Day 9 on our Baltic Cruise and we arrive in Helsinki at 7 am and we have till 4 pm here in Helsinki. We caught the Hop On Hop Off bus to see what we have time to do and our first stop was the Rock Church. We got off the bus and walked a short distance to the church but were not prepared for the huge crowd waiting to go inside so decided that we would just have a look around outside and were able to climb up and over the rock on the designated path and stand on the top where we had some nice views.
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| Outside the Rock Church |
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| People everywhere |
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| The Rock Church is built into the rock |
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| The Rock Church is a Lutheran Church |
After the Rock Church we got back on the Ho Ho bus and stopped at the Sibelius sculpture. The Sibelius Monument is dedicated to Jean Sibelius, the famous Finish composer. The monument is situated in Sibelius Park and is a beautiful piece of aft comprising over 600 steel pipes.
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| Sibelius Monument |
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| 600+ steel pipes in the monument |
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| Looking up from the bottom to the sky |
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| The Plaza in front of the station |
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| The main business area |
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| We came across this interesting vehicle in front of a restaurant |
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| Some of the local girls |
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| Bicycles and repair shops |
We enjoyed a walke around the plaza area and were trying to find a Chemist as we needed some
over the counter painkillers and ended up in the subway station where we did eventually find what we were looking for. In our search we managed to come out of the subway and had no idea where we were and our map didn't help much. It took us a while to work out where we were and to finally get back to a Ho Ho bus stop - oh the joys of travelling to unknown places!
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| We finally found our way back |
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| A cup of coffee was needed after a long walk |
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| The plaza area |
After we found our way back to the Ho Ho bus stop we decided to stay on the bus and just enjoy wherever we were taken.
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| Market area |
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| View of the sea and city from the bus |
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| Some water views |
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| A view from the bus |
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| Expensive looking boats |
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| The Loyly public sauna |
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| A statue in one of the parks we passed in the bus |
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| More views from the bus |
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The Loyly Sauna
We had another great day out and about in Helsinki |
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