Well, my trip to Finland at the end of September produced a lot of photos.
I had a Saturday morning to myself, and got up quite early. I was quite pleased with my harbor area photos at dawn. The following are from my walk as I continued around the city center, still rather early on Saturday, 28-Sept-2013, plus a few taken on the way to and from dinner the evenings before.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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The western harbor area, in the soft evening light.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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The fountain, on the way back from dinner Thursday evening.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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A street just south of the Main Lutheran Cathedral, sun creeping in, trolley tracks running down the street.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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Spectacular blue sky...with the cathedral looking equally spectacular in the early morning light.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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Just another street south, and you are back in the main harbor area, where the local farmers /. food vendor / souvenir market was setting up.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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It's Finland...there's plenty of salmon !
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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A Dutch warship was there on a port call.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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Temppeliaukio Kirkko, known as The Church in the Rock. It's fantastic !
They started with a mound of granite, and blasted out the center.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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The pipe organ is hung from the rock face.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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Sunlight streams in through the beams in the glass part of the roof.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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The main train station, against a shocking blue sky.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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Trolley tracks,...
...woven through cobblestones.
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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There's a lot to see in Helsinki.
Take a walk !
Y'all take care.
- Mark W. Laughlin
