial, the…
Suomenlinna, off Helsinki's southern coastline, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With a history of occupation dating back to 1748, the area resonates with over 250 years of military history…
Sometimes known as the "Rock Church", Temppeliaukio Church near the city centre is possibly Helsinki's oddest building. The idea was to preserve the rock formation that it was blasted out of.…
Helsinki's Olympic Stadium in Taka-Töölö was built in 1938 and staged the 1952 Olympic Games. Apart from a view of the stadium, a trip up the 72-metre tower affords an impressive vista over…
The only Orthodox monastery in Finland - and therefore the centre of the Orthodox Christian faith and culture in the country - the Monastery of Valamo also offers an opportunity to find peace…
Porvoo is one of six Finnish medieval towns, famed for its narrow lanes, brick-coloured, wooden riverside warehouses and medieval cathedral. There is also a museum dedicated to the national…
Writer Juhani Aho, famed composer Jean Sibelius and other creative people have settled around Lake Tuusula, making it an artists' community. With river valleys and vistas over forests and…
