Welcome to Helsinki

We spent the day in Helsinki on a land and water tour.  I think they were pressed a little bit to find much to show us in the city to be honest.  The Church in the Rock was probably the highlight.  The second part of the day was on a tour boat of the harbor area and a lot more interesting.  It didn’t hurt that the guide on the boat should have been a stand up comedian since she was hysterical with her presentation.

I would rate this the least interesting of all the stops on this cruise

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  • Population of 656,000
  • Metro area 1.5 million
  • Capital of Finland
  • 2nd most northern capital in the world after Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Home of 1952 winter Olympics
  • 1st charter 1550
  • Made Capital in 1812

Sailing into the Port

City Tour Part 1

City Tour Part 2

Harbor Cruise