This is Helsinki's best street - with a park down the centre - for shopping and for stopping for a drink and simply absorbing the beauty of the place...

Esplanadi

This is the beating heart of the city. Ferries come and go across the Baltic, smaller tourist boats will take you out to the islands, there's shopping in a busy market or food in the market hall. This is an excellent place to feel the buzz of Helsinki...

Helsinki Harbour

This square is the heart of "official" Helsinki. The white Liutheran Cathedral dominates the square from above - and piublic buildings surround the square which still has a statue of a Russian czar... but why ?

Senate Square & Lutheran Cathedral

The Ateneum gallery and the National Theatre stand at either end of the bus-station square. The buildings and their contents are more impressive than the bus station !

Ateneum Theatre

The National Museum and Finlandia Hall face each other across Mannerheim Street and represent totally different ideas. The museum is built in a Finnish national stayle while Finlandia Hall is cool and modern looking. There's a huge amount to see and do and hear in both...

Finlandia Hall & National Museum

The Olympic Stadium is a tribute to modernism in Finnish architecture. It was actually built in the 1930s but looks new enough to have been built in the 21st century. Great athletes competed here... and great views too from the tower...

Olympic Stadium

Sibelius was one of the world's great classical music composers. He was also a Finnish patriot at a time when Russia ruled the country. His work Finlandia is a great evocation of his country. The monument is very modern but also evocative of forested Finland...

Sibelius Monument

Helsinki is an elegant, waterside city with charming woodland and parks and a wide range of architectural styles from the Russian era through to bold new buildings. There's quality shopping too for Finnish design - and excellent eating. This guide - partly by Hop On, Hop Off tour bus and partly walking - covers the Sibelius monument, the Olympic Stadium,&nbsp;Senate Square and the Lutheran Cathedral&nbsp;plus plenty more...

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Helsinki - Laid Back Baltic Capital

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