Helsinki

The train station in Tampere

The train station in Helsinki

The train station seen from the outside

The tramway in Helsinki! I prefer the one in Marseille!

A church built in the rocks

An orchestra performing in the church

The restaurant where we had our lunch. It is a real typical retaurant

For 8€ you could eat everything as much as you want. Take a look at the choice...There are also the next photos!

That's the dessert... I did not try that...Nadia told the taste was not good!

That was my 1st plate!

France is everywhere!

A nice avenue in Helsinki

Don't know why but I like that building!

Look at the bird on the head of the statue!

The market square. In the background, an orthodox church

A protestant church seen from the boat we took to get to an Island... See the photos below for the island and the church!

A tiny island in the middle of nowhere!

This island... a lovely place!

Still on the island!

A church on the island

A typical Finnish house

Remember the orthodox church in the background?

A guard...Fail to understand what or who he is waiting for!

A protestant church

The orgue in the church

Nice square. The one we can see from the church

Karl Fazer Café

The Nokia store. Nokia is a Finnish company which employs 50000 people around the world...25000 in Finland!

Hi everybody!

I went to Helsinki yesterday ( the 7th of September ) with Nicolas and Nadia. We left Tampere by train at 9h07 a.m and arrived in Helsinki at 10h50 a.m. In the evening we left at 18h06 and arrived in Tampere at 19h52.

The weather was really nice there. It was not too cloudy ( ! ) and it was pretty warm (about 15°C ! ). And it was not too windy. So it was a good day for visiting the Finnish capital!

What can I say about Helsinki? Actually it is a lovely city which looks like a real big city!! What I mean is that compared to Tampere, Helsinki is really big. It is the capital! There are about 600000 Finnish living in that city. Not very much compared to Marseille for example, which is only the second biggest city in France with 800000 people.

I'm not going to expand on what I saw there, it would be too long. Just read the comments under the photos.