Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Helsinki, Finland

Liisanpuistikko is a small park in Kruununhaka, Helsinki. The park is bounded by Pohjoisranta, Maneesikatu, Maurinkatu and Liisankatu.

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Theatre Jurkka is a professional theatre on Vironkatu in Kruununhaka, Helsinki. The theatre was founded in 1953 and has operated in its current premises since 1954. There are 51 seats.

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The Wise Mouse is a small sculpture by artist Jyrki Siukonen from 2000. It represents a mouse carrying a pen.

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The Holy Trinity Church is a Finnish Orthodox Church located in the Kruununhaka district of Helsinki, on the corner of Unioninkatu and Rauhankatu. The church was built in the neo-classical style in 1826 under the direction of the architect Carl Ludvig Engel, and was dedicated and opened in the following year. The Holy Trinity services the city's orthodox community with Divine Liturgy held in both Church Slavic and Finnish.

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The statue of J. V. Snellman is located in front of the Bank of Finland in Kruununhaka, Helsinki. The memorial, funded by fundraising, was unveiled on Snellman's Day, 12 May 1923. The memorial competition was held in 1913 and the statue was completed already in 1916, but the First World War and the Finnish Civil War delayed its unveiling. The statue was cast in Copenhagen, Denmark, and sculpted by Emil Wikström. The pedestal of the statue and the surroundings of the monument were designed by architect Eliel Saarinen. The statue was damaged during the Continuation War during the bombing of Helsinki in February 1944. The damage left by the shrapnel on the pedestal has been left as a reminder of the bombing.

Wikipedia: J. V. Snellmanin patsas (FI), Website

Helsinki Cathedral is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki, located in the neighborhood of Kruununhaka in the centre of Helsinki, Finland, at the Senate Square. The church was originally built from 1830 to 1852 as a tribute to the Grand Duke of Finland, Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. It was also known as St Nicholas's Church until Finland declared its full independence in 1917. It is a major landmark of the city, and one of the most famous historical structures in Finland as a whole when viewed globally.

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Alexander II is a monumental statue located at the Senate Square in central Helsinki, Finland.

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Uspenski Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox or Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, and main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. Its name comes from the Old Church Slavonic word uspenie, which denotes the Dormition. It is the largest Greek Orthodox church in both Northern and Western Europe.

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Helsinki City Museum is a museum in Helsinki that documents and displays the history of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Its mission is to record and uphold Helsinki's spiritual, material and architectural heritage. The museum features personal memories and everyday life of the city's residents. It also acts as the regional museum for central Uusimaa with a mission to promote and steer museum activities in the region.

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Science Museum Liekki is a museum maintained by the University of Helsinki and located on the first floor of the university's main building. The observatory building on Tähtitorninvuori, which has been converted into a public centre, is also part of the Liekki Science Museum, as is Porthania's drawing room.

Wikipedia: Helsingin yliopistomuseo (FI), Website

Kluuvinlahti fossils is a work of art by Tuula Närhinen completed in 2003 on Aleksanterinkatu in Helsinki. The work features recessed 8.5-centimetre-wide copper strips running across the sidewalks. They bear the Latin names of plants and animals on the grassy seashore.

Wikipedia: Kluuvinlahden fossiilit (taideteos) (FI), Website

Fazer's Rooster is a sculpture created by Finnish artist Björn Weckström. The sculpture was commissioned by Fazer to celebrate the company's 100th anniversary in 1991. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on Kluuvikatu.

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Esplanadi, colloquially known as Espa, is an esplanade and urban park in downtown Helsinki, Finland, situated between the Erottaja square and the Market Square. It is bordered on its northern and southern sides by the Pohjoisesplanadi and Eteläesplanadi streets, respectively. Aleksanterinkatu runs parallel to Esplanadi. Esplanadi is well known as a popular walking area, and street performances are also often held in the park.

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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.

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The Eino Leino is a statue of Eino Leino (1878–1926) sculpted by Lauri Leppänen in the Esplanadi Park in Helsinki, Finland. It is located in the northeast corner of Teatteriesplanadi, close to the intersection of the Pohjoisesplanadi and Mikonkatu streets.

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Taru and Truth is Gunnar Finne's sculpture in the Esplanade Park in Helsinki. The work, unveiled in 1932, is dedicated to the memory of Zachris Topelius and describes the subject as naked virgin characters. The Truth maid has the flame of the truth on his palm and Taru holds the crown-headed bird of the fairy tale.

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The Swedish Theatre is a Swedish-language theatre in Helsinki, Finland, and is located at the Erottaja square, at the end of Esplanadi. It was the first national stage of Finland.

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Faith, Hope, Love is a sculpture by Swedish artist Eva Lange, unveiled in September 2019 on Helsinki's Erottaja Square next to Svenska Teatern.

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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.

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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.

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The Estonian Visitors' Hero's Tomb is a joint grave of the Finnish volunteer troops of the Estonian War of Independence located in Helsinki's Old Church Park, where approximately one fifth of the Finnish heroic dead of the war rest.

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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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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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Elias Lönnrot is a monument in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, by a Finnish sculptor Emil Wikström, unveiled in 1902.

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One is a semi-abstract sculpture designed by Björn Weckström, in which two human figures embrace each other. The sculpture was donated by HYY Group on Flora Day 2018 to the Student Union of the University of Helsinki to celebrate its 150th anniversary.

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The Three Smiths Statue is a sculpture by Felix Nylund, situated in Helsinki, Finland, in Three Smiths Square at the intersection of Aleksanterinkatu and Mannerheimintie. This realistic statue, unveiled in 1932, depicts three naked smiths hammering on an anvil.

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Ylioppilasteatteri is a professionally run amateur theatre operating in Helsinki, founded in 1926 under the name of the Academic Drama Society. It changed its name to the Student Theatre in the early 1930s.

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Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on the south side of Rautatientori square close to Helsinki Central railway station. It has the biggest collections of classical art in Finland. Before 1991 the Ateneum building also housed the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and University of Art and Design Helsinki.

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The Aleksis Kivi Memorial is a statue dedicated to the Finnish author Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872), designed and sculpted by Wäinö Aaltonen.

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The Blue Straight is a work by visual artist Kimmo Kaivanto at Tampere Hall in Tampere. The work was completed at the same time as the building in 1990.

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Lyhdynkantajat is a group of sculptures at the main entrance to the Helsinki Central Station in Helsinki, Finland. The sculptures were designed by Emil Wikström and completed in 1914. Lyhdynkantajat is part of the façade of the Art Nouveau station designed by Eliel Saarinen.

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Metro Lines is a painting by Jouko Christiansson at the Railway Square metro station in Helsinki. The work is placed at the top of the station's escalator. It was unveiled on October 30, 1985. The work won the general competition held to find a work of art for the station.

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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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A bronze equestrian statue of Field Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim stands in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. It was made by Aimo Tukiainen and erected in 1960.

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Amos Rex is an art museum named after the publisher and arts patron Amos Anderson and located in Lasipalatsi, on Mannerheimintie boulevard in Helsinki, Finland. It opened in 2018 and rapidly reached international popularity, attracting more than 10,000 visitors in a matter of weeks.

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The Kamppi Chapel is a chapel in the neighbourhood of Kamppi in Helsinki, Finland, located on the Narinkka Square. It is also known as the "Chapel of Silence" since it is intended to be a place to calm down and have a moment of silence in one of the busiest areas of the city.

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The Luther Church, designed by Karl August Wrede and completed in 1894, is a Lutheran church in Helsinki. It is maintained by the Lutheran Evangelical Association of Finland (LEAF), who has leased the property from its current owner, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company.

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Lapinlahden puistikko is located in the triangle between Lapinlahdenkatu, Eerikinkatu and Albertinkatu in Helsinki. In 2001, Latvian artist Oskars Mikans' sculpture Man Rises from a Garbage Bin depicting Arvo Parkkila was erected there.

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The Independent Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Helsinki is a parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Finland in Helsinki. Parish services are held at the Koinonia Centre of the Luther Foundation of Finland.

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Children's Grove is a triangular park in Kamppi, Helsinki. It is bordered by Lapinlahdenkatu, Lapinrinne and Ruoholahdenkatu. The name of the park derives from the children's home of the Lady's Folk Association that was once located nearby.

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Eva Aurora Charlotta Karamzin was a Finnish philanthropist. Her better-known names are Princess Aurora Demidova and Aurora Karamzin, titles that were acquired after her first and second marriages, respectively.

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Johan Vilhelm Snellman was an influential Fennoman philosopher and Finnish statesman, ennobled in 1866. He was one of the most important 'awakeners' or promoters of Finnish nationalism, alongside Elias Lönnrot and J. L. Runeberg.

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The Church of the Prophet Elijah in Helsinki or Cemetery Church is an Orthodox church in the Orthodox cemetery in Helsinki. The church was designed by architect Ivan Kudriavzev and completed in 1958.

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The Ruoholahti installation is a installation by Juhana Blomstedt at the Ruoholahti metro station in Helsinki. The work begins on the upper platform of the station at the heading of the staircase shaft and extends all the way to platform level. The work is made using blue and white ceramic tiles. It also includes a meeting place on the quayside. The work was completed in 1993.

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The Theatre Museum is the national museum responsible for performing arts, especially theatre and dance, operating at the Cable Factory in Salmisaari, Helsinki, and its cooperation network consists of the theatre field. The focus area of the museum is theatre education.

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The Finnish Museum of Photography is the national museum responsible for photography, located at the Cable Factory in Helsinki. The museum has exhibition space K1 as a branch office in the Kämp Gallery. The museum's mission is to promote and nurture Finnish photographic art and culture. Founded on the initiative of photographic organizations, the museum began its activities in 1969. The museum is maintained by the Foundation of the Finnish Museum of Photography. In 2019, a total of 31,306 visitors visited the museum, of whom 10,885 received a free visit and 20,421 paid an entrance fee.

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The Hotel and Restaurant Museum specializes in the history of Finnish hotels, restaurants, cafés, tourism and culinary culture. The museum is located in Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland. The museum was first opened in 1971 but has operated in its present premises since 1993. The museums collection includes about 20,000 artifacts and other objects from restaurants, bars, diners, spas and hotels. Museum's archives include about 38,000 photographs, menus and other documents. Museum also takes care of the Alko store museum's collection.

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