Opening hours, prices and tickets for places worth your time.
Helsinki Central Library Oodi is a public library on Kansalaistori square opposite Parliament House, opened in December 2018 to designs by ALA Architects. Behind its curved wooden facade, the ground floor holds a cinema and event halls, the second floor studios and a makerspace, and the top floor a book hall with a balcony over Töölönlahti.
Senate Square is the central square of Helsinki, laid out after 1812 and framed by Carl Ludvig Engel's neoclassical buildings: Helsinki Cathedral to the north, the Government Palace to the east and the main building of the University of Helsinki to the west. In the middle stands Walter Runeberg's statue of Emperor Alexander II from 1894.
Market Square is a harbourside square at the eastern end of the Esplanadi in Helsinki, beside the Presidential Palace, the City Hall and the South Harbour. From spring to autumn its stalls sell fish, berries, vegetables, snacks and handicrafts, and ferries leave from its quay for Suomenlinna and the nearby islands.
Suomenlinna is a sea fortress spread over six fortified islands off Helsinki, begun in 1748 under the Swedish Crown to a plan by Augustin Ehrensvärd. Stone bastions, tunnels, a dry dock and the King's Gate line the walking route; about 800 people live on the islands, which have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991.
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