Helsinki

1 Almost in Amsterdam, then another flight to Helsinki.	2 The view from our hotel room in Helsinki	3	4 The Hakaniemi area of Helsinki with the market on the right	5
6 At the market	7 The white buidling in the background is the Helsinki Opera building	8	9 The hotel we stayed at	10 Looking down into the Hotel's breakfast area from our floor
11 At the Kauppatori market	12	13 Johanna walking along the Esplanadi	14	15
16 The view from the hotel's sauna	17 University of Helsinki buildings	18 Tuomiokirkko - the Helsinki Cathedral	19 Inside the cathedral	20
21 Senaatintori - Senate Square	22 A government building next to the cathedral	23	24 Hakaniemi and our hotel viewed from the opposite side of the channel	25 Buildings in the Kruunuhaka area of Helsinki
26	27	28	29	30 Säätytalo - House of the Estates - housed the three commoner estates of the four estates of the realm of Finland. The estates were superseded at the 1906 parliamentary reform by the foundation of a single chamber parliament. The parliament settled elsewhere, leaving Säätytalo for secondary usage.
31 The Bank of Finland	32 The cathedral seen from the south side of the Senate Square with the statue of Alexander II in the foreground.	33 The Helsinki central railway station	34 The Finnish National Theatre next to the railway station	35 The theater with a statue of Aleksis Kivi, a Finnish author who in the 19th century wrote the first significant novel in Finnish, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers).
36 Inside Temppeliaukion kirkko	37 Aaron playing in Temppeliaukion kirkko	38 Aaron and Satu	39	40 Kansallismuseo - the National Museum
41 The Parliament building	42	43 Finlandia Hall	44 Hakasalmi Villa next to Finlandia Hall is from the 1840s. At the time of my visit it had the "Made in Helsinki" exhibit.	45 At the "Made in Helsinki" exhibit, which displayed crafts and designs from Helsinki from 1700 to 2012. Here is a piano made by one of eight piano manufacturers in Helsinki in the 19th century.
46 The cafe outside the exhibit advertised a cup of coffee for 6 marks (the old Finnish currency which hasn't been in use for a decade)	47 Kiasma, the Helsinki museum of modern art in the center, with Helsingin Sanomat newspaper building in the back on the left.	48 The new music building or concert hall in Helsinki	49 Inside the new music building	50 Looking towards the central railroad station in downtown Helsinki
51 Narinkkatori and the Kamppi shopping center	52 The Kamppi Chapel, next to the Kamppi shopping center.	53 It was surprisingly quiet inside the chapel.	54 The new walk/bikeway that follows the path of the old railway that went from the central railroad station to the old harbor in Jätkäsaari.	55 Our car back in its underground storage waiting for our next vacation.