Helsinki

A brief stopover in Helsinki on the way to the USSR, March 1988	Helsinki, March 1988 Aeroflot Tu-154 (CCCP-85579) and a Finnair MD-82 (OH-LMN)	Helsinki Central Station - päärautatieasema	Helsinki - Helsingfors in Swedish, Finland's 2nd official language
Concourse of Helsinki Central Station	Helsinki Central Station, designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen	Helsinki Central Station, 1919	Helsinki Central Station - Helsingin päärautatieasema
Monumental statues holding lamps, Helsinki Central Station	Clock Tower of Helsinki Central Station	Ravintola, Eliel Square, Helsinki	Sokos Department Store, Helsinki
Rautatientori, the square on the east side of Helsinki Station	Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872), author of the first signification Finnish language novel	Aleksis Kivi statue, 1939, in front of the Finnish National Theatre	Helsinki Central Station, Rautatientori
MyHelsinki sign, Rautatientori Square	MyHelsinki with the Central Station Clock Tower	MyHelsinki, Rautatientori, with the Central Station Clock Tower	Southeast corner of Rautatientori
Helsinki Tram with Central Station, Rautatientori	Ristorante da Vinci, Helsinki	Aleksanterinkatu/Mikonkatu, Helsinki	Aleksanterinkatu/Mikonkatu, Helsinki
Kullervo from the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, Aleksanterinkatu 44, Helsinki	Pohjola from the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, Aleksanterinkatu 44	Elegant buildings along Pohjoisesplanadi	Elegant buildings along Pohjoisesplanadi
Kämp Galleria, Pohjoisesplanadi 29, Helsinki	Kämp Galleria, Pohjoisesplanadi 29, Helsinki	Kämp Galleria, Pohjoisesplanadi 29, Helsinki	Kämp Galleria, Pohjoisesplanadi 29, Helsinki
Pohjoisesplanadi 27, Helsinki	Flags of the Nordic countries - Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden	Flags of the Nordic countries - Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden	Helsinki Cathedral, Senate Square
Helsinki Cathedral - Helsingin tuomiokirkko	Helsinki Cathedral (1830-1852)	Resting on the steps of Helsinki Cathedral	Finnish sailor on the steps of Helsinki Cathedral
Organ of Helsinki Cathedral	Statue of Martin Luther, Helsinki Cathedral	Mikael Agricola (1510-1557), Helsinki Cathedral	Interior of Helsinki Cathedral
Pulpit of Helsinki Cathedral	Descent from the Cross by Carl Timoleon von Neff	The National Library of Finland - Kansalliskirjasto, Helsinki	The National Library of Finland - Kansalliskirjasto, Helsinki
Finnish sailors, Senate Square, Helsinki	Helsinki Cathedral	Helsinki Cathedral	One of the Apostles, Helsinki Cathedral
Steps of Helsinki Cathedral	Helsinki Cathedral, Senate Square	Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Senate Square, Helsinki	Statue of Tsar Alexander II, 1894
Tsar Alexander II, Senate Square, Helsinki	The sides of the base represent Law, Trade, Peace and Labor	Model for Trade called Science and Art	Model for Law on the base of the Alexander II Monument
Tsar Alexander II was sovereign of the Grand Duchy of Finland	Helsinki Cathedral and its famous steps facing Senate Square	Helsinki Cathedral and its famous steps facing Senate Square	Helsinki Cathedral and its famous steps facing Senate Square
Helsinki Cathedral and its famous steps facing Senate Square	Helsinki Cathedral and its famous steps facing Senate Square	Side oblique view of Senate Square and Helsinki Cathedral	Southern façade of the Prime Minister of Finland's Office
Southern façade of the Prime Minister of Finland's Office	East side of the Prime Minister's Office, Ritarikatu	Uspenski Cathedral, the Eastern Orthodox Cathedral of Helsinki	Uspenski Cathedral was constructed 1862-1868
Uspenski Cathedral was built using bricks from Åland's unfinished Bomarsund Fortress, demolished by the British & French in 1854	Central dome of Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki	Iconostasis, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki	...can't really work out the name of this saint in that font
Plaque commemorating Emperor Alexander II of Russia, sovereign of the Grand Duchy of Finland	St. Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1296-1378)	God the Father, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki	Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki
Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki	Helsinki's Lutheran Cathedral from the Orthodox Cathedral	Pohjoisranta, from Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki	Southern façade of the Presidental Palace of Finland (Presidentinlinna), Helsinki
Pohjoisesplanadi, Helsinki, Finland	Supreme Court of Finland, Helsinki	Kauppatori - Salutorget, Helsinki	Uspenski Cathedral and Allas Sea Pools, Helsinki
Viking Line Gabriella, Katajanokan Terminaali, Helsinki	SkyWheel Helsinki with Uspenski Cathedral	Helsinki Cathedral rising up behind the waterfront, Kauppatori	SkyWheel Helsinki
Helsinki Cathedral and the city center waterfront	Silja Line - Silja Serenade, Helsinki	Viking Line Gabriella, Katajanokan Terminaali, Helsinki	NJK Restaurant on Valkosaari, a small island in Helsinki Harbor
Restaurant Saaristo on Luoto, a small island linked to Valkosaari	Restaurant Saaristo on Luoto, a small island linked to Valkosaari	Small wooden sailboat in front of Luoto Island, Helsinki Harbor	JT-Line Ferry Amiraali with a tall ship Svanhild, Helsinki Harbor
Top-Sail Ketch Svanhild, 1948, tall ship sailing cruise of Helsinki Harbor	Speed boat in Helsinki Harbor	Viking Line Ferry Gabriella, Helsinki Harbor	Viking Line Ferry Gabriella, Helsinki Harbor
Supreme Court of Finland, Pohjoisesplanadi, Helsinki	Vallisaari ferry dock in Central Helsinki	Tsarina's Stone (Keisarinnankivi) commemorating the visit of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) in 1833	Tsarina's Stone, Pohjoisesplanad, Helsinki, Finland
Seagull landed on the two-headed Russian Imperial Eagle in front of the Swedish Embassy, Helsinki	Helsinki City Hall - Helsingin kaupungintalo, Pohjoisesplanad	Old Market Hall - Vanha Kauppahalli, Eteläranta, Helsinki	Eteläinen Rautatiekatu, Helsinki, Finland
HAM Helsinki Art Museum in the recycled tennis venue from the 1952 Helsinki Olympics	Runeberginkatu 29, Helsinki, Finland	Temppeliaukion kirkko - Church of the Rock, 1969, Helsinki	Excellent accoustics make the Rock Church popular for choral performances
Natural light illuminating the interior of the Rock Church, Helsinki	Copper roof of the Rock Church, Helsinki	Choral performance in the Rock Church seen from the upper balcony	Simple exterior of the Temppeliaukion kirkko which was mostly carved out of the solid rock
Mechelininkatu at Caloniuksenkatu, Helsinki	Sibelius Monument, one of Helsinki's iconic landmarks	Monument to Finnish computer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Helsinki	The Sibelius Monument by Eila Hiltunen, 1967
The Sibelius Monument, Passio Musicae	Portrait sculpture of Jean Sibelius, Helsinki	Sibeliuspark, Helsinki, Finland	National Museum of Finland - Suomen kansallismuseo, Mannerheimintie, Helsinki
Helsinki Philharmonic - Musiikkitalo, Mannerheimintie	Sokos Helsinki, Mannerheimintie	Sokos Helsinki, Mannerheimintie	Glaspalatstorget - Lasipalatsinaukio, Helsinki
Ølhus Stockholm, Annankatu 27, Helsinki, Finland	Anu and Jaakko out with me in Helsinki	Anu, our exchange student from Finland	Kafe Moskva, Helsinki, a bar with old-style Soviet vibe
Russian Beer - Хамовники Венское	Kafe Moskva, Helsinki	Kafe Moskva, Helsinki	Me with Anu and Jaakko, Kafe Moskva, Helsinki
Bruuveri Panimoravintola (Brew Pub), Fredrikinkatu, Helsinki	Bruuveri Panimoravintola (Brew Pub), Fredrikinkatu, Helsinki	Saimaa Brewing Co. - The most awarded craft beers of Finland	Miami Weisse Raspberry Berliner, Bruuveri, Helsinki
Cheers from Helsinki!	Bruuveri Panimoravintola Pehmeä Bertta ESB	Kampii, Salomonkatu, Helsinki	Kamppi Helsinki, Tennispalatsinaukio
Kamppi Helsinki, Tennispalatsinaukio	Scandic Simonkenttä, Helsinki	Green backlit map of Finland's railroad network	Helsinki Airport
Helsinki Airport	Hilton Helsinki Airport