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Helsinki, Finland - Part 4

This part of my Helsinki series covers parts of Taka-Töölö, Meilahti, and Seurasaari. These pictures were taken in May of 2004.

Part 1 of this photo series concentrated mostly on the heart of the city, the downtown area (see my introduction to Helsinki in Part 1). Part 2 expanded to such neighborhoods as Kaisaniemi, Hakaniemi, Sörnäinen, Kallio, Töölö, & Kamppi. Part 3 focused on buildings in the Eira and Ullanlinna neighborhoods. Part 5 depicts Katajanokka and Ruoholahti, and Part 6 ... (more)

1 Sibelius Park

2 Sibelius Monument
Built of over 600 pipes.

3 Sibelius Monument
Sibelius (1865-1957) was a famous Finnish composer. He composed the Finlandia...

4 Sibelius Monument

5 Underneath the Sibelius Monument
where you can listen to sounds and echoes the pipes make.

6 Sibelius Monument

7 Sibelius Monument

8 Ducks in Sibelius Park

9 A view from Merikannontie

10 Humallahti

11 Swans on Humallahti

12 A tern watching for fish

13 Children's Hospital

14 Kesäranta
The Prime Minister of Finland lives there. The main building is hidden behind...

15 Humallahti

16 Meilahti's Hospital

17 An old grave site

18 Old grave site again
This Bronze age grave is about 3000 years old; they discovered burned human...

19 A house on Seurasaarentie

20 A view to the rocks on which the...
bronze age grave site is.

22 Mäntyniemi gate
Mäntyniemi is where the President of Finland lives.

23 Mäntyniemi
The President's house.

24 Vegitation in front of Mäntyniemi

25 A pond in front of Mäntyniemi

26 A´path towards Seurasaari

27 A view to Seurasaari's bridge

28 Folklore Center near Seurasaari

29 Seurasaari
Seurasaari is an island and a national park.

30 Bridge to Seurasaari

31 A view from the bridge

32 Seurasaari

33 Seurasaari

34 A boat barn in Seurasaari

35 An old water mill in Seurasaari

36 A granery in Seurasaari

37 A squarrel

38 The squarrel again
There are lots of those on the island.

39 Seurasaari

40 Seurasaari

41 An old church in Seurasaari

42 Seurasaari

43 Seurasaari

44 Seurasaari

45 Seurasaari

46 Seurasaari

47 Cottages

48 A loft barn

49 Loft barns

50 An old phone booth in Seurasaari

51 Florins' summer cottage

52 Seurasaari

53 Another loft barn in Seurasaari

54 An old wind mill

55 Tree storage hut

56 A Lapp cottage

57 Map of the area
for the previous pictures. The following pictures are a bit south of...

58 Helsinki School of Economics
Built in 1950. This is only one of the school's buildings, but the most...

59 An entrance to an apartment building

60 Temppeliaukio Church, inside
This church was built inside a rock.

61 Temppeliaukio Church, inside

62 Temppeliaukio Church, inside

63 The Natural History Museum

article published 05/22/2004

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