Postcards from Helsinki, Finland

Eurodam recently called at Helsinki, Finland, and Pam took these fabulous photos. Despite the cloudy day, the city still looks impressive.

Helsinki Cathedral was built over 22 years, from 1830 to 1852, and is a distinct landmark in the scenery of central Helsinki, with its tall green dome surrounded by four smaller domes. The church was built as a tribute to the Grand Duke Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia, and until Finland’s independence in 1917 it was called St. Nicholas’ Church.

Senate Square is located in front of the monument to Russian Tsar Alexander II, erected in his honor shortly after the annexation of Finland. Helsinki’s most historic and beautiful square was designed in the early 1800s at the height of the Russian Empire’s fascination with the architectural glories of ancient Greece and Rome.