Finland Photo Gallery - Helsinki

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1 - George's ignominious ride
 on a break-down truck		 2 - Rastila Metro station for
journey into Helsinki city centre		 3 - The Art Deco booking hall
  at Helsinki Central Station		 4 - Lantern Bearer figures on
  façade of Central Station

5 - Eduskunta Finnish Parliament building now under renovation 6 - The Music Centre concert Hall (Musiikkitalo) completed in 2011 7 -  National Theatre and statue
of Finnish dramatist Alexis Kivi		 8 - Engel's Lutheran Cathedral
   atop monumental steps

 
9 -  Government Palace, part of
 Engel's array of public buildings		 10 - Havis Amanda mermaid statue
 fountains with passing trams		 11 - Uspenski Russian Orthodox
Cathedral		 12 - Uspenski Russian Orthodox
 Cathedral's icon bedecked interior

 
13 - Lutheran Cathedral over
 rooftops of the Presidential Palace		 14 - Helsinki's 'White City'
   waterfront skyline		 15 - Orthodox Cathedral viewed
   from across harbour		 16 - Silja Line ferry departing
Hesinki terminal en route for Tallinn

 
17 - Helsinki's ice-breaker fleet
  at their summer moorings		 18 - City strollers in late afternoon
 sunshine along Esplanadi gardens		 19 - Engel's Lutheran Cathedral
 against stormy sky backdrop		 20 - The full House of Finland's
  newly elected Eduskunta

 
21 - Mauri Pekkarinen of Centre Party, elected as Deputy Speaker 22 - Members come up to cast
their ballot to elect new Speaker		 23 - Juha Sipilä, newly elected
Prime Minister, voting for Speaker		 24 - Prime Minister Juha Sipilä with
  his party's Speaker candidate

 
25 - Newly elected Speaker, Maria
Lohela, takes the Eduskunta's Chair 		26 - Mahogany stalls of the Vanha
 Kauppahalli (Old Market Hall)		 27 - Mingling with shoppers at
Saturday's Hakaniementori market		 28 - Hakaniemi Kauppaahalli
  (Market Hall)

 
29 - Browsing the stalls of
Hakaniemi Kauppaahalli (Market Hall) 		30 - 1889 Palm House at Kaisaniemi
 University Botanical Gardens		 31 - Finlandia Hall (1976) concert
   hall designed by Alvar Aalto		 32 - Senate Square from the top
 of the Cathedral steps

 
33 - House of Estates, 19th century
meeting place of the Diet of Estates 		34 - A final stroll through
   the gardens of Esplanadi		 35 - Three Smiths statue & Vanha
 Ylioppistalo (Old Students' House)		 36 - Art Nouveau frontage
 of Helsinki's Central Station
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