Sunday, 24 June 2018
Helsinki and a boat ride
This morning we did a city tour, including the rock church and the cathedral. After lunch in Stockmanns (nice café in book department) we did a harbour and canal cruise. This was 90 minutes long around the eastern archipelago. We saw several (I believe) arctic terns as well as great crested grebes. It was quite cold on the exposed upper deck when well away from the quayside.
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On the last morning we went by coach to Porvoo some 55 km east of Helsinki. It has a very old medieval centre with many old wooden houses. ... -
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