Snapshots from Helsinki (June 2023)

Helsinki, Finland

I’ve visited my Finnish blogger friend who lives in Helsinki, Finland recently. She has shown me around her hometown and I’ve met her family too. I was very lucky with the unpredictable Finnish weather and mostly had sunny weather, apart from a rain shower just before our dinner on Thursday. I’ve spent 2,5 full days exploring Helsinki. It was enough to see the main sights such as the Senate square, Uspenski cathedral, Temppeliaukio church and Sibelius monument but I didn’t visit any of the museums. I walked a lot to burn off those cinnamon bun calories. My friend took me to Suomenlinna island (UNESCO protected site) by public ferry as well. I was surprised by a very authentic Samba parade that took place on a Saturday during my visit. All in all, it was great to finally meet in person my dear Finnish friend and to walk around beautiful Helsinki.

ps. my friend didn’t think I’d find Christmas ornaments in June but almost every souvenir shop has them, and a big souvenir shop near Esplanade park even has an entire lower floor dedicated to Christmas ornaments. So, now I have a new Christmas travel ornament from Finland for my Christmas tree

Snapshots from Helsinki

Natural history museum
one of many Helsinki’s museum
old cemetery turned into a park
at Kappeli
Amos Rex museum

very unusual Church in the rock

the main railway station

Senate square

Helsinki cathedral

Uspenski cathedral
inside Oodi library

Sibelius monument

Suomenlinna island

Samba parade

Have you been to Helsinki? What did you like the best?

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31 thoughts on “Snapshots from Helsinki (June 2023)”

  6. I am glad to see you had a wonderful time visiting your blogger friend in Helsinki and great weather too to enjoy being out and about the city. Despite living so close to Finland, only an hour by plane, I never ended up exploring the neighbouring country. And as I can see from your beautiful photos, there’s so much to see and do. Thanks for sharing and have a great day 🙂 Aiva xx

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  7. Wonderful. I am envious that you got to meet snow and had a wonderful time in Helsinki, but it was so beautiful seeing your photographs and remembering all the wonderful sites there. It’s a great city, I loved it. And did you have dinner at kapelli? It was booked out when I was there.😭

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  9. […] I’ve visited Helsinki, Finland earlier this month. My main reason for visiting Helsinki was to meet up with my Finnish friend. But of course, I’ve done a lot of sightseeing too. I’ve visited Oslo and Stockholm some years ago too but back then I wasn’t interested that much in taking photos of doors. So, here is now my selection of beautiful, interesting doors from northern European city of Helsinki. If you want to see some other photos from Helsinki besides doors, you can check out this post. […]

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  11. I only had a day in Helsinki years ago, but I recall visiting the Rock Church and found it very distinctive and innovative! It’s great you had a local friend take you around the city to experience a bit of the Finnish culture– and with (mostly) good weather to boot!

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  15. Beautiful shots, love the church in the rock. The samba parade is unexpected but looks a lot of fun. Glad you found your Christmas ornament, it will bring back lovely memories later in the year!

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  16. Most excellent! Lovely blue skies and architecture. That church in rock and the Sibelius monument interest me the most, and I really like that rainbow flag on that building. And the parade! Happy for both of you to finally meet.

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