Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #13 in Helsinki, Finland

Alppila Church is a church building located in the Alppila district of Helsinki. The church, completed in 1957, was designed by architects Keijo Ström and Olavi Tuomisto. The name of the church was originally Kotkankatu Parish Work Centre.

Wikipedia: Alppilan kirkko (FI)

Sea Life Helsinki is part of the Europe-wide Sea Life chain owned by Merlin Entertainments, which is the world's largest public aquarium chain.

Wikipedia: Sea Life Helsinki (FI), Website

Linnanmäki is an amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. It was opened on 27 May 1950 and is owned by the non-profit Children's Day Foundation, which operates the park to raise funds for Finnish child welfare work. In 2023, the foundation donated €4.5 million, and so far has donated a total of over €130 million to this cause.

Wikipedia: Linnanmäki (EN), Website

Taiga is a steel roller coaster located at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. Taiga is the tallest (52m), fastest (106km/h) and longest (1,104m) roller coaster in Finland.

Wikipedia: Taiga (roller coaster) (EN)

Kirnu is a steel roller coaster located at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. Kirnu is Intamin's first ball coaster.

Wikipedia: Kirnu (EN)

The Rinkeli is an Italian-made Ferris wheel that replaced the old Helsinki wheel in the 2006 season in Linnanmäki. The rinkeli is about 35 metres high, which is 11 metres higher than its predecessor. The machine has 24 gondolas and can accommodate up to 144 passengers at the same time. In an hour, the capacity of the device is about 1, 700 passengers. Rinkeli got its name in a public vote that circulated on the Linnanmäki website in winter 2005–2006. Work on the Ferris wheel began in mid-March and it was commissioned when the amusement park opened on Friday, April 28, 2006.

Wikipedia: Rinkeli (maailmanpyörä) (FI)

Tulireki is a roller coaster located at Linnanmäki in Helsinki, Finland. It is Kalevala featured, just like Salama.

Wikipedia: Tulireki (EN)

Express trains in Finland meant a faster connection than commuter and suburban trains, which has mainly stopped only at medium-sized and larger stations. The distance between stations by high-speed trains has typically been around 50–100 kilometres. In the timetables, express trains were marked with the P symbol. In 2024, express trains were removed from Finnish railways when night express trains became known as night trains.

Wikipedia: Pikajuna Suomessa (FI)

Panoraama is a 53 metres (174 ft) tall gyro tower at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. Its observation deck rises about 84 metres (276 ft) above sea level. Panoraama was built in 1987 by the Swiss Intamin and offers capacity for 400 visitors per hour. It was originally known as Panorama, but the name was changed to Panoraama when Linnanmäki changed the naming policy for its rides and started to use only words that are correct in the Finnish language.

Wikipedia: Panoraama (EN)

Salama is a steel roller coaster located at Linnanmäki in Helsinki, Finland. It was constructed for the 2008 season. It is built on top of Hurjakuru, a river rafting ride.

Wikipedia: Salama (roller coaster) (EN)

Vuoristorata is a classic wooden roller coaster located at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. It was built in the winter of 1950 by Linnanmäki's staff on the basis of drawings by Valdemar Lebech, a Danish builder specialising in fairground rides. The construction work was led by the Danish ride operator Svend Jarlström, who at the time owned most of Linnanmäki's rides. Opened on 13 July 1951, Vuoristorata was the largest roller coaster in the Nordic countries and the tallest in Europe at the time. Expected to last up to 15 years, it was originally designed as a temporary attraction for the amusement park, opened in 1950. One of the main reasons for its construction was to attract tourists from the 1952 Summer Olympics held in the city. Since then, its temporary status was renewed for extended periods, until it was eventually regarded as a permanent structure.

Wikipedia: Vuoristorata (EN)

Ukko is a roller coaster located in Linnanmäki Amusement Park in Helsinki. The device, called Skyloop, is manufactured by German Maurer Söhne. The track was opened to the public on the 61st anniversary of Linnanmäki on 27 May 2011.

Wikipedia: Ukko (vuoristorata) (FI)

Lenin Park is a 3.5-hectare park designed by garden architect Maj-Lis Rosenbröijer in Alppila, Helsinki.

Wikipedia: Lenininpuisto (FI)

The Worker's Mother is a sculpture located in a park at the intersection of Sturenkatu and Läntinen Brahenkatu in Alppiharju, Helsinki. The Worker's Mother, created by sculptor Panu Patomäki, was unveiled in 1996.

Wikipedia: Työläisäiti (FI)

Josafat Cliffs is a rocky green area in Harju, Helsinki, north of Helsinginkatu.

Wikipedia: Josafatin kalliot (FI)

The Tauno Palo Memorial is a monument to actor Tauno Palo created by sculptor Kain Tapper in Kallio, Helsinki. The multi-part memorial and the associated environmental artwork are located in Tauno Palo Park along Helsinginkatu, and they were completed in 1993.

Wikipedia: Tauno Palon muistomerkki (FI), Website

Tauno Palo Park is located in the Kallio district of Helsinki. In the north, it borders Helsinginkatu, from where it is separated by a low stone wall. To the south and west, the park area rises into a slope with an asphalt-paved staircase/embankment for pedestrians, which curves southwest towards the intersection of Alppikatu and Wallininkatu. To the east, the park borders the courtyard of a residential apartment building. Tram line 8 runs past the park along Helsinginkatu. The park is located approximately halfway between the stops of Linnanmäki and Urheilutalo.

Wikipedia: Tauno Palon puisto (FI)

Helsinki Winter Garden is a greenhouse open to the public in the Zoo area north of Töölönlahti Bay at Hammarskjöldintie 1 A. The Winter Garden displays a wide range of plants, most of them from the tropics.

Wikipedia: Talvipuutarha (FI), Website

The Sports Museum of Finland also known as the TAHTO is a museum specialising in sports and physical activity located at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.

Wikipedia: Sports Museum of Finland (EN), Website

Helsinki Zion Church is a Pentecostal revival church in Töölö, Helsinki. It has about 500 members. The Zion Church is based on believers in Jesus who believe in the Bible as such and strive to apply it in their lives.

Wikipedia: Helsingin Siion-seurakunta (FI), Website

The Tram Museum or Tram Museum is a special museum operating under the Helsinki City Museum in Taka-Töölö, Helsinki. The museum presents the history of tram traffic in Helsinki. It is housed in Helsinki's oldest tram hall, dating back to 1900, designed by architect Waldemar Aspelin.

Wikipedia: Ratikkamuseo (FI)

Hesperianpuisto Park is a park located on the western shore of Töölönlahti Bay in Helsinki, belonging to the districts of Etu and Taka-Töölö. It borders Mannerheimintie in the west, Finlandia Hall in the south and the Finnish National Opera and Ballet in the north. On the beach, however, the park extends in a narrow strip all the way to Helsinginkatu, on the other side of which is the Zoo park area. South of Töölönlahti is the Töölönlahti Park, opened in 2016. The entire Töölönlahti park zone can be counted as part of Helsinki Central Park.

Wikipedia: Hesperian puisto (FI)