Travelog post for: lucky-ducky

More sights in Helsinki, the home of about 500 000 people! There's the Uspenski Cathedral (orthtodox), built in 6 years (!!!) and ready to use in 1868. That low building on the left is called the "main guard". My host was ashamed to admit she didn't know what they were guarding exactly

The second picture: that light-yellow building is the President's Castle. There she meets important people and holds the Independence Day Ball. The building was renovated to suit the Presidential need in 1921. before that it had been a place to stay for the Russian rulers and even a war hospital in the World War I.

The third photo shows some water and one of the cruisers. Oh I wish I could go on one... We were next to a huge market place but didn't get any pics because it was so close (you would've seen only orange tents where people sold things.