:cheers: Some pictures from last weekend:

Helsinki is a fantastic city with a very diverse architecture and a lovely setting. I'll let the pictures show you what I mean.

1 the Luheran Cathedral
http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/4720/01vv0.jpg

2 the Senate
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1581/02rd8.jpg

3 the main station
http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/2448/03el9.jpg

4
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7109/04ew1.jpg

5
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2219/05cj6.jpg

6
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1518/06vs5.jpg

7
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5949/07sy6.jpg

8
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9
http://img273.imageshack.us/img273/9875/09oj6.jpg

10
http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/6356/10uo7.jpg

11
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12
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13
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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23
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24
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25
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26
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27
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28
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29
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30
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31
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32
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33
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34
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35
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36
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37
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39
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ENJOY! And please comment!

there are not many pics of helsinki here at ssc, so thank you very much for these nice shots!

Nice pictures of my hometown :)

Really appreciated! Kippis!

Beautiful pics of a city we don't get to see often here on SSC.
Helsinki looks very peaceful and very rich!

Beautiful pics of my fav northern city ;)
:applause:

Ive never seen any pic of Helsinki, I know, Im really ignorant, cause this city is really beautifull and I loved it!

Great shots! :D

Oooooh I love Finland so much! And Helsinki is like the top of the top! :D

Really beautiful town, the churches, the streets, the buildings, everything is so nice. I definetly NEED to go to Finland at least once in my life!

Helsinki is beautiful.

Nice mix of modern and old architecture.

Wow! What a pics!... :cheers:
Helsinki is a very clean city.

#7 is down by the harbour, right? At the end of the Esplanaadi?

I had breakfast there, once. It was a real greasy thing, called lihapiirakka, which is basically lots of meat with different ingredients stuffed inside some bread. Finnish cuisine at its best!

It brings back memories. Great times. Thanks!

Great pics you got there. :) Many cool angles that aren't shown here at SSC before!

very very beautiful ciy .

very neat and clean

very beautiful old buildings

obviously a well-off city

#7 is down by the harbour, right? At the end of the Esplanaadi?

I had breakfast there, once. It was a real greasy thing, called lihapiirakka, which is basically lots of meat with different ingredients stuffed inside some bread. Finnish cuisine at its best!

It brings back memories. Great times. Thanks!

Don´t you have köttpiråger (lihapiirakka) in Sweden?

#36 has to be the ugliest building in the entire city!

Don´t you have köttpiråger (lihapiirakka) in Sweden?

You mean finnish pirogues? Sure we do, but they're mostly small, and don't taste much. "Real" pirogues taste so much better.

I couldn't really picture what Helsinki looks like, so thanks a lot for this photo tour - great stuff!

Fantastic pic´s
Very crazy...very good!!!
congratulations!!!

I never thought Helsinki would be that beautiful !!! Now It's on my scandinavian cities to visit list! Thanks for the pics. :okay: !

You mean finnish pirogues? Sure we do, but they're mostly small, and don't taste much. "Real" pirogues taste so much better.

You said you had something called lihapiirakka, but that is not the same thing as karjalanpiirakka which you obviously call Finnish pirogues.

#7 is down by the harbour, right? At the end of the Esplanaadi?

Right, that's the Kauppatori market.

Helsinki is a nice place.

Great pics mate! :okay:

best photos ive seen of Helsinki from SSC :) Thanks for posting!

Just great pictures! Amazing!!!!

Helsinki is fantastic, clean and organizated. A model to many cities of the world.

@davidkunz/VIE

Your pictures are so damn great that I have "copied - pasted" them to the thread about Finland on polish subforum...Hope you don't mind!

Here's the link: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=450163

That's alright. Makes me proud, in fact. ;)

One year late, but, nice pics! :)

Absolutly beautiful pictures, can not wait to get there, 10 more days. So when i go site seeing in the downtown area, whats the best place to go for a Finnish beer?

^^ Parks. Everyone meets there in the evening.

Or you can try spårakoff, the pub tram.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4937/sporakoff05ty8.jpg
A 40min ride through some common tourist spots costs 8€.

So nice! Very beautiful!

Beautiful pics of a city we don't get to see often here on SSC.
Helsinki looks very peaceful and very rich!

Thanks for the compliments of my home city :) I've been living in Helsinki for all my life and I've never thought that Helsinki would look rich. How's that? We don't even have any real skyscrapers ;)

Awesome picts! Thanks for showing Helsinki!

(I don't know why but it reminds me a little of Moscow?)

(I don't know why but it reminds me a little of Moscow?)
That's probably because there's been a lot of russian influence in the architecture of Helsinki. In my opinion, though, Moscow is quite different. But St. Petersburg and Helsinki could be twins - the buildings from the late 19th and the early 20th century really look the same.

The pictures posted here over a year ago were fabolous. I've seldom thought Helsinki would have anything special to offer, but after seeing these pictures I think it does. At least it's a great city to live in.