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Helsinki, Finland
City Walk utilizing HSL Tram system for getting to and from the City Centre. Explored The Esplanade to Market Square, over to Senate Square, down Aleksanterinkatu to Central Station then through Narinkka Square and up to The Rock Church.
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Simple town square, burnt by the Russians, rebuilt by a German Architect - Now the finest Neoclassical square in Europe
Prime Minister's Office- once the Senate Building
Pohjola Insurance building(1899–1901) is one of the prime examples of the National Romantic Style of Finnish Art Nouveau
Rough-hewn soapstone & red granite with sculptures of devils, monsters, & trolls from the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic
The building embodies the turn of the century attempt to create its own, Finnish national style in architecture
Deeply recessed copper door under an arch, flanked by the names Pohjola and Kullervo- Finnish national companies from Kalevala
The Kalevala- 19th-century epic poetry from oral folklore & mythology instrumental in development of Finnish national identity
Three Smiths Statue celebrating human labor and cooperation- showing the solid character of the Finnish people
Stockman's Clock a popular meeting place
Old Student Hall building decorated with legendary Finnish Heroes, now Citykäytävä Shopping mall
Helsinki Central Station clock tower
Helsinki Central Station(1919) was chosen as one of the world's most beautiful railway stations by BBC in 2013
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