2687 Trip Tale: Touring Helsinki, pt. 2
After visiting the Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral we visited yet another church, this one very modern and built inside blasted rock, Temppeliaukio Church of the Rock, designed by Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen. There was a beautiful string quartet playing when we slipped inside.
Church of the RockFrom there we went to Finlandia Hall and viewed the problem of replacing the marble skin on the famous building designed by Alvar Aalto.
The severe winters cause the marble sections to buckle giving it a basket weave appearance, rather than smooth. If you buy a souvenir piece of marble, be sure to check it through in your luggage, not your carry-on. It sets off alarms. Ours is at the Helsinki Airport.
Next it was off to the Helsinki Train station to see where we would pick up our tickets for Russia, but also to look at the architecture. It was designed by another famous Finnish architect, Eliel Saarinen, whose home we visited the following Friday. He later moved to Michigan.
We looked at the Stephen Holl designed Museum of Contemporary Art, but it was closed on Monday. This is probably not the best view--sort looks like a downed blimp here.
View pt. 1 here.
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Hi Norma,
Looks like you're having a wonderful adventure this summer. Saarinen was the "resident architect at Cranbrook here in Michigan from 1925-1950. My brother, the architect, is now at resident of Cranbrook as his wife is an instructor. Hmm, does that make my brother the resident architect just like Saarienen???
I'm glad to see and hear of your adventures. We're going to the exciting realm of Findley, OH on Saturday for a family picnic. (The Wellington/Lorrain Co. Branch of my Ashland Co. side.)
Continued travelling mercies!
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