Designmuseo
Museums & Galleries
25
3
Wander along Korkevuorenkatu checking out the amazing Gothic architecture and you'll wind up at the Design Museum. Exhibits can be quite hands-on, featuring anything from chairs to fabrics to fashions and Formula One racing cars.
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Kaisaniemi Botanical Gardens
Museums & Galleries
17
3
The gardens have a very ‘Helsinki’ feel to them. This is not a pompous city, revelling in its own grandiosity, and these botanical gardens reflect the natural, down-to-earth charisma of the nature-loving Finns. The grounds are well looked after, and have somewhat of a classical feel to them, but they’re not overly manicured.
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Languages
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Korjaamo
Fun & Active
13
1
Their programme is definitely worth checking out while you’re in Helsinki: www.korjaamo.fi/en. There’s even a nice restaurant/café/ bar for lunch and breakfast on weekdays and brunch on weekends. They also offer drinks and snacks every night.
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Natural History Museum
Museums & Galleries
10
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One of the best and most fascinating places to visit in Helsinki, with life-sized dinosaur skeletons, creative and informative exhibits and much more. Really not for the faint hearted! Multiple floors, cheerful and knowledgeable staff and a fairly standard cafe.
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Suomenlinna
Sights
44
5
What remains of this "Finnish fortress" is accessible by public ferry from Kauppatori (the market square). This UNESCO World Heritage Site, built in the 1700's as Finland (and Sweden's) easternmost defences, is now a beautiful and eerie spot for a windswept picnic.
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Seurasaari
Sights
32
4
Wander across the bridge to this open air museum displaying 400 years of the traditional Finnish way of life. Explore cottages, farmsteads and other buildings that've been relocated to the island from around Finland. You’ll find plenty of birds and forest animals to amuse you here also. Don’t stumble across the island’s nudist beach by accident.
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Töölö Winter Garden
Museums & Galleries
23
1
Winter got you down? Come and enjoy a little dose of the warm and wet tropics in this exotic greenhouse, built in 1893 and renovated a few years ago. The winter garden houses over 200 species of plants in three separate rooms.
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Ateneum Art Museum
Museums & Galleries
18
5
The museum displays the largest collection of paintings and sculptures in Finland with emphasis on Finnish art, but there are also works from international artists.
Ateneum also organizes various work shops, guided tours and lectures.
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Kiasma
Museums & Galleries
22
1
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Finland's famed Museum of Contemporary Art is a well-recognised landmark, and definitely worth a visit, if only to enjoy the amazing airy architecture of the building itself. It often houses exciting and interactive rotating exhibitions and installations by Finnish and international artists.
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Hakasalmi Villa
Museums & Galleries
10
4
Great place to get to know Helsinki from historical point of view and learn things to tell back home. The entrance is totally free, so there's no reason not to go. A café is located in the building next to the museum.
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Didrichen art museum
Museums & Galleries
6
1
Check out the exhibitions. Those interested on architecture or Finnish design might want to visit just to see the place. You can walk out side in the surroundings for free and check out the sculpture park (works from e.g. Henry Moore and many Finnish sculptors).
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Suomen Kansallismuseo (National Museum of Finland)
Museums & Galleries
7
1
Prehistory of Finland is actually the largest permanent archeological exhibition in Finland! The museum also has four other permanent exhibitions – The Treasure Troves, The Realm and the upcoming exhibition called Independent Finland.
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Amos Anderson Gallery
Museums & Galleries
5
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This gallery houses the largest private art museum in Finland in an historic 1912 building in the centre of Helsinki. Rotating exhibitions are worth keeping an eye out for, and although they focus primarly on Finnish modern art, significant international artists often feature here.
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Keskustakirjasto Oodi
Museums & Galleries
3
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Oodi provides information, skills and stories for today. It inspires people to learn, interact, live, enjoy and work in a media filled world. At the same time it renews old, an open-air library for all is a living, vivid, cultural and functional meeting place. It offers an open, non-commercial public city space just opposite the Parliament House.
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Vanha kirkko
Museums & Galleries
2
1
The church pulpit is from 1726 and it originates from the Church of Ulrika Eleonora in Senate Square. The altarpiece is made by the painter Robert Wilhelm Ekman. The Church is still one of Helsinki's most popular wedding churches.
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