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MY BEST HELSINKI
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ENJOY
BEAUTIFUL STREET SCENES, SHORE LINE VIEWS, THE
ISLANDS, SUOMENLINNA, THE HARBOR, NIGHT
PHOTOS, ART NOUVEAU
&
NEO CLASSICAL BUILDINGS,
ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS |
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Most
photos on My Best Helsinki can be viewed in a larger format by
clicking on the photos.
Please
see copyright notice on
bottom
of the page.
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| Below: Two
different scenes and moods at the Senate Square. This is also often a
scene for concerts, demonstrations, gatherings, etc.
Click images for a larger view. |
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Helsinki Cathedral (the
Dome) & surrounding buildings at Helsinki's Senate Square,
colored by the sunset:
If
you see this Helsinki image anywhere else than on the pages of My Best
Helsinki, you are looking at s stolen image,
Unfortunately
this photo has been taken - without my permission- at least by one
other web site, a Spanish blogger.
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The annual samba carnival
gathering at Helsinki's Senate Square:
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Helsinki
is a really wonderful summer city. The sun is out and everyone is
happy. Right
now winter is just a distant memory, tucked away. Click on
photo.
Panoramic
view
from Kaivopuisto Park, looking south & toward the
Suomenlinna islands: Särkkä in the center. Harakka
island on right. Right: Pier for taxiboat to Särkkä.
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By
Kasarmintori. (tori=square) |
Katajanokan
Kasino
& its garden.
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Korkeavuorenkatu
(katu=street) |
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Click photo for larger view. |
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HELSINKI BY NIGHT, OUR
FAVORITE TIME TO STROLL AROUND THE CITY IN THE SUMMER:
Midnight
in June,
a footbridge to historic Katajanokka neighborhood
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Katajanokka,
Uspenski Cathedral, Midsummer night in Helsinki:
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A night
scene from Katajanokka in Helsinki:it looks almost like an old movie
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Meeting in the Helsinki
night, on
Katajanokka. Partial view of Finland's Presidential Palace to the far
right.
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Katajanokan
Kasino Restaurant's
garden patio by the water is a
lovely spot for lunch or
dinner, during a warm summer day. One of the nicest patios in
Helsinki, in our view.
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Corner
of Eerikinkatu
& Annankatu. Katu
= Street.
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Along
Bulevardi, the Boulevard, going trouhg very nice neigborhoods in the
center of Helsinki.
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On
Eteläranta ( South Shore street), facing the Old Market
Hall,
the light blue
city hall and the Dome.
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The
Dome
& the
Senate Sguare, as viewed from Sofia Street.
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Helsinki
Senate Square is
where the band Lordi had its welcome /
victory
party
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We are
looking at two
HELSINKI neighborhoods: Kaartinkaupunki
on
the left & Ullanlinna
on the right.
Korkeavuorenkatu runs trough
some really nice (posh) Helsinki Neighborhoods, all the way down to
Kaivopuisto and the promenade by the sea
Building
on left: Helsinki Design Museum. Neighborhood:
Kaartinkaupunki, Address: Korkeavuorenkatu
23, built
in 1895.
Architect:
Gustaf Nyström. This block is
called: "Pöllölä" ("Owlville" :-D).
Building
on left: "Ohrana" house, Neighborhood: Ullanlinna,
Address: Punanotkonkatu 4 -
Korkeavuorenkatu 21. built in 1888.
Architect:
Axel Högberg. This block is called: "Kultakala"
(Goldfish).
For
detailed information
about other Helsinki buildings, please see: MY BEST HELSINKI - ARCHITECTURE.
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On
PikkuRoobertinkatu,
close to Erottaja.
"Spennertin
talo" (Spennert building)
Erottajankatu 1-3 / Pieni Roobertinkatu 13. For more
information about this and other Helsinki buildings,
including architect information, please see:
MY BEST HELSINKI - ARCHITECTURE.
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Enjoying late evening
champagne at the usptairs lounge at Strindberg, in the very center of
Helsinki, by Esplanadi Park.
This place used to be very nice, but has had its ups and downs since.
We hated it when this lounge was
discovered and it became filled with cigarrette smoke. Thankfully, the
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Listening
to
music outside Cafe
Strindberg.
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Helsinki's (and
Fiinland's) gem: the historic Suomenlinna Fortress Island(s),
Suomenlinna is, rightfully, on the World Heritage list.
Bridge over
Tykistönlahti (Artillery Bay), leading from Susisaari (Wolf Island)
to Iso Mustasaari (Large
Black Island) in
Suomenlinna. Click on photo for
a larger view..
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Susi
= wolf, saari= island, iso = big,
musta = black, tykistö = artillery,
lahti = bay.
Suomenlinna
= Fortress of Finland. Suomen = Finland's,
linna = fortress or
castle.
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Helsinki
Summer Paradise: On
the roof deck of a taxi boat,
arriving at Pihlajasaari island for picnic & swimming
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On
board the ferry to Suomenlinna fortress island.
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From
left: Helsinki's Old Market Hall, Market Square, small boats docked at
South Harbor piers, blue City Hall, right behind it, Helsinki
Cathedral, to the right, Swedish Navy sail boats, visiting. Far right
Uspenski Cathedral.
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WATERMARKS ON THE PHOTOS, BUT AS IT HAS
TURNED
OUT, OUR PHOTOS HAVE BEEN STOLEN A LOT, especially the "Helsinki Sophia
Street Dome"-photo
on the home page.. |
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