Saturday, November 23, 2013

The rest of Helsinki...

 
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.
 

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

The Greek Orthodox Uspenski Cathedral, in the low-angle light as the sun set on Wednesday evening. 

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

 
The western harbor area, in the soft evening light.

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin



The fountain, on the way back from dinner Thursday evening.
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


 

A street just south of the Main Lutheran Cathedral, sun creeping in, trolley tracks running down the street.
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


Spectacular blue sky...with the cathedral looking equally spectacular in the early morning light.
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


Just another street south, and you are back in the main harbor area, where the local farmers /. food vendor / souvenir market was setting up.
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


It's Finland...there's plenty of salmon !
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


A Dutch warship was there on a port call.
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin



Temppeliaukio Kirkko, known as The Church in the Rock.  It's fantastic ! 
They started with a mound of granite, and blasted out the center. 
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

They built up the walls a bit as needed, then made this beautiful copper domed roof.
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


The pipe organ is hung from the rock face.
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


Sunlight streams in through the beams in the glass part of the roof.
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


The main train station, against a shocking blue sky.
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


Trolley tracks,...
...woven through cobblestones.
Photo by Mark W. Laughlin


There's a lot to see in Helsinki.
Take a walk !

Y'all take care.
- Mark W. Laughlin
 
 
 

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