Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #16 in Helsinki, Finland

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 3.7 km
Ascend 0 m
Descend 0 m

Experience Helsinki in Finland in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in HelsinkiIndividual Sights in Helsinki

Sight 1: Didrichsen Art Museum

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Didrichsen Art Museum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland.

Wikipedia: Didrichsen Art Museum (EN), Website

360 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Villa Gyllenberg

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Villa Gyllenberg is a private art and house museum owned by the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation, located in western Helsinki on the southwest shore of Kuusisaari. The address of the museum is Kuusisaarenpolku 11.

Wikipedia: Villa Gyllenberg (FI), Website

757 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Neptunus

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The Pajamäki Solar System Scale Model is a scale model of the Solar System built in Helsinki and partly in Espoo, Finland in 1992. Its scale is 1:1 000, i.e. one to one billion, so that 1 millimeter in the model corresponds to 1 000 kilometers in the actual Solar System. The coordinates given for the model are those for the Sun in Patterinmäki.

Wikipedia: Pajamäki Solar System Scale Model (EN), Website

1758 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 4: Otaniemen vesitorni

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Otaniemen vesitorni

The Otaniemi water tower is a structure designed by the well-known Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in 1971. The water tower is located in Otaniemi area, Espoo, Finland. The total capacity of the tower is 6000 m³. It rises to a height of 45 meters. It is Otaniemi's principal landmark, and consists of two stacked elements - the water storage tank and a free-form, five-story building constructed underneath containing the technical spaces and offices.

Wikipedia: Otaniemi water tower (EN)

833 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 5: Tapiolan kirkko

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Tapiolan kirkko J-P Kärnä / CC BY-SA 3.0

Tapiola Church is a Lutheran church in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland. The modernist concrete building in brutalist style was designed by the architect Aarno Ruusuvuori and opened in 1965. The church seats 600 people and is thus the largest in Espoo by capacity.

Wikipedia: Tapiola Church (EN)

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