A Cloud Castle Magazine: helmikuuta 2014

Hello today I will write about beautiful and awesome Helsinki. This is my homecity, capital of Finland and biggest love of my life - almost. This blogtext is actually practise for myself and also some information for readers if you are intresthing in Helsinki and wanna visit there. So welcome to my 'Helsinki sightseeing'! Let's start!

Helsinki Central Railway Station

Why first Railway Station? Because this is very popular meeting place in Helsinki. Almost everybody knows where railway station is, and guess what? Everyday in this building is walking over 200 000 passenger and that's make it the most alive building in Finland. And by the way trains are going also to Russian and everywhere in Finland. And if you just wanna hung out railway station there is many little coffee restaurangs and clothes shops for exempel Modtex.

Kamppi

Kamppi is actually in central Helsinki and it's as easy place to meeting as railway station. It's at the same time shopping centre, busstation and metrostation. Before the Kamppi in front of it was busstation and that looked like little bit messy, because busses wasn't underground. Inside the Kamppi you can walk to Forum easily using tunnel. Forum is another big shopping center in Helsinki and worth to visit.

Forum

Kamppi Chapel

This is Chapel in front of Kamppi designed by Mikko Summanen. As you see from picture chapel is not very habitual church, but it's different and imaginative. This is only for quiet down and there won't be divine service. It's very new in Helsinki and it was build 2012.

The Glass palace

Before the Kamppi and actually before the Finnkino the Glass palace was central Helsinki. It was contact with old busstation. Still in nowadays and before there is BioRex movieteather and there was many first night movies, but today first nights are in Tennispalace. But still in Glass palace in many little restaurang, bars and little coffee places.

Finnkino

As I just told you this is the biggest movieteather in Helsinki. In biggest hall there is almost 700 seat.

Stockmann

Finnish shop, expensive, but quality.

Central street also Aleksanteristreet

Popular walking street where is many coffee places, shops, WTC Helsinki and the Stockmann is also there. In Christmas there is beautiful Christmas lights and this is maybe the most beautiful street in Helsinki at winter time.

Senate Square

Here is many important places for Finland. Left side the yellow building is Univercity of Helsinki and next to it is Univercity's Library where you can also borrow books in Russian. White Church is Helsinki Cathedral and this is actually the most photographing building in Helsinki and it was desinged by Carl Ludvig Engel who had desing actually all of those buildings in this picture! So right side is Goverment Palace. Among the Square is statue about Aleksanteri II who was most liked tsar in time when Finland was part of Russian.

Uspenski Cathedral

The biggest ortodox Church in Helsinki.

Market Square

Here you can easily make purchases close to ocean. Everybody will find something from here for exempel souvenirs, clothes, jewels and good typical finnish food. From Market Sguare you can also take ship to Sveaborg, capital of Finland, or if you like sightseeing cruises by Strömma.