A little late in the year, but now we can say "It happened" about Helsinki. Check
17h Tuesday to Stockholm ferry terminal with ferry Silja Line Company, arriving in Helsinki at 10:00 the next morning (1 hour time difference with Sweden) and returned to Stockholm at 17:00. We therefore 7am to discover the Finnish capital.
The first contact will be the 3T tram that circles the city, and we can make a sightseeing at the cost of a tram ticket, a small brochure explaining all the things to see through the window of the tram.
After this hour's tram stop in front of the famous Protestant Lutheran cathedral, beautiful and very sober inside (Protestantism requires). Then, towards the Orthodox Cathedral (Russia bordering Finland).
After we head into the new downtown, beautiful and resemblance to downtown Stockholm (smaller ;-)). Walk to soak up the atmosphere of the Finnish capital. We also had the opportunity to see the Central Station in neo-classical The temple built in granite (we meet even some Italian Erasmus Uppsala :-)), different malls purely Finnish architecture and / or Scandinavian (functionalist, optimization of brightness, simplicity, seamless integration into the landscape) Museum of Contemporary Art "Kiasma (Recognized worldwide for its beautiful architecture), ...
The impression one has arrived in the Finnish capital is that people bearing the face of Nordic type, are quite unique. The facial features are unique but still very beautiful, intriguing. Finland has two national languages: Suomi (Finnish) and the Swedes, and yes both languages Belgium national remind me, everything is written in both languages ;-).
Helsinki is a city relatively calm, despite the fact that it is the Finnish capital, it is not great and it gives it a certain charm even if it changes Stockholm.
After all this little blah, here are some pictures (Additional photos will be added later, when I recovered the photos of Nicolas)
click on the photo to see gallery And here is a second gallery.
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