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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