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13.07.2020
Design Museum, Helsinki Design Museum (Finnish: Designmuseo, Swedish: Designmuseet) is a museum in Helsinki dedicated to the exhibition of both Finnish and foreign design, including industrial design, fashion and graphic design. The building is located in Kaartinkaupunki, Korkeavuorenkatu Street, and is owned...
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13.07.2020
Kiasma, Helsinki Kiasma is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheiminti Street in Helsinki, Finland. Its name kiasma, which means "chiasma" in Finnish, indicates the basic conceptual idea of its architect Steven Holl. Kiasma is part of the National Gallery of Finland and is responsible...
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13.07.2020
Seurasaari, Helsinki Seurasaari (Swedish: Fölisön) is a museum island on the western outskirts of downtown Helsinki. Since 1909, the island has had an open-air museum where old wooden buildings from all over Finland have been moved. The territory of the open-air museum is located in the eastern...
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13.07.2020
Ateneum, Helsinki Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland, and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki, on the south side of Rautatientori Square, not far from Helsinki Central Station. It is home to Finland's largest collections...
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13.07.2020
Sveaborg, Helsinki Suomenlinna (in Finnish; before 1918 Viapori), or Sveaborg (in Swedish), is an inhabited sea fortress built on eight islands about 4 km southeast of the centre of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Suomenlinna is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is popular with tourists and locals who...
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13.07.2020
The Karlskrona Admiralty Church The Admiralty Church in Karlskrona is a church in Karlskrona, Sweden. The church is also known as Ulrica Pia in honour of Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Denmark, wife of King Charles XI of Sweden ("pia" is a female form of Latin "pius", which means "pious")....
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11.07.2020
Admiralty bell, Karlskrona The Admiralty Bell Tower was built around 1699 and was originally a bell at the Karlskrona shipyard, designed to increase the efficiency of the shipyard by indicating the working hours. The bell tower is located in the centre of Admiralty Park on a slope where it was once planned to...
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11.07.2020
Trinity Church, Karlskrona The Trinity Church in Karlskrona is located south of the Grand Square in the city centre and was designed by Nicodemus. The Tessina Church is an octagonal central church with a dome, and the square features an impressive portico with four columns. The church belongs to the Karlskronska...
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11.07.2020
Fredrik Church, Karlskrona Fredrikskyrkan Church (Swedish: Fredrikskyrkan) is located in Karlskrona, Blekinga Len, southern Sweden. Situated on the main town square - Stortorget, Fredrikskyrkan Church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karlskrona. Construction of Fredrik's church began on September 9, 1720...
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10.07.2020
Blekinge Museum, Karlskrona The Blekinge Museum is a local history museum in Blekinge, founded in 1899. The museum was founded by the Blekinge Antiquities Association, which was founded in 1877, and then it was taken over by the Blekinge Museums Association. In 1929 the Blekinge Conservation Society was merged...
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