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10 Instagrammable
spots in Helsinki

© Aris Setya

by Deborah O'Donoghue

and Aris Setya

13 July 2022

Destination Photography Finland

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1. Lasipalatsi – the Glass Palace and

Amos Rex domes
Concrete tiled domes rise out of the ground like
space-age igloos at this plaza where art gallery
Amos Rex has been burrowed beneath the city,
near the fantastically modernist 1930s Glass
Palace.

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2. Vallisaari Island
A short ferry ride from Helsinki’s main harbour
will take you to Vallisaari island. It’s an eerily
beautiful place, where the army once stored
explosives and ran exercises and a team of
maritime pilots used to be housed in an austere
red-brick building. Extraordinarily, families used
to live on the island and children had an idyllic
childhood playing among its trees, lakes and on
its blush granite shores. But tragedy struck. In
1937 a huge explosion rocked a place now
known as ‘Death Valley’ and a column of smoke
could be seen by shocked witnesses on the
mainland. One half of the island is inaccessible
and still riddled with ordinance, but in recent
years volunteers and the army have cleared
paths and laid information trails about the
island’s history, flora and fauna – including lynx
and over 1000 species of butterfly. It’s even
rumoured that the headless ghost of an army
general wanders among the trees.

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3. Tanssin talo – Dance House Helsinki

Tanssin talo – Dance House Helsinki is
contemporary dance space in a former cable
factory, where everything is instagrammable
from the exterior panelling to the raw concrete
interiors (and photogenic toilets). My favourite
dance troop, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s
Rosas, from Brussels, perform here in June.

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4. Oodi library
Oodi was Finland’s 100th anniversary gift to
itself, a breath-taking library filled with free-to-
use stuff, in an airy, light-filled space. The
staircase, the ‘helm’ of the boat-shaped building
and its fluid lines seen from the front are instant
eye-catchers.

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5. Senate Square
This spacious and attractive square was planned
in 1812 as part of the establishment of Helsinki
as Finland’s new capital. The positioning of the
buildings around four sides, (Helsinki Cathedral,
the seat of government, trade guilds, and
university) provides an allegory for political,
religious, scientific and commercial powers.

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6. Eira District and Jugenstil

A district built to an ideal of city planning around
a medical centre named for the Norse goddess
of healing, Eir. It is full of colourful Finnish
Jugendstil villas, with mini castle turrets
alongside peasant motifs inspired by national
romanticism. Admire the architecture and then
stroll along Kapteeninkatu, past the Sea Horse
where writers and philosophers used to hang
out. Pleasant cafés and design-oriented
boutiques line your way to the Design Museum.

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7. Market Hall

On Helsinki’s harbour, this late 19th century

market hall retains all its charm and
atmosphere. Stalls sell cheese, fish, coffee,
cakes, and delicacies like caviar and bear! A great
place to grab a Finnish lunch to eat-in or take
out on your boat trip with you.

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8. Natural History Museum

The Finnish Natural Museum is housed in a
former school within walking distance of the
Glass Palace and has a giant moose outside.
Inside seems to open up like a tardis. The
baroque staircase is extraordinarily grand and
photogenic.

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Finnish Museum of Natural History

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9. National Library
On one side of Senate Square, you’ll find the
National Library where ancient tomes sit wisely
on several balconied floors of wooden shelves
and a magnificent domed ceiling tops the lot.
Sheer beauty.

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10. Teurastamo
Or ‘abattoir’ in Finnish. This red-brick chimneyed
site was once the city’s slaughterhouse (from
the 1930s to the 1990s). It was also a power
plant for 30 years, and is now home to a
pleasant public park, barbecue facilities and a
flurry of gastro-start-ups, including an ice-
cream maker, a coffee roastery and the Helsinki
Distilling Company.

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