Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #12 in Helsinki, Finland

Kaisaniemi park is a popular park, in the center of Helsinki, in the region of Kluuvi. The Kaisaniemi Park was named after Catharina "Cajsa" Wahllund. Part of the park was given to the University of Helsinki in 1829, for gardening. The oldest greenhouse was opened in 1889.

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Varsapuistikko is located in Helsinki, in a triangle between Kaisaniemenkatu, Yrjö-Koskisen katu and Unioninkatu, near the Forest House. It was once part of Kaisaniemi Park, but was separated from it when Kaisaniemenkatu was built through the park. The park takes its name from Emil Cedercreutz's sculpture Mother's Love, completed in 1928, which depicts a horse foal and its dam.

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Verkko is a spatial installation by Annikki Luukela at the University of Helsinki metro station in Helsinki. The work starts in the glass cabinet on the upper platform of the station and continues to the platform level along the wall of the escalator. In addition, it includes neon and holographic works in quay-level display cases. The network is made of a colored neon light tube, which has been used for a total of more than a hundred meters. The work was completed in 1995, when the station was opened under the name Kaisaniemi metro station.

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The Finnish National Theatre, established in 1872, is a theatre located in central Helsinki on the northern side of the Helsinki Central Railway Station Square. The Finnish National Theatre is the oldest Finnish speaking professional theatre in Finland. It was known as the Finnish Theatre until 1902, when it was renamed the Finnish National Theatre.

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The Curtain or Ida Aalberg Memorial is a bronze sculpture by Raimo Utriainen dedicated to actress Ida Aalberg in Helsinki's Kaisaniemi Park, behind the Finnish National Theatre, in front of the Small Stage. The sculpture, which rises to a height of nine meters, was unveiled in 1972. It depicts, suggestively, a pleated curtain on the stage.

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The Kiasman of the Museum of Contemporary Art was designed by US architect Steven Holl, who won the museum's architectural competition in 1993.

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The statue of P. E. Svinhufvud is a statue of the President of Finland P. E. Svinhufvud in front of the Parliament House in Helsinki, created by sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen. The statue dates from 1961. The statues of Svinhufvud and K. J. Ståhlberg, sculpted by Aaltonen, are placed on opposite sides of the lawn along Mannerheimintie in front of the Parliament House, Svinhufvud at the southern end and Ståhlberg at the northern end.

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The statue of K. J. Ståhlberg is a statue of Finland's first President K. J. Ståhlberg, created by sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen in front of the Parliament House in Helsinki. The statue dates from 1959, and it was the first monument to Finnish presidents erected in Helsinki. The statues of Ståhlberg and P. E. Svinhufvud, sculpted by Aaltonen, are placed on opposite sides of the lawn along Mannerheimintie in front of the Parliament House, Ståhlberg at the north end and Svinhufvud at the southern end.

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The statue of Kyösti Kallio is a statue of President of Finland Kyösti Kallio in a park north of the Parliament House in Helsinki, created by his son, sculptor Kalervo Kallio. The statue dates from 1962.

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The Parliament House is the seat of the Parliament of Finland. It is located in the Finnish capital Helsinki, in the district of Etu-Töölö.

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Gekko is a spatial work created by ceramic artist Pekka Paikkari, Kristiina Riska and Kati Tuominen-Niittylä at Kamppi metro station in Helsinki. The work is covered with ceramic tiles, shaped like a concrete protective cover for escalators. The metro escalator tube goes from Kamppi's street-level central lobby through the long-distance bus terminal down to the metro station. The diameter of the pipe is about four meters, and it holds about 275 square meters of ceramics. Gekko graduated in 2005.

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Helsinki Art Museum, abbreviated as HAM, is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland. It is located in Tennispalatsi in the district of Kamppi. The museum reopened after renovations and rebranding in 2015.

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A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more.

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Temppeliaukio Church is a Lutheran church in the Töölö neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland. The church was designed by architects and brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and opened in 1969. Built directly into solid rock, it is also known as the Church of the Rock and Rock Church.

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