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Where to take your friends in Helsinki – impressing 101
By Chloé Bolton, University of Helsinki, Finland Now I love Helsinki, I find the lifestyle amazing and the university has everything you need. But as a tourist and with visitors I found myself a little stuck the first time I had someone come over – it’s quite small and not the most tourist attractive destination. This being said, over the past six months I’ve curated a little bucket list of the sights, places and activities your friends or family would probably want to do.
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Helsinki: 10 things on a budget
By Amber Musgrove-Benford (University of Helsinki, Finland) Explore the Architecture From Nordic minimalism to neoclassicism and even Byzantine-Russian, Helsinki is formed by an amalgamation of architectural styles, which can be seen on a (free!) walk around the city. Try Senate Square and its star, Helsingin tuomiokirkko, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel for neoclassicism, and Lasipalatsi (“Glass Palace”), along with other buildings designed for the 1952 Olympic Games, for modernism. The capital also houses the largest concentration of Art Nouveau buildings in Northern Europe!
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