Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Helsinki, Finland
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Explore Helsinki in Finland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in HelsinkiIndividual Sights in HelsinkiSight 1: Old Market Hall
The Old Market Hall is the oldest market hall in Helsinki, Finland. It is located along the Eteläranta street near the Helsinki Market Square in the Kaartinkaupunki district. By 2013, the hall had also become a popular tourist attraction.
Sight 2: Memorial to Jewish Refugees - Hands Begging for Help
The Memorial to Jewish Refugees or Hands Pleading for Help is a sculpture in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, on a slope near the Makasiini terminal. The work was designed by Rafael Wardi and Niels Haukeland and was unveiled on November 5, 2000. The sculpture is dedicated to the memory of eight Jewish refugees handed over by Finland to Nazi Germany during World War II. Only one of them survived the Nazi extermination camps alive.
Sight 3: Against the Raging Sea
Facing the Sea is a relief made by Matti Haupt on the wall of the former head office of Suomen Höyrylaiva Oy, now the Church House, at Eteläranta 8 in Helsinki, Helsinki.
Sight 4: Lightbringer - National Memorial to the Winter War
The National Memorial to the Winter War, or Bringer of Light, is a steel statue located on Kasarmitori Square in Helsinki, completed in 2017. The monument is designed by sculptor Pekka Kauhanen and is a soldier about 10 metres high. It is the largest steel statue in Finland. Kauhanen won a design competition organised by the Ministry of Culture in 2013.
Sight 5: Savoy Theatre
Savoy Theatre is a guest theatre for Finnish and foreign performers in Helsinki's Kaartinkaupunki. The theatre is connected to the Savoy restaurant. It is especially known as a concert venue for world music. Savoy Theatre is one of the locations of the Helsinki Cultural Centre.
Sight 6: Merkki
Media Museum and Archives The sign is a special museum located in the former premises of Helsingin Sanomat on Ludviginkatu in Kaartinkaupunki, Helsinki. It is part of the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation.
Wikipedia: Median museo ja arkisto Merkki (FI), Facebook, Website
Sight 7: Tellervo, Tapios daughter (Diana)
Tellervo, Tapio's daughter is a bronze sculpture by Yrjö Liipola from 1928. It is located in Helsinki's Kolmikulma Park in the Kaartinkaupunki district.
Sight 8: Kolmikulma
Kolmikulma, also known as the Diana Park, is a small, rectangular triangular-shaped park located in the Kaartinkaupunki district in the city center of Helsinki, Finland. It is limited by the Yrjönkatu, Uudenmaankatu and Erottajankatu streets. The park was renovated in 2006 and 2007.
Sight 9: Helsingin baptistiseurakunta, Betel
Helsinki Baptist Church is a Baptist congregation founded in 1903. The leader and pastor of the church is Jari Portaankorva.
Sight 10: The Whistling City-Dweller
The whistling Helsinki is a sculpture donated by sculptor Björn Weckström to the City of Helsinki. The sculpture is located on the big Roobertinkatu and was revealed in 1995.
Sight 11: Andreaskyrkan
Andreas Church is a free parish in Helsinki. The parish is a member of the Missionskyrkan i Finland denomination. The parish church is located on Korkeavuorenkatu, in Kaartinkaupunki. The congregation cooperates locally, nationally, and internationally and occasionally supports a number of missions and relief missions abroad. The head of the congregation is Markus Österlund.
Sight 12: Museum of Finnish Architecture
The Museum of Finnish Architecture is an architectural museum in Helsinki, Finland. Established in 1956, it is the second oldest museum of its kind devoted specifically to architecture. The museum was founded on the basis of the photographic collection of the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA), which was established in 1949.
Sight 13: Design Museum
Design Museum is a museum in Helsinki devoted to the exhibition of both Finnish and foreign design, including industrial design, fashion, and graphic design. The building is situated in Kaartinkaupunki, on Korkeavuorenkatu Street, and is owned by the Republic of Finland through Senate Properties. The building was completed in 1895 and originally built as a school building for the Swedish school Läroverket för gossar och flickor.
Sight 14: Topelius and children
Topelius and the Children is a monument to Zacharias Topelius in Koulupuistikko in Kaartinkaupunki, Helsinki. The park is bordered by Korkeavuorenkatu, Merimiehenkatu, Yrjönkatu and Ratakatu. The sculpture was designed by Ville Vallgren and was erected in 1932.
Sight 15: Helsingin vapaaseurakunta
Helsinki Free Parish is a free parish based in Helsinki. The congregation's meeting rooms are located on Annankatu, Punavuori. The leading pastor of the church is Ari Korolainen.
Sight 16: Helsingfors Adventkyrka
Annankatu Adventist Church is an Adventist congregation located in Punavuori, Helsinki. The church was founded in 1894 and is the first Adventist congregation in Finland. The pastors of the church are Sakari Vehkavuori and Atte Helminen.
Sight 17: Pyhän Markuksen luterilainen seurakunta
St. Mark's Lutheran Parish is a parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland in Helsinki. The parish was founded in 2003, but the background was the Finnish Luther Foundation's fair activities, which began in 2000. The congregation organizes its services in the premises of the Helsinki Adventist Church.
Sight 18: Vanha kirkkopuisto
The old church park is a park surrounding the old church in Kamppi, Helsinki and a historic cemetery that comprises one block area. The old church is located on the edge of the park along Lönnrotinkatu. Other streets surrounding the park are Annankatu, Bulevardi and Yrjönkatu.
Sight 19: Helsinki Old Church
The Old Church of Helsinki, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1826, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Helsinki. The oldest existing church in central Helsinki, the church was originally planned as a temporary building as the Ulrika Eleonora Church constructed in 1727 had become too small for the congregation and the new church, Helsinki Cathedral, would not be completed until 1852. However, the city's rapid population growth from the early 19th century onwards ensured that the church would remain needed, and also necessitated the construction of many other churches.
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