Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is located in the extreme south of the country on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, 50 miles north of Tallinn in Estonia, 250 miles east of Stockholm in Sweden and 190 miles west of Saint Petersburg in Russia. It is the main financial, industrial, cultural, educational and research centre of Finland.
Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, and surrounding commuter towns, Helsinki forms the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area which has a population of around 1.5 million. Often considered to be Finland's only metropolis, it is the world's northernmost metropolitan area as well as being the northernmost capital of an EU member state. After Stockholm in Sweden and Oslo in Norway, Helsinki is the third largest municipality in the Nordic countries.
Date: 26th June 2019
Location: view from the Tallinn to Helsinki Viking ferry
Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, and surrounding commuter towns, Helsinki forms the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area which has a population of around 1.5 million. Often considered to be Finland's only metropolis, it is the world's northernmost metropolitan area as well as being the northernmost capital of an EU member state. After Stockholm in Sweden and Oslo in Norway, Helsinki is the third largest municipality in the Nordic countries.
Date: 26th June 2019
Location: view from the Tallinn to Helsinki Viking ferry
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Return to: Helsinki and Porvoo, Finland or North Finland and north Norway - June and July 2019 or Gallery
Also in: Helsinki and Porvoo, Finland
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