We're now in Helsinki after what turned out to be a full day of travelling on Sunday.
Helsinki is a beautiful city. Grand buildings, shops selling the most beautifully designed articles of jewellery, glassware, furniture, etc. We took the ferry to the island of Suomenlinna. This has a heritage listed fort built as a sea fortress in 1748. It was taken by the Russians in 1808, then reinforced in the 1850s during the Crimean war. The Finns took it back in 1918 after the Finnish Civil War.
After returning to the mainland we walked up the hill to the Finnish Orthodox Uspenski Cathedral which we discovered is closed on Mondays! So instead we went to the Rock Church, built into the solid Rock on a hill, where we sat and listened to a woman playing the Kantele, a Finnish form of a zither - a beautiful sound not unlike a harpsichord, particularly as she was playing Bach.
 |
| Helsinki Senate Square |
 |
| Jetty Gate, Suomenlinna Island |
 |
| Great Courtyard, Suomenlinna Island |
 |
| Tomb of Count Ehrensvärd who built the Fortress here in 1748 |
 |
| Dry dock, Suomenlinna Island |
 |
| Fortress wall, Suomenlinna Island |
 |
| Fortress wall, Suomenlinna Island |
 |
| Cannon Placement, Suomenlinna Island |
 |
| Fortress, Suomenlinna Island |
 |
| Barnacle Geese |
 |
| Barnacle Geese, Suomenlinna Island |
 |
| Barnacle Geese, Suomenlinna Island |
 |
| Clouds |
 |
| Kings Gate, Suomenlinna Island |
 |
| Finnish Orthodox Uspenski Cathedral Helsinki |
 |
| Finnish Orthodox Uspenski Cathedral |
 |
| Rock Church Helsinki |
 |
| Kantele player, Rock Church |
 |
| Rock Church Helsinki |
 |
| Rock Church Helsinki |
 |
| Copper Ceiling, Rock Church Helsinki |
No comments:
Post a Comment