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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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The station's distinguishing features are its clock tower and the two pairs of statues holding the spherical lamps, lit at night
Finnish National Theatre-oldest Finnish speaking professional theatre in Finland & Aleksis Kivi statue-Finland's national writer
Large coat of arms of Finland atop the Viennese influenced neo-baroque Fennia house(1898–1899), once a hotel
Ateneum-one of three art museums forming the Finnish National Gallery- has the biggest collections of classical art in Finland
Amos Rex art museum's subterranean annex emerges like bubbles in Glass palace square
The Nest- constructed from reclaimed materials, surges over the roof of the Glass Palace building and up the courtyard chimney
Kamppi Chapel-contemporary church chapel with minimalist wooden interior, built for silent reflection irrespective of religion
Fruit trees in Narinkka Square by Kamppi Chapel
Temppeliaukion Church- Excavated and built directly into solid rock, it is also known as the Church of the Rock and Rock Church
The Suomalainen brothers won an architectural competition to design the church and had considered the idea of rock walls
The conductor & acoustical engineer gave insight & they could fulfill all the requirements by leaving the rock walls exposed
Used frequently as a concert venue due to its excellent acoustics created by the rough, virtually unworked rock surfaces
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