Last night The GC and I finding that there was nothing appealing in the cinema went to the National Gallery to an exhibit of 19th and early 20th century Finnish art. It was very good, but then we seem pre-disposed to like anything Finnish don't we? Really enjoyed it, to the extent that I bought the moderately priced exhibition catalogue, well ( Read more... )

There is a two page spread in today's Irish Times travel section on visiting Helsinki. It has a Top 5 things to see when you get there and I've only done 1 of them, in 3 visits. But in fairness to me these are the sights I want to see when I am there ( Finnish sights to see )