Helsinki Adventures

Last week I finally ventured to Helsinki with Ahren for what turned out to be a pretty eventful trip!

First of all, let’s just take a moment to talk about Finland’s trains. It feels positively bizarre using spacious public transport and...Wait a moment. Finnish trains have top decks AND FREE WIFI? We don’t get this kind of luxury in England – you’d be lucky to find a seat sometimes.

Anyway, we arrived in Helsinki to find that the weather was absolutely dismal but that honestly didn’t matter. I was far too enthralled by all of the architecture to care about some rain.

While there, we checked out Kiasma (the contemporary art museum) which was seriously interesting. I’m not usually a fan of some “modern” art but there were so many thought-provoking pieces...

We also wandered around Anteneum which was holding an exhibition on Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani who was known for living a bit of a wild life.

Ahren took the opportunity to draw me and I’ve since entitled it: Murderous Librarian. I really hope that I don’t actually look this...

Dodgy drawings aside, we meandered through the city before reaching Helsinki Cathedral. Inside, we were fortunate enough to get a sneak peak of a choir practicing and it was spine-tingling...

There were plenty of other things we enjoyed too, including: the Rock Church, Upenski Cathedral, and one of our favourite (Scottish) bands Biffy Clyro.

We were supposed to leave early on Saturday afternoon, however, someone may not have checked the Kokkola bus schedule too thoroughly (ahem). As a result, we did end up staying one extra night which, in hindsight, wasn’t a terrible fate to endure.

In all, we had a fantastic week though it’s nice to be home in Kalajoki again J