In Helsinki a lot of all sorts interesting places! Many here and very curious museums. About them for a start.

Most of all I was struck by the Museum of Contemporary Art "Kiasma". It is located almost at the station, at Mannerheiminaukio 2. Kiasma is a real explosion of contemporary art, oddities and surprises. Even the building itself is rather unusual. The museum is more than 8,000 exhibits that are located on several floors: bizarre figures, some dark rooms with children's cribs, huge wooden matryoshki, curved animal horns, etc.


All this is accompanied by art hassized films on flat TVs on the walls. The museum is incredibly spacious. On the top floor - a workshop for children, where children with teachers are pushed, draw, build.
Persons under 18 years old entrance to the museum is free. The museum has permanent exhibitions, as well as temporary. In Kiasma Theater there are performances of musicians, composers, dancers, actors.
Lectures and business seminars also take place in the museum. In short, a universal museum, more than the museum. Every first Friday of the month is free (from 17:00 to 20.30). Login costs € 8-10. The museum is open every day, except Monday, from 10 am to 17 or 18 hours (from Wednesday to Friday to 20.30). First of all, to go to "Kiasma", it really is worth it!

Further, National Museum of Finland. Located at Mannerheimintie 34, as you understand, not far from Kiasma, or rather, an 8-minute walk from it. The museum can be seen from afar: harsh medieval castle from high Tower.
I advise you to stockday and patience: unlike Kiasma, there are even more exhibits, and they are all insanely interesting. Each floor and hall represents a certain period of life of the country, that is, from ancient boat and weapons to the last ten.

Moreover, the previous century is divided for decades, which makes the view even more fascinating. Madly interesting! We kept three hours at the museum, not less! Luxury paintings, installations, costumes! The museum is open from 11 to 18 hours from Wednesday to Sunday, on Tuesday the museum is open until 20:00. Ticket price - € 7. Every Thursday from 17:30 before closing the entrance is free.

The next standing museum - "Amos Anderson Gallery".
Located a museum on Yrjönkatu 27 (7 minutes from the railway station from the railway station and two steps from Camppy). The museum on several floors exposed pictures of modern Finnish artists.
The place is entertaining and budget: only 2 euros for students, for the rest (adults) - € 8-10, pensioners - € 6-8, people up to 18 years old entrance is free. The museum works like this: Mon, Thu, Fri - 10: 00-18: 00, Wednesday - 10: 00- 20:00, Sat and SPR -11: 00-17: 00. On Tuesdays, the museum is closed.

"Hakasalmi Villa" On Mannerheimintie 13 D almost opposite the National Museum - as well as a pretty museum.
In the museum, as interesting expositions representing the history of Finland (but smaller than in national).
There are many such nostalgic black and white photos, household items of the mid 50s, and a lot of different things. The entrance is free! The museum is closed on Monday and Tuesday, on the other days it works from 11: 00-17: 00 (and until 19:00 on Thursdays). In addition, near the museum is a very pretty park with flower beds.

If you are a lover of plants and colors, the mercy please "Kaisaniemi Botanical Gardens", That you mean, Botanical Garden.
It is located at Unioninkatu 44, it can be reached on foot - 15 minutes walk from the railway station. The garden is open year-round, and it is especially nice to visit it in winter. The Botanical Garden contains the most unthinkable plants and flowers, cacti and so on.
There is a greenhouse and a garden under open sky. Orangery is open from 10 am to 4 or 6 pm (in summer longer). The garden is open from 9 am to 8 pm. Entrance to the territory of the garden is free, in the greenhouse - 4-8 euros (in winter and in summer every first Thursday of the month from 16: 00- 18:00 and from 15:00 -17: 00 is free of charge).

Very entertaining (especially for children) Museum - "NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM"(Museum of natural science, at Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13, it is 7-8 minutes of walking from the station).
The museum contains skeletons of dinosaurs in full growth, stuffed animals and different other exhibits. The Museum employs permanent exhibitions (Finnish Nature, The History of Life, World Nature, Story of the Bones).
The museum can be visited in the winter months from 9 am to 4 pm on weekdays, and from 10 am - on weekends; From 10 am to 5 pm-fly. On Mondays the museum is closed. The entrance to the museum is 10 euros for adults and 5 for children. Each first Thursday of the month - the entrance is free from 16-18 hours in winter and from 15-17 in summer.

Another botanical garden - "TÖÖLÖ WINTER GARDEN" On Hammarskjöldintie 1b.
In this winter garden, an amazing collection of cacti is collected. The greenhouse is small, but quite pleasant. To find it, however, is not easy: you need to get to the tram 2, 4, 4th to Töölön Halli station and then get around the stadium and go to the forest. Because this winter garden is in the forest, yes. The entrance to "Töölö Winter Garden" is free.

Fashion lovers and style - in the museum "DesignMuseo".
The museum has permanent exhibitions, for example, an exhibition dedicated to Finnish fashion from the 19th century to this day. These collections are very big and insanely interesting!
There are exhibitions of fashion designers here, which is also very interesting. Of course, there is a fashionable store with clothing and accessories, however, prices are not low. The entrance to the museum costs 10 € for adults, 8 € -for pioneers, 5 € -for students, children - free. Each last Tuesday of the month is free of charge from 17:00 to 20:00. The museum can be reached on foot (15 minutes from the center) or 10 trams station to Johanneksen Kirkko. The museum is usually open from 11:00 to 18:00 or until 20:00. In winter on Mondays, the museum is closed, the summer museum works daily.

Not that it was a museum, but the place is unusual and attractive. This is a church Temppeliaukio..
"The church underground" is also called it, and indeed, on the one hand, it is completely unclear that there is such a luxurious church somewhere here. The church is built in the form of oval, a solarded plate, with a transparent ceiling (well, as transparent, not quite, but the light penetrates) and stone walls. Stunning sensations!
In the church amazing acoustics. The entrance to the church is free, but in the days of church events, the entrance is prohibited. Temppeliaukio is located at Lutherninkatu 3, a 12-minute walk from the city's railway station.

This, of course, is not the entire list, but these museums are very good and exactly worth visiting.

One day. Is there a lot or not enough to find out the city? What can be viewed in Helsinki, if you are traveling here, just a few hours? These questions are facing any tourist in the still unfamiliar city. To him is still to seek. Believe me, you will not get bored in Helsinki, there is where to go!

City tram

Right OT. railway Station go city Tram number 3. For a whole hour he struck on the streets of Helsinki. If you buy at least a clock ticket to the tram - and with him for an hour is allowed as much as you get out of the tram and get into it again to continue the trip - then you can see a lot of interesting things! It's not worth afraid to get lost: the tram of the ring, he will bring you there, from where it took - to the railway station.

Helsinki stands on the shore Baltic Sea. And if time allows, why not take advantage of another type of public transport - ferry? A ferry will deliver you to the strength of Suomenlinna, entered in UNESCO lists. Just 15 minutes - and you are in its ancient walls. And believe me, there is something to do and what to see!

Heureka Scientific Center

Eureka Scientific Center is another option of what you need to see Helsinki. "Alive", interactive Museum Allows you to feel myself consistently by an equilibrist, a pilot, a logger, to visit the epicenter of the earthquake or in Berlog's bearish. Well, of course, to spend a magnificent photo session.

Rat basketball in Eureka Scientific Center

Spherical cinema Verne.

The scientific center is the most interesting spherical cinema Verne. Here are shifts taken during the flights of bird flocks or climbing climbers on mountain peaks. Do not forget about souvenirs from Heureka for yourself and loved ones and remember that this museum needs to spend at least 3-4 hours.

Museum "Kiasma"

Museum of modern art "Kiasma" will take you for an hour. Literally near the railway station, you will see a modern white building. Outside it does not hit the originality, but inside ... there must be sure to go to find something. And in the next arrival in Helsinki there again there is something to surprise you - the same museum of current art with a permanent exposure change!

Oceanarium Sealife.

Marine life - interest all, regardless of age. It contains all the diversity of the underwater world, from the tropical oceanic spaces to the attorneral waters of the Baltic.

Water Park Serena.

If we were talking about water, then we must abscerely look into the water park. In the Helsinki Water Park Serena - Gorki, Artificial Wave, "Dead Sea", Hydromassage and many other entertainment on the water. If you want to get faster - Take a taxi, but keep in mind that public transport In Helsinki, walks in the literal sense by the hour. Half a day - and you, refreshed, full impressions, unexpected in the northern city, are ready to continue their acquaintance with interesting places of Helsinki.

Sauna "Cotikhary"

What Finland without a sauna! In order to feel the whole flavor, not just the city, but the whole country, it is enough to visit the sauna "Cotikhary" - the last public sauna heated by firewood. The sauna in Finland is something like a club, they are often assembled by large companies and exchange news. Getting to just: the sauna is located very close to the metro station "Somaineen". In the same area there are many hotels, which is better to book to a step in the sauna.

The geographical position of the capital of Finland, its small remoteness from the borders with Russia allows you to travel to the country in a short period of time. At the same time, the question is important to see Helsinki in one day, aligning a variety of shopping with an acquaintance with the sights of the city. Create a dating plan with the city, you can study the proposed list of its attractions.

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Helsinki Airport is in a small town of Vantaa, 20 km from Finland's capital. He began his work over 50 years ago, performing the functions of the hub. This is an important point of passenger transfers, maintaining a large number of flights of various purposes, the use of modern air navigation equipment. It organized a comfortable delivery of passengers from the sector of arrival in the departure sector.

Numerous service services are working in the hub. There is always the opportunity to book a taxi to move to Helsinki. You can drive along the Tuusula motorway (forty-fifth highway), the Keha track (fifty highway), focusing on convenient signs. Travel to the city can be carried out on buses No. 615, 15a, tram 3T (ticket cost 6 €, time on the way about 15 minutes). Points of departure are stops at the railway station, the bus station located in Kamppi mole.

Bus Station, Kamppi Shopping Center

In a multifunctional complex, the working conditions of the shopping center and the transport terminal are successfully combined. It originated in 2006, using the building of the old bus station of the city. Thanks to an interesting engineering idea, the attraction of the capital appeared, including a long-distance terminal, 150 stores of various purposes, residential premises, halls for domestic customer service, communication with the metropolitan.

The indisputable advantage of the neighborhood is its location near the train station. The bus terminal with 35 platforms is located at the levels of E, K (zero floor of the building). There is also a waiting room, a storage room, toilets, ticket office, parking of personal cars. The place can be booked at the airport. For shopping, six floors of the shopping center are allocated. And from the equipped terrace of the night club, you can love the beauty of the night city for a long time.

The address of the bus station, a shopping center: URHO KEKKOSEN KATU 1.

Chapel of silence Camppy

An unusual chapel form made of wood according to the requirements of a unique design project, appeared in the center of the capital in 2012. Being in a noisy place of the city center, the inner interior of the building is a sample of silence, calm. In the chapel, there are no ordinary church events like funerals, baptism. Only daily prayers, with whom you can get acquainted daily from morning to evening (surrounded by an unusual finish from a black finish, furniture from a beautiful ash), are heard in the hall filled with an unusual silence.

The facade of the chapel is made in the shape of an egg from curved fir-rolls. The designer solution with an unusual harmony, the ergonomics of the external and inner species of the chapel creates conditions for secluded meetings, rest, relaxing in the most lively point of the city. You can enter the chapel through a glass base on Narinkkatori Square.

The entrance is free from 7 am to 20 pm. Chapel address: Simonkatu, Helsinki.

Esplanada Park

Helsinki is one of the beautiful, green cities of the northern regions of the planet. Its territories are over 50 parks laid in different historical periods of the capital. One of them is the Esplanade Lime Park in the city center (Kaartinkaouqua region), laid out in 1830 in the idea of \u200b\u200bthe architect of the city. Walking around the park, you can relax in the old restaurant, visit the Summer Theater "Espa". It contains several monuments to well-known writers (Author of the Anthem of Finland y.l.runberg), fountains.

Among them, Fountain Havis Amanda, recognized as a symbol of Helsinki. He was erected in 1908 in the form of a bronze figure of a girl. The park has long become a favorite place of residents of the city coming here for recreation, walks. Often it is compared with the Elysee fields of Paris. The territory of the park is located near the embankment, the pier, the market square, the Swedish theater, the ferris wheel. It increases the desire to take a walk in the park.

Eplanada address: Eteläesplanadi-pohjoisesplanadi.

Market Square

Stormy life in a calm, unlaxed place of the city begins on weekends. The area is filled with a large number of merchants, people who come for profitable purchases. Moreover, trading on the sea coast picturesque place Finland. The facade of the Palace of the President, the mysterious port, a famous bronze fountain, called the "sea nymph", an obelisk of a majestic empress with a double-headed eagle is watched.

This luck is considered to be a visit to the market square during the village Fair, the Christmas market called the Christmas Market Thematic Fair. On the first Fridays of the month on the square you can see rare American cars, take part in an interesting marathon. The market offers favorite local residents and guests of the capital knitted products with northern patterns of ethnic origin.

Souvenirs here are a real sea and buy them is beneficial, using trading techniques. It is necessary to wander around the market, warning an unexpected attack of bold gulls.

Market Square: Caucopatori. Getting to the square is easy to tram 3T, stop Eteläranta.

Senate square

Glasses central Square Capital was formed in the XIX century. The classic architectural style of the ensemble reminds Square of St. Petersburg. Almost all the buildings surrounding the square were erected under the guidance of the German architect Engel, for a long time lived in St. Petersburg, Tallinn. Around the area is located a large number of Interesting buildings for academic, church, municipal institutions. The main decoration of the area is the Cathedral.

Daily over the area at 17.49, the melody of his bells and chimes sounds. Because of the snow-white color, his columns Helsinki are often called the "White Capital of Finland". In the center of the square, the Statue of Alexander II rises, surrounded by figures depicting the law, light, work. Thanks to his reforms, Finland became autonomous. Festive performances are often held on the square, concerts. At this time, the famous staircase leading to the church becomes an amphitheater.

Assumption Cathedral

The dark red majestic structure with green domes attracts the attention of tourists sailing in the southern harbor of the capital. Together with the White Cathedral of the Cathedral, the horizon of the capital decorates the Orthodox Church, erected around 1868 in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Cathedral is crowned with spiers and domes (there are only 13 of them in terms of the number of apostles), the bell tower.

The shrines of the temple are the miraculous icons. Among them, the icon "Our Lady Kozelshchanskaya", returned to the temple after theft in 2010. Unfortunately, the icon of St. Nicholas The Wonderworker, abducted by the day in 2017, has not yet been found. The interior of the temple is distinguished by a number of interesting chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. Now in the residence of the Archbishop of the capital of Finland, activities available for visiting are held. It is one of the largest Orthodox churches in North, Western Europe.

Cathedral address: Helsinki, ul. Kanavakate (Kanavakatu), 1. From Tuesday to Friday, a visit is possible from 9.30 to 19. On weekends, the cathedral is open from 10 to 15 hours. You can get to it on trams number 4, 4t. Go to the stop "Ritariumon".

Ferris Wheel with Allas Terrace

The popular attraction of the city is built on the site of the port terminal Cape Katajanokka. Its height is 50 meters, which is above the houses of the city and the ferrge wheel, located in the park "Linnanmäk" Finland. FROM higher Point Ferris on the wheel is visible entire city of Helsinki. Simultaneously admire its beauty can 300 people. They are cozy are located in white-blue cabins, made in the form of ancient gondola, equipped with heating, air conditioning.

The duration of the journey on the wheel is (three circles) 15 minutes. Ticket price 12 € for adults and 9 € for children. On the wheel there are expensive cabins for financial wealthy persons. They are given the opportunity to ride in a cabin with furniture, decorated with glass floor, champagne for guests.

The cost of 30 minute journeys is estimated at 200 €. Next to the wheel is equipped with a comfortable holiday area, picnics. Here are numerous cafes-terraces protected by glass walls. Even in windy weather until mid-October, they can relax, admire beautiful views of the bay.

Address Sightseeing: Katajanokanlaituri 2 00160. Works from 10 to 22 hours.

Main Railway Station

An important transport node of the city looks like a beautiful architectural ensemble of Modern style created by E. Saranin in 1914. Acquaintance with any city begins from the station. Maybe therefore, the first thing will be remembered by the main element of the stationery of the station - this is a granite arch with stone figures of strong Atlanta with lanterns in their hands. Their images in the role of a railway symbol can be often found on the advertising boards of the city.

The station is located in the center of the capital. All major shopping centers, attractions are within walking distance from it. Many shops, pharmacies, cafes, branches of banks, premises for the provision of household services passengers, tourist centre Are in the station building. In the center you can buy a Helsinki card. It provides the right to free visit many attractions, travel in public transport.

This is important when a different walk around the city in one day. At the station there are modern platforms for the departure of long-distance trains, suburban trains, entrance to the most loaded station of the metro Helsinki Rautatient ...

Museum Atheneum

The famous national gallery of creatures of the country's art is called the name of the goddess Athena (Atheneum), ancient patroness of her crafts, art. The halls of the ancient building (time of construction around 1887) are kept a meeting of works from several hundred well-known masters of Finland, other countries. Among the rare works there are paintings of the Gaugaen field, Edgar Degas, Cezanne fields, Francisco Goya, Chagal, Van Gogh. There is an exhibition on the third floor of the building.

The main exposition is made up of 150 elements of the work of 46 well-known masters of Finland. In the exposition called "Treasury", there is a collection of coins, silver, medals, weapons. The exhibition "Prehistoric Finland" contains archaeological finds telling about different periods of the country's history. Among the exhibits of the exposition "Earth and People" can be found about the life of the Finns in a small settlement. The thematic orientation of exhibitions is constantly updated.

It is located opposite the railway station at: Kaivokatu 2. Works from 10 to 18 hours. The price of the adult is 13 €, children under the age of 18 are not paying.

Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma

An unusual architectural structure resembling a sail is located in the center of Helsinki, next to Mannerheim's monument. In it since 1996 there is a museum of contemporary art. Its archives are stored over 4 thousand original exhibits. Based on their basis exhibitions are organized, created permanent exposition On all five floors of the building (25 galleries) filled with unusual emotions. This is laid in the original internal elements constructed on the relationship of light with space.

The mood of the inner premises is changing from the direction of incident rays, emphasizing the main objective of the project: to simulate the idea of \u200b\u200bhuman knowledge, deep peace used in Zen - Buddhism. The word "Kiasma" means "partial intersection of the visual nerves." The architectural execution of the idea is implemented by creating numerous intersections. Inside, there are many intricate stairs, transitions and corridors resembling narrow maze.

Address: Mannerheiminaukio, 2. Works from 10 to 14 hours. Ticket for adults costs 15 €, children 12 €.

Tempeliaukio

The popular attraction of the city is not similar to ordinary churches, decorated with dips, spiers, towers. Even melodic ringing bells is created here with musical devices. From the square, the glass dome is best visible, based on a copper wire frame. And if you look at the church from a bird's-eye view, the building will remind the appearance of an alien flying saucer. The inner part of the church is cut in the granite rock.

The walls of the hall consist of unprocessed granite stones, creating an extraordinary acoustic effect. The ceiling resembles a copper disc, illuminated by vertical (180 units) windows between it and walls. Due to the acoustic properties in the current Lutheran Church, concerts of organ, classical music, metal rock are often held. Church services are held on weekends and festive days.

Address Sightseeing: Lutherninkatu 3. Works from 10 to 17 hours and by special graphics. The cost of the ticket is 10 €.

Monument to Sibelius

An unusual structure, open to Ferrusing of people in 1968, resembles a majestic body, a frozen picture of the Northern Light, a slim birch grove and many other allegories defined by the fantasy observer. The general in them is similar to the extraordinary music of Sibellius. Famous man Legends, which is very popular with Finns. It seems that the melodies created by the wind in six hundreds of steel pipes repeat the music created by the Great Composer.

No less awesome is the fact of creating a non-standard project, the implementation of the main part of the complex process of true assembly by a woman Eyla Hildunien. During its existence, rust, corrosion, did not appear on the ensemble from the pipes. They sing the sounds of birds, sea breeze, loudly reckoned during the storms. Next to the pipes there is a sculpture of Sibelius in the form of a bronze head with a mustache, rich in a chapel, as in the young years of the composer. Locals love and appreciate the monument.

Located in Sibelius Park at: Sibeliuksen Puisto Mechelininkatu.

Cafe Regatta.

Not far from the famous monument to Sibelius, directly sea Shore There is a pretty small building that attracts the attention of tourists. In the house there are standard benches, wood tables. The shelves are hanging on the walls, styled dishes, samovar, candles by analogy with a Russian wooden. Of the small windows, the lomica offers a beautiful view of the bay.

You can admire them, taking a cozy place at the table, while enjoying delicious baking, fragrant coffee, hot chocolate. Especially tasty are cinnamon buns, traditional pies with meat. The cafe comes to life atmosphere of home coat formed in the marine style. The cafe is allowed to bring with you a favorite four-legged friend, which enhances the impressions of home heat.

In the yard cafe organized places for the hearth with live warmth, tables on the shore, children's entertainment. An unexpected elements of the interior of the cafe are the red car VAZ 2104, standing in the yard and causing pleasant nostalgia in the soul of tourists from Russia. Cafe owners can provide a boat for lovers to ride in the bay.

It is a cafe at: Merikannontie 10. Work time from 10 to 23 hours.

Tori Hotel Tori and Vin Vin Wine Bar

Five minutes walk from the train station, a famous Grand Hotel, created in architectural style 20s. It is famous not only for its upscale rooms, but also an amazing observation platform located at an altitude of 65 m. The building is among the first skyscrapers of Helsinki. Choking on looking platformlocated on the 15th floor of the hotel, you can measure from the delight of panoramic species of the city. Among them, sparkling dome of the Caffral Cathedral, the historic center of the city, the embankment, famous Island Suomenlinna.

An interesting fact is the opportunity to part attractions not only from the windows of the bar, but also from the premises of the toilet room. You can climb the hotel's tower viewing area using an elevator from 14 o'clock in the afternoon. You can add the impressions of the city by visiting the vin Vin vintage bar located in the city center. In it can relax, talk about beautiful city, drink a glass of selected fault of a private manufacturer from old yields. Among the cozy interior with upholstered furniture, you can enjoy local dishes from environmentally friendly potatoes.

Liquor bar address: Kalevankatu, 6, Hotel Yrjönkatu 26.

Beach Chieteniai

Finland does not boast a long summer with intolerable heat that makes the place number 1 for holidaymakers tempting beaches. The water temperatures in the beach area does not exceed 20 in any weather to wander along the shores of the bay, to inhale the extraordinary sea air will definitely want. Especially if the beach is located in the center of the year and there are conditions for it sports entertainment, relaxing with children, pleasant visits to cafes, restaurants, unforgettable walks in the period of white nights.

Helsinki has 29 official beaches. Four of them stretch along the banks of the Vantaa River. The beach of Chietania was formed on the territory of the former landfill, landfill, sand storage (called Hieta).
For a long time they brought him here, getting off the seabed. Since 1929, the local population has become a territory as a beach.

Now this is a popular tourist destination, local youth. Beach volleyball competitions are held here, there is a golf course, concerts. For young children, a variety of entertainment in playgrounds are organized. Recreation area infrastructure includes all ordinary beach amenities. The beach season lasts from June to the end of August.

Beach address: Hiekkarannantie. The entrance is free from 10 to 21 hours.

Islands

The capital of Finland is located on the Baltic Sea. Its territory includes a large number of islands filled with its history, interesting places. Tourists and locals are popular with travel, rest on many of them. For a long time, the main part of the islands belonged to the Finnish Military Office, access to them was forbidden.

At the same time, animals, flocks of birds, the plants quietly flourished on the islands. Many of the islands were populated and can tell about the life of the Finns, their traditions. Now there are trams on many islands, boats for the transfer of those who want to relax on the playgrounds equipped for picnics, organized trail hiking hikingVisits cozy cafe, restaurants. Among them are the following islands:

Liuscasaari and Ounisaari

On the south side of the city, at a distance of several miles from the center and not more than 100 m from the embankment of Merizatamantanes are the interesting island of Liusqueari. He has long been considered the birthplace sailing Sport Finland. The famous HSS sailing club, equipped with classic yachts from a tree still working here. There were separate competitions during the 1952 Olympic Games. The island is considered an ideal zone for organizing picnics, observations of real training athletes on modern sailing courts.

On the island there is a cafe, a restaurant, three saunas. A ticket for ferry round and back costs 6 €. Beautiful stone bridge connects the island with a small land plot, called Uunisaari Island. It is equipped with beach zones, a picnic area. In winter, for a passage to the island, you can use the pontoon crossing. In the summer, a campaign to the island on the Park Kaivopuystoye Park will take only five minutes.

Pihlayzari

Earlier on the island, which is not far from the city center, rich villains of the prosperity of the population rose. For example, the Hällebo Villa was built in 1883. Now there is a restaurant "Pihlajasaari". The island's rest area includes a beach area, a length of about 500 m, a separate beach for nudists, hidden among the rocky shore.

Function restaurant, cafe, camping. Paradise for fishermen, the most bright dressing rooms, sauna, silence, the peace create excellent conditions for recreation on the island. Vacationers surround trimmed lawns, herds of peacefully grazing sheep, goats. You can come here on the flight boat departing from the seafront of the seaport or from Rouocholahti. Navigation lasts from May to October.

Syomenlinna

Swedish name of the island of Sveaborg. The main attraction of the island (Finland) is the fortress built by the Swedes in 1748. As a sample of the Military Architecture of Europe, it in 1991 is listed in UNESCO lists, representing world heritage monuments. The fortress is one of the largest marine protective structures in the world. You can see the structure together with excursions per hour (they are held until August 31).

Another interesting landmark of the island is the "Weikko" or submarine, built in 1940. It is among the exhibits of the Military Museum. On the island operates Pipe cafe, placed in the building of a beautiful wooden villa, towering on a hill. A great panoramic view of the island opens from the cafe terrace. To get to the island is simply from the market shop on the ferry. The price of a ticket is 2.5 €, which is equivalent to the cost of travel in urban transport.

Corkaceasaari

Ferry message with an island is carried out since 1865. It made it popular Moz Rest of local residents. The flow of foreign tourists to the island was formed after creating a zoo in 1889, which became the famous global attraction. The first inhabitants in religious refuge were brown bears, peacocks, falcons. Combining the zoo functions and botanical GardenCreated natural complex With the living conditions, reproduction of many disappearing animal species, plants.

On an area of \u200b\u200babout 22 hectares, 200 species of animals live (20 of them rare, extinct), 1000 vendors of shrubs, colors. Snow leopards, Asian lions, Jeyrana, Amur Tigers, Leopards, Northern Deer, Bears, Chilean Flamingo adapted to local conditions and successfully produce offspring. You can visit the zoo at any time of the year, watching with interest how imprint flounders in snowy snowdrifts. You can come to the island on the ferry, bus, go on foot or ride a bike at a comfortable bridge.

Island address: MustikkamaanPolku 12.

Seurasaari

To plunge into the world of historical past Finland is quite simple: go through a pedestrian bridge on the island, located in the western part of the city. Here at the end of the last century, an open-air museum has been created, in which the vintage samples of rural buildings are placed. They brought here, renovated at home, windmills, saunas, stables, barns, farms from different parts of Finland. Among the buildings there are XVII century buildings, erected without nails. In total, 87 buildings, structures were transported to the island.

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This article is just about what is so amazing can be seen and done in Helsinki this summer!

Each second resident of Peter, almost certainly repeatedly visited the northern neighbor, and for a long time he does not consider Helsinki to the tourist destination, but even if you refer yourself to the number of such people, do not hurry to close the page.

Finnish articles, firstly, it will be quite a bit, and besides, we will dilute them as a Balinese topic and other, stories, not about traveling. Well, secondly, there will be no borne descriptions of attractions and other things, only a couple of colibios about what should be done in Helsinki every tourist, as well as our impressions of the pair of interesting places of entertainment nature 🙂

Well, now, I'll tell you why, after all, you need to go to Helsinki!

Walking without a certain route and clear plans, just walking, looking into all the most attractive places - Arches, bridges, parks, etc. For example, accidentally stumble upon an unusual chapel-church on the main "Shopping" area

Strain in the very center, and then all famous attractions of the city will be in the field of attention,

and the most interesting walk On the city will begin already from the hotel's most doors

Hotel in the center of Helsinki can be chosen, and pick up private apartment Or room here (and get a bonus for the first booking).

If your budget is not very limited, then we can recommend the design Hotel Klaus K () or an excellent Glo kluuvi () hotel, located in the center, on the pedestrian street. If you love something unusual, then you may be interested in spending the night in a former prison - in hotel Hotel. Katajanokka. Well, if you are looking for something easier, then one of the most popular and invariably budget options is a chain of hotels without OMENA personnel ().

Also explore the city is possible by bike - in Helsinki is a very good network of cycles,

ride not only in the center

But also visit all the catches distant from the center of the street,

And in the evening, of course, watch the sunset, for example, walk around the lake

Or climb the hill of the Assumption Cathedral (USPENSKI CATHEDRAL), offering the view also to the Cathedral

Ride on hop-on hop-off buses and non-standard trams

No less interesting idea can be a walk / inspection of attractions on a two-story, with an open roof, Hop-On Hop-Off Bus bus,

where you can go to all the stops you like to see all the mostst places that you do not have to just get to the center

Including, visit such famous places like the Sibelius Monument (Sibelius Monument)

And the church in the Tempeliaukio rock (Rock Church)

Using this type of transport, you can have time to see all the most interesting for 1 day and take a walk in various parks

You can also ride a tourist tram in the center, there is a tram with an open "summer" wagon, exclusively for cultural trip in the center, Route Route ..

Do you know what are similar and what is the difference between these 2 trams?

Both transport passengers, green - the usual city tram, and the red - nothing else like a pub on wheels can be sitting at a bar counter, with a glass of beer and look at the window for all the interests of the city 🙂 If you want to see everything, but in Organized format and with a guide, you can choose one of the many excursions here.

Arrange Pier Stomach

Watches for a long time to walk along the embankment and there is ice cream, but it is worth being ready to fight back from the syllars. I'm serious, one of the chaps still snatched a very clever ice cream from Leshi straight out of the hands, and I just dive with me with a bloodthirsty look so cravored that I, dodging it, myself dropped ice cream from the hands))

Here, right on the waterfront, you can plunge into the atmosphere of the edible bazaar, try the delicious salmon, find among the benches Thai Makashnitsa, where to eat padtai or fried rice,

Also, on the market, you can buy fresh berries - raspberry, strawberries, blueberries to eat them on the steps Cathedral On the Senate Square (Senate Square & Cathedral) 🙂

And to fly for both cheeks local chocolate and candy Fazer. What we certainly did. And also, leaving, did not forget to buy a couple of kilograms of sanction cheese with mold))

In the summer, the bazaar works every day until 16:00, it is located directly on the waterfront, on the Market Square), not far from the Old Trade Hall (Old Market Hall). In addition to food, all sorts of souvenirs are also sold here, for example, buy yourself a deer skirt 🙂

Yes, and in general, it is a pleasant place to walk

Go to the amusement park or water park

Wake up a child in yourself and go to the whole day to go to LinnanMaki Amusement Park (LinnanMaki) or Waterpark Serena (Serena Waterpark Espoo), forget about everything and relax from the fuss and all sorts of thoughts in the head

Ride up with brands, shout and squeal from fear and pleasure at the same time

We spent in each of the parks by half a day and received unforgettable emotions and impressions 🙂

Ploy in a couple of museums

In the rain, you can walk along the museums, this time we had a happy weather, so we didn't look at any museum and did not visit any exhibition, but I remember, once I made an impression of the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (KiaSma), on a rainy day, we spent 3 hours there.

And this, as you can guess animals on the balcony, Zoological Museum 🙂

Over the city there is a cool Museum of Eureka (Heureka), we were in it in one of our first visits in Helsinki, and spent the whole day there, participating in the experiments, putting various experiences by riding a bike on a rope and other things.

And in the evening you can visit the performance in Opera or listen to music in the concert hall.

Get to any festival or ignite on Open-Air "e

In the summer and at the beginning of autumn, in general, the weather still allows you to spend time on the street, there is a mass of events and festivals in open areas, with prizes, entertainment and musicians.

We, for example, hit the jazz festival

And on Rock Grill Fest, with all sorts of culinary master classes from chefs - Masters of steaks 🙂

We were also in Helsinki just at that week, when in the city passed international Festival "Gymnaestrada", gymnasts from all over the world arrived in Finland.

Several thousand people, in addition to demonstrative performances in stadiums, and specially established scenes on the squares, for the sake of Fana showed their skills everywhere in the city

For example, on tram stop, waiting for transport. Just so stand and wait for the tram gymnasts apparently boring, so they built "human" pyramids, climbing each other on the shoulders, getting on the heads and so on

In the past weekend, a sports mass event was held - Helsinki Marathon. In the summer of festivals, of course, most of all, but with the onset of autumn they do not end.

Arrange Shopping Day!

Shopping Centers in Helsinki is both in the center (KAMPPI) and on the outskirts (ITAKESKUS). Among other things, there are shopping streets with galleries consisting of brand stores, for every taste and wallet

Next to the central railway station is a huge, 7-storey building Stockmann (Stockmann Helsinki), the store takes all 7 aboveground floors and 2 more underground 🙂

Time in stores flies unnoticed, someone will seem to someone and one day. About discounts report large inscriptions on the windows of ALE (Sale)

Finally

In general, Helsinki is a wonderful city,

in which you can perfectly spend the weekend and even more!

Are you going to visit the capital or fly to other European countries through Finland? Then here useful links For you:

• You can choose the appropriate hotel here.
• Book an apartment through Airbnb here (if you are not yet registered in AirBNB, then you can get a $ 17 bonus at registration).
• Book a transfer from the airport to Helsinki and back here
• Pick up and place online tourist insurance here.
• Flight tickets from Helsinki Airport - Vantaa here.
• Well, if you suddenly canceled your flight or detain, do not forget to get compensation up to 600 euros here.

What else to do in Helsinki read here:

It is popular not only among Finns, but also guests Helsinki from around the world. Travelers know that here you can always relax and breathe fresh air. The park establishes monuments to Finnish poets, the sculptural group "Tale and Cor".

ETELÄESPLANADI-POHJOISESPLANADI (Kaartinkaupunki)

Not quite a place, but an unusual installation that appeared last fall at one of the metro stations Helsinki. This installation in the form of tablets decorates the ceiling of the KAMPPI metro station. Total signs from which the installation and consists of 375 pieces. The exact coordinates and directions of the tables were determined by the geographer Nina Kola from the University of Helsinki, and the lighting is the development of the Tanni Pühuslog's light coams.

The art object itself is the fruit of the imagination of the sculptor Otto Carvanna. Plates directly through the ground indicate direction settlements. According to the author, there are only those places on the signs, of which people living here in Helsinki moved here. But, of course, not all are indicated. There are also a plate with the name "Kondopoga" and the nameplate. They say, there should be Petrozavodsk, but they have not found it yet.

kAMPPI Metro Station

This is a place in which people come to spend time surrounded by wonderful green plants. It is located on the shore of Töölönlahti (Töölönlahti).

City Winter Garden was discovered for the public on October 1, 1893. Most recently, he was renovated. The greenhouse consists of three halls. Here round year Flower and delight visitors with their beauty a variety of tropical plants (all of them about two hundred). And in the garden there is a pond with fish. Finding into this amazing place, rest to the soul and feel harmony with nature. Probably, for this reason, many residents of Helsinki and guests of the capital love to meet and wander in the Winter Garden. Nearby is the old district of Linnunlaulu (Linnunlaulula), in which you can observe many vintage wooden cottagesDecorated with carvings. The entrance to the greenhouse is free.

Hammarskjöldintie, 1.

"Leave your mark" - this is exactly what the name of this extraordinary gallery is translated. The space is entirely devoted to street art, which is of particular interest to at least for the reason that dual feelings give rise to. Many, for example, do not consider graffiti as a type of art, but some work will form even the short-circuited skeptics. Under the roof gallery, guests will see samples of graffiti, photographs, as well as other types of fine arts. Exhibitions are changing every month.

Kaasutehtaankatu, 1.

"Koryamo" is one of the largest cultural centers Northern Europe. This peculiar factory of culture is a multifunctional art platform, in which about 500 are held annually. various events: Theatrical performances, art galleries, concerts, discussions, located bars and cafes and much more. Visit the exhibition sites of the gallery and the Museum trams are free.

Tallberginkatu, 1 g

It was created within the framework of the project dedicated to the topic "Helsinki - the capital of the design".

In this place is usually hidden from the bustle, many come into the chapel of silence to melect in an eco-friendly space. Critics dubbed the chapel of the silence of the "Sauna Spirit". Among visitors are not only those who are interested in architecture. Also here are in search of spiritual support, for example.

The facades of the building are made of horizontal shovels bent under different radii, and the inner walls of the chapel are covered with black alder bars. The height of the main hall reaches 11.5 m. In general, it always reigns not just calm, but a rather cozy atmosphere.

House "Kaisa"

You can get here through one of the exits from the Central Metro Station "Kaisaniemi", it leads directly to the second floor of an unusual library. This can come absolutely anyone, not only students. The library from the inside is as beautiful and unusual, as is the outside - high-quality and beautiful situation contributes to the immersion in the learning process. But the library comes not only to learn: you can choose any book from the shelves and get a pleasant book company on any of the nine floors. You do not need to present a reader subscription or other documents, the entrance is absolutely free. The main thing is, if you do not have a reader subscription, you can not take a book on the house.

It is simply comfortable here: cozy, functional and aesthetic rooms are located to excellent pastime. There are "quiet" zones and zones for active communication. Anyone can get a job or reading at the table with a huge panoramic window; A, maybe in a secluded corner on the swinging chair. Wanted to lie - not a problem. Welcome with a book on a soft sofa.

In this place not only read, but also communicate. The tasks of the libraries of Finland are to be an attractive place to communicate and meetings not only with a book, but also with each other.

ul. Kaisaniencatu

One of the oldest and most beautiful parks of the capital. Interestingly, since the 1930s of the XIX century, Russian aristocrats were often performed here. At that time, this place was considered to be a spa zone with beaches and healing mineral waters. So, you can find ancient mansions here. Noteworthy, for example, Villa Kalliolinna, erected in 1839. In addition, in the summer there are swimming in the bay, and in the winter they ski and skates. It is worth saying about another sightseeing Park. There is a valid Observatory of Ursa.

Runeberginkatu, 4.

In the very center of Helsinki, an active art gallery is located. The mission of the organization is to support local modern art Finland. This is a platform not only for exhibitions, but also for communication, because its owners try to consolidate all those who are not involved in art. Here, both young artists and recognized masters of Finland and Northern Europe will appear before visitors. In addition to painting, sculptures and photographic art, Helsinki Contemporary focuses on masters who have chosen a physical, in-depth approach to work. Such works and objects are exhibited by the gallery beyond its borders - in public places or temporary pop-up exhibitions throughout the city.

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