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A full week in Helsinki & beyond
Seven days combining the city, the archipelago, a Porvoo old-town trip and a Nuuksio forest hike.
Day 1 — City classics
Senate Square, the cathedrals, Market Square and Kappeli.
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The route
- 1Helsinki CathedralThe white neoclassical landmark crowning Senate Square, reached by a grand flight of steps.
- 2Market Square & Old Market HallHarbourside stalls selling salmon soup, fried vendace and berries, next to the restored 1889 Old Market Hall.
- 3Ateneum Art MuseumFinland's national gallery, home to the Golden Age of Finnish painting from Gallen-Kallela to Schjerfbeck.
- 4Amos RexA subterranean art museum whose domed skylights pop up like hills in Lasipalatsi square.
- 5Design MuseumThe story of Finnish design from Aalto vases to Marimekko prints, in a neo-Gothic former school.
- 6Suomenlinna Sea FortressA UNESCO-listed 18th-century sea fortress spread across six islands, a 15-minute ferry ride from Market Square.
- 7Bar MolotowA cult Kallio rock bar — cheap beer, a crowded jukebox and pure working-class Helsinki charm.
- 8Seurasaari Open-Air MuseumAn island of old wooden farmhouses and manors, linked by a white footbridge and full of tame red squirrels.
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