Tag: helsinki
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
Last Day in Helsinki: Finn-tastic! Saturday, June 28, 2025 Yesterday (Friday) was a hard act to follow, but we gave it “the old college try”. This morning, we walked to the Temppeliaukio Church (“Rock Temple”), designed by the brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and opened in 1968.(Pictures below, top and bottom right, are from the…
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“Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again…”
What the Hel[sinki]…. Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Finland was under Swedish rule until 1809, when the Swedes lost Finland to Russia. The Finns won their independence in 1917. But then they lost it again under the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, when they had to fight the Russians to a cease-fire in 1944. Nonetheless, Finland established…
Something to Declare 