#1 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Central Train Station
Helsinki
~0.09 miles from Helsinki city center
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Helsinki Central railway station (Finnish: Helsingin rautatieasema, Swedish: Helsingfors järnvägsstation) is a widely recognised landmark in central Helsinki, Finland, and the focal point of public transport in the Greater Helsinki area. It serves as the point of origin for all trains in the local VR commuter rail network, as well as for a large proportion of long-distance trains in Finland. The station also hosts the Rautatientori metro station, which is the busiest station of the Helsinki Metro.
The station is mostly clad in Finnish granite, and its distinguishing features are its clock tower and the two pairs of statues holding the spherical lamps, lit at night-time, on either side of the main entrance. Animated characters based on the statues have recently been featured in some major advertising campaigns by Finland's government-owned railway operator VR, to the extent of releasing rap singles allegedly sung by Kivimiehet ("The stone men").
The station is used by approximately 200,000 passengers per day, making it Finland's most-visited building.
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
City Centre Helsinki
Helsinki
~0.10 miles from Helsinki city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Stockmanns
Helsinki
~0.11 miles from Helsinki city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Atheneum Art Museum
Helsinki
~0.14 miles from Helsinki city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Kiasma
Helsinki
~0.16 miles from Helsinki city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
National Theater
Helsinki
~0.18 miles from Helsinki city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Kamppi Center
Helsinki
~0.21 miles from Helsinki city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Parliament Building
Helsinki
~0.28 miles from Helsinki city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Sibelius Academy
Helsinki
~0.31 miles from Helsinki city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Esplanadi
Helsinki
~0.31 miles from Helsinki city center
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In the heart of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, the two streets constituting Esplanade are officially named Pohjoisesplanadi (Finnish for the North Esplanade Street, Swedish: Norra Esplanaden) and Eteläesplanadi (Finnish for the South Esplanade street, Swedish: Södra Esplanaden). They lead from Erottaja Square to the Market Square (Kauppatori), and the North Esplanade Street extends along the border of the Market Square up to the Katalin Channel. Parallel to Esplanade.
The big green area between the two streets is very active in summer, where many Finns come to have a picnic. There are also numerous live music performances on a special outdoor stage in front of Cafe Kappeli. There is a statue of Johan Ludwig Runeberg by his son Walter Runeberg in the park.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
University of Helsinki
Helsinki
~0.38 miles from Helsinki city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Lutheran Cathedral
Helsinki
~0.42 miles from Helsinki city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Senate Square
Helsinki
~0.43 miles from Helsinki city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
National Museum
Helsinki
~0.43 miles from Helsinki city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Finlandia Hall
Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL) Bortre Tolo
~0.48 miles from Helsinki city center
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Finlandia Hall is a concert hall with a congress wing in Helsinki, Finland, by Töölönlahti bay. The building was designed by Alvar Aalto. The work began in 1967 and was finally completed in 1971.
Alvar Aalto was commissioned by the City of Helsinki to design a concert and congress building, the first constructed part of a great central city plan, which Aalto first presented in 1961, and which included a series of cultural buildings aligned along the Töölönlahti bay which penetrates the city centre. The earliest sketches show features of what were to be the main features of the final design. The principal set of blueprints for the concert hall are dated 10 May 1967. None of the other buildings in the grand scheme were ever completed.
The main features of the building's exterior are the great horizontal mass of the building proper and the towering auditorium that rises above it. The main external wall material is Carrara marble and with copper roofs, which have acquired a green patina, and teak window frames. The marble continues in the interior, and is supplemented by details in hardwoods, and ceramic. Apart from the auditorium, the main feature of the interior is the shallow and broad 'Venetian' staircase leading from the ground-floor foyer to both the main auditorium and chamber music hall.
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Market Square
Helsinki
~0.48 miles from Helsinki city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Kauppahalli
Helsinki
~0.49 miles from Helsinki city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Sederholm House
Skatudden
~0.51 miles from Helsinki city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Temppeliakio Church
Helsinki
~0.54 miles from Helsinki city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Underground Church
Helsinki
~0.54 miles from Helsinki city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Museum of Finnish Architecture
Helsinki
~0.55 miles from Helsinki city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
Helsinki
~0.56 miles from Helsinki city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Presidential Palace
Helsinki
~0.58 miles from Helsinki city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
St. John's Church
Helsinki
~0.59 miles from Helsinki city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Uspenski Cathedral
Helsinki
~0.68 miles from Helsinki city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Military Museum of Finland
Helsinki
~0.77 miles from Helsinki city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Finnish National Opera
Helsinki
~0.90 miles from Helsinki city center
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The Finnish National Opera (Finnish: Suomen Kansallisooppera; Swedish: Finlands Nationalopera) in Helsinki is the leading opera company in Finland. Its home base is the Opera House on Töölönlahti bay in Töölö which opened in 1993. The Opera House features state-of-the-art technology and two auditoriums: the main auditorium with 1,350 seats and a smaller studio auditorium with 300 to 500 seats.
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Mannerheim House Museum
Helsinki
~1.05 miles from Helsinki city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Hietaniemi Cemetery
Helsinki
~1.11 miles from Helsinki city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Helsinki
Hietaniemi Beach
Helsinki
~1.16 miles from Helsinki city center
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