Tuesday, 6/2 Helsinki, Finland

EASY HELSINKI (2 hours) excursion

Enjoy the main sights of Helsinki, also referred to as the ‘Daughter of the Baltic' or the ‘White City of the North' from the comfort of your motorcoach.  Our tour begins with a drive along a picturesque road on our way to see the great variety of Helsinki's architecture. In Senate Square, we'll see several buildings attributed to the Neo-Classic architect Carl Ludwig Engel. Enjoy a photo stop at the famous Lutheran Cathedral and continue on to Mannerheim Street, Helsinki's main thoroughfare.

We'll see the Parliament House, the National Museum, and also Finlandia Hall, designed by the famous architect Alvar Aalto. Pass the new Opera House on our way to the Olympic Stadium where the 1952 Olympic Games were held. Then it's on to Sibelius Park, to see a monument completed of 527 steel pipes honoring the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

the fountain statue, Havis Amanda, is a mermaid surrounded by sea-lions

statue of Czar Alexander II

the Government Palace

more than 600 hollow steel pipes welded together in a wave-like pattern,
to capture the essence of the music of Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius