Helsinki by Sea and Land

Today we were in Helsinki. It is a pretty town and we got to see it first from the sea and then through a tour around town. Helsinki is on the mainland, but it is surrounded by islands. Some of them are connected by bridges and causeways, but some are reachable only by ferries. Traffic is horrendous, just like many of the cites we have visited. Tallinn was probably the only one that doesn't have significant traffic issues. Helsinki reminded me a lot of Milan--a very busy downtown shopping center with high end shops and a lot of overhead wires (for the trolleys--in Milan they're for the buses). A real oddity is that we searched for a half hour in the downtown area for an ATM and didn't find one. We haven't had that problem anywhere else.

Here are some pictures.

Some harbor scenes.







Big Lutheran church.



A Russian Orthodox church.




Helsinki city scene.




Jan Sibelius monument.




An attractive Helsinki building.




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