Nice spread, I'd say.
Apartment buildings around Helsinki
The Rock Church... Architecturally it's supposed to be amazing, but I don't see it. There was a wedding there, so we could going inside. So we ambled around on top of it.
The view from the top.
A garden even.
The Ateneum Museum.
Another stern building around the railway square. The Finnish National Theatre.
The National Lutheran Church.
The church at night
Seaside open market. Get your peas, berries and fish here.
Railwaysquare on a dreary day
The Russian Orthodox church from afar.
The church on a good day
There are 13 "onions," one for each apostle and Jesus
The Lutheran church from the Orthodox one.
Inside the Russian Orthodox church. The complete opposite of the austere interior of the Lutheran one.
Wonder what the story is behind this icon.
Cupola.
Sibelius Park. The metal sculpture you see ahead is for Sibelius. The artist was trying to represent organ pipes and the dense Finnish forest.
In front of the monument is the lake where the rowing competitions were held in the 1952 Olympics.
Suemolinna Island. Was a medieval Finnish fortress.
This is at around 11 p.m.
When we docked some sort of car show or something was going on. It felt very American seeing all those Mustangs around.
Asli and I taking our places on the blocks at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
The opening ceremonies by Alicia
Uber trendy marketing firm we visited... I mean "service design" firm.
Aside from this, the only other English books were travel guides and Nora Roberts novels.
Around Helsinki, you see these bits and pieces of Scientology messages throughout.
Helsingin Vasi (Finnnish) v. Helsinginfors Vatten (Swedish)
Parliament building
It is absolutely gorgeous.
Hm... can't remember what every single one represented... but here goes: 1. Physical strength 2. Mental strength 3. The woman is the present, already looking at the past. The baby is the future 4. ? 5. The farmer reaping his harvest.
You sit according to party and experience in the Finnish plenary.
The public sits up here.
In the Sanomat buildings where the four major papers are housed. I guess if 70 percent of your country's population subscribed to newspapers, your newspaper office can be as sexy as this.
The look up from the bottom.
At the top.
Sergey being contemplative per usual.
Daniel per usual.
Doesn't this look like something you'd find in Superman's Fortress of Solitude?
