"Konstit on monet, sano mummo kun kissalla pöytää pyyhki." ("'There are many ways,' said granny, as she wiped the table with the cat.") -- A popular Finnish saying====================
(in Scandinavia) Located at the southern tip of the Finnish peninsula, Helsinki is the capital of Finland. It is also the country's leading seaport and industrial city of Finland. Helsinki is called the “white city of the north” for its white buildings and not for its weather. Winters are cold but not Arctic, and summers are mild. Helsinki is surrounded by the natural harbors of the Gulf of Finland. The harbors and excellent railway and road connections to the country’s interior have made the city Finland’s main gateway to the rest of the world. In the center of the old city is Senate Square (featured here). Around the square are the Lutheran cathedral, the headquarters and library buildings of Helsinki University, and government offices. The buildings were designed in a stately neoclassic style by the German architect C.L. Engel and built in the first half of the 19th century. Among Helsinki’s most striking modern buildings is Finlandia Hall, a concert and convention hall designed by the noted Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. The Taivallahti, or Rock Church, has interior walls hewn from solid rock.
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