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Two people sitting on a Helsinki waterfront pier with a neoclassical domed building, harbor boats, and a clear blue sky

Helsinki Part 1

Helsinki - Part 1

Situated on the banks of the Gulf of Finland is Helsinki, the capital of the Scandinavian country of Finland. The Swedish city of Stockholm is located 400 kilometers to the east and St. Petersburg, Russia, 390 kilometers to the west. With a distance of just 80 kilometers, the Estonian capital Tallinn is a popular destination for day trips.

Helsinki Central Station granite clock tower on a sunny day with pedestrians and city bikes
Historic European apartment building with a conical turret on a sunny city street corner
Helsinki riverfront in summer with buildings and a boat.
Person biking on a hill under a clear blue sky.
Historic red-roofed building on a forested island in the Helsinki archipelago surrounded by rippling blue water under a clear sky
Sailboats and motorboats moored in a calm marina beside a concrete pier on a clear sunny day
Helsinki island with trees under a clear blue sky.
Palace Hotel, Helsinki, building exterior with yellow sign.
White modernist building with grid windows beneath blue sky with wispy clouds
Helsinki Ferris wheel against a blue sky.
Uspenski Cathedral dome in Helsinki, partially obscured by blooming lilac trees against a blue sky.
Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki, a red-brick Russian Orthodox church with golden onion domes and green copper roofs under a clear blue sky
Red-brick Orthodox cathedral with golden onion domes and green copper roofs under a clear blue sky

Uspenski Cathedral

Situated on top of a hill at the western end of the Katajanokka peninsula in the centre of Helsinki is Uspenskin katedraali (Uspenski Cathedral). The Eastern Orthodox Cathedral was designed by architect Alexei Gornostayev in the Russian-Byzantine style and consecrated in 1868.

Interior of Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, showing ornate dome, chandelier, and iconostasis.
Ornate Orthodox cathedral interior with blue domed ceiling, golden iconostasis and red carpet
Red-brick Orthodox cathedral with golden onion domes and crosses against a blue sky
Red-brick Orthodox cathedral with golden onion domes and green copper roofs under a blue sky
Sunlit Helsinki cityscape from grassy hill with yellow buildings, busy streets, canal, and people relaxing on lawn
Helsinki cityscape with Helsinki Cathedral visible through trees.
Helsinki Cathedral and the Alexander II statue in Senate Square on a sunny day
Helsinki Cathedral with people sitting on the wide steps in front.

Helsinki Cathedral

Another cathedral in Helsinki's city centre is the Helsingin tuomiokirkko (Helsinki Cathedral). The neoclassical style building with its white facade and striking green domes was completed in 1852. The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral was designed by the German architect Carl Ludvig Engel.

Neoclassical cathedral entrance with white stone columns and yellow wooden double door
Interior of a neoclassical church with a golden chandelier, white Ionic columns and wooden pews
Interior of Helsinki Cathedral, showing altar, pulpit, and pews.
Interior of a neoclassical cathedral featuring a domed ceiling with an oculus, grand columns, a golden chandelier, and wooden pews
White neoclassical cathedral with green domes under a vivid blue sky with wispy cirrus clouds
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Large building wrapped in white protective scaffolding sheeting beside a dark domed building on an urban street

Helsinki - Part 2

Lines of Helsinki
Two people sitting on a Helsinki waterfront pier with a neoclassical domed building, harbor boats, and a clear blue sky

Helsinki - Part 1

Large building wrapped in white protective scaffolding sheeting beside a dark domed building on an urban street

Helsinki - Part 2

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