Capital was Turku Sibelius and Finlandia

Facts

Female President Parliament, Unicameral Finnish, Swedish, Sami languages Finno-Ugric (like Hungary and Estonia) Swedish, then Russian dominion until

1917

Itinerary

Left from BWI via Chicago to Stockholm to Helsinki (missed flight in Stockholm, took next one (Tues. to Wed)

Jet lag, post office, and grocery story, dinner with Deb’s friend, Leslie (Wed)

Walked around waterfront, market square, boat to Suomenlinna fortress. (Thurs)

Car ride to Hvittrask, Gallen- Kallela, medieval church and cemetary in Espoo,café and along Embassy row and the waterfronts.

Places to wash rugs. (Fri)

Itinerary continued

Walked across to Orthodox Church (Uspenski) Walked to the National Church of Finland

(Lutheran) National Library of Finland, part Of Helsinki University Shopped, Stockmann’s Dinner at Zetor (funky Finnish Restaurant), had

reindeer, and Finnish hash. Music in arcade Atheneum (National Art Museum)

Kalevala

Itinerary continued

• Sibelius and Finlandia Summer Soltice at Saurasaari (Fri) Church of the Rock (Sat) Olympic Park

• Sibelius and Finlandia Tallinn (Sun) Design tour from Esplanade Park (Mon)

Laura Ashley, Arabia, Littala, attica Dress shop, Livonia and Karelian Island jewelry Design Forum Finland

Design Museum

Riija Rugs, Textile Arts Today

Itinerary continued

Moomin Johansen’s children’s books bought at airport

View outside apartment

Restaurant ship outside of apt.

Front of Train Station

Central Train Station

View of train station with Deb

CENTRAL TRAIN STATION

Czech Restaurant

Cathedral Lutheran Church

Table for kids in mall

Courtney viewing books at Hvittrask –E. Saarinen’s home and studio

More viewing of books

View out of window at Hvittrask

With Leslie at Hvittrask

With Leslie at Hvittrask

Outside of shop at Hvittrask

Medieval Church at

Heikki and Courtney in front of Medieval Church

Interior of church

One of the devils in the church

Gallen - Kallela’s home

Gallen - Kallela’s home

President’s (she) palace in Helsinki

Courtney in front of President’s palace

Deb in front of President’s Palace

Swan and babes on bridge going to Seurosaari

Seurasaari peninsula Open Air Museum

Seurasaari Open Air Museum

Deb in front of

Mail box

Bonfire for the Summer Soltice

Bonfire

Bonfire

Bonfires elseswhere

Courtney and bonfire

Deb and bonfires

Courtney and bonfire

Dancers at Solstice

Dancers at Solstice

Fences at Seurasaari

Courtney seated at dusk (11 PM!) at Seurasaari

Deb on walkway

Art in metro

Art in Metro

Sculpture and Courtney

Library

Courtney and Decoration

Deb and Door

Deb and Decoration

Decoration

Tram

Courtney with I guy

Stockmann Dept. Store

Three nude ironworkers

tram

Musicians in metro

tram

Olympic Station from the 30’s

Sycamore

Natural History Museum

Looking out from the Church of the Rock

Sculpture

Architecture

Zetor

Zetor

Giraffe

Persian Ass

Bird symbol

Camel

Alexander Statue

Trams

Trams in front of historic house

Tram on square

Tram on square

Heikki with Estonian flag

Stalward Gull

Stalwart Gull

Stalwart Gull

One of gates into Tallinn

Bicycle for 6

Church Service with TVs

Church Service

Gas Masks from War

Walking up to upper level

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Detail Byzantine Church

President’s House

Art Academy

Tallinn –Member of Hanseatic Leaque

Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn

View from upper level Tallinn –Toompea Hill

View from upper level Tallinn

Gates in Tallinn

Courtyard

Lutheran Dome Church

Tallinn Transportation

Old City Hall

Square

Square

Square

Square

Square

Square

People sitting on roof

Handicrafts

Modern Tallinn

Russian building

Church in Tallinn

Window design

Wonderful old church

Cruise ships in Tallinn

Modern building

Ship terminal

Buses from every nation

All the taxis

Indoor Market

Food

Food

Food

Food

Food

Food

Tourist Bureau

Statue

Store with sheep

European Union

Marimekko

Designer’s Hotel

Karelian Island Costume in Livonia Jewelry Store

More costumes

Jewelry modelled after finds

Dress shop

Treasures of Wasteland

Their displays

Design Forum Finland exhibit on Luxury

From recycled…

Student’s workshop Helsinki has most famous design school

Design Forum shop

St. John’s Church

Design Museum

Riiya Workshop

History of Riiya rugs

Esplanade Park Lilacs everywhere

Maiden of Helsinki

Armory Guard

My shower stall

My shower stall

Kirby

Brutus

Brutus

Sauna

Bathroom

Barthroom with birch twitches

At night looking out of apt toward Orthodox church

Outside apartment at night

In evening

In evening

In evening

In evening

Outside apartment at night