My Analogy of Helsinki and the Senate Square

Moi moi, hei hei =)

Have you been to Helsinki, Finland? Interestingly, the Finnish language is a bit similar to Magyar (Hungarian). Why is that? I have no idea.

My Analogy of Ms. Helsinki

I hate to be the bearer of a not so attractive news. You know, I always try my best to be transparent with my travel experiences. This blog is after all a personal travel diary and not a commercial travel site.

Now Helsinki in my opinion is not the sexy lady that will give you the jaw-dropping just landed ‘OMG-am-I-really-here?’ kind of travel goosebumps. She doesn’t have the sinful, playful yet mysterious edge of Amsterdam, the royalty and metropolitan power of London, the rich squalid annals of history and the mind-blowing orgasm of an open-air museum that is Rome, and the elegance, flair and romance of Paris. She somehow reminds me a little bit of Oslo. She is what I call a — decent, prim and proper lady worth checking out =)

Helsinki Senate Square

The Senate Square (Senaatintori in Finnish) is probably the emblem, the image of Helsinki. Many tourists come here to sit on the steps and just stare out there at the horizon. Notice in the below pictures the number of tourist buses waiting in front of the square.

This is a corinthian detail column.

There is not much to do here except take pictures, sit down on the steps, people watch and stare at the horizon.

The area of the Senate Square make up the oldest part of Helsinki’s city centre. It’s just a block away from the Old Market Square, the Harbour and the Esplanadi Park.

The famous buildings lining the square are the Helsinki Cathedral (the white lovely vision of a building on top of the steps), the Government Palace, the University of Helsinki and the Sederholm House which is the oldest in the city centre going back to 1757.

In the middle of the square is a statue of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, a vivid remnant of the days of the
Russification of Finland before,
although it was Alexander II who encouraged Finnish nationalism by initiating
several reforms. Bravo Emperor!

Inside the Helsinki Cathedral.

Russian Emperor Alexander II who helped encouraged Finnish nationalism.

Scenes in front of the Senate Square.

I am sure that if you come to Helsinki, you will surely end up here. Now let us be nice to Ms. Prim and Proper okay =)

Travel Period: May 2013
Destination: Helsinki, Finland

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