Starting at dawn, our group boarded the train from Pori, a small city located southwest of Phan Lan to reach the capital city of Helsinki. Finland's intercity train system is designed to make buying tickets extremely easy and fast, just using the website.
Intercity pier in the capital city of Helsinki
In Finland, people do not calculate the distance between points by physical length but by travel time. For example, the distance from Pori to Helsinki is 4 hours 8 minutes by train or 3 hours 11 minutes by bus...
After nearly 5 hours of experiencing the intercity train, Helsinki appears before your eyes with unique, modern architectural works mixed with European classics. No need for skyscrapers, but Helsinki still makes us go from overwhelmed to excited.
Unique architecture in the city center
Our group decided to use the public transport system to explore Helsinki.
At first, everything was a bit confusing, but due to the extremely smart guidance system, it only takes a few minutes for a stranger to get acquainted and easily use public transportation here.
Types of transportation in Helsinki include buses, trams and metros, all of which are part of a city operating system called HSL.
In the public transport operating system, Helsinki is divided into 4 areas A, B, C and D, you just need to know which area your upcoming address belongs to to buy a ticket for that area.
This is extremely convenient for users, when you only buy 1 ticket (cost about 3,10 euros), you can move comfortably in the selected area.
The metro station is always crowded with people passing by
In addition, this way it is also possible to control the city's traffic flow, making public transportation always open and accessible to everyone, even strangers.
And just by buying 1 zone ticket, you can use all public transport (bus, tram or metro) to get to your destination. Buses run continuously (15 - 20 minutes/trip for buses, 5 - 10 minutes/trip for metro and tram).
Metro in Helsinki is very smartly connected
And to be sure of the answer "which route to take to get to this place", just use Google maps, an application too familiar to anyone who travels, or look up on HSL and you can completely Move confidently within Helsinki.
Choose a convenient, fast and especially clean vehicle.
If there's anything else impressive, it's the cozy coffee-enjoying spaces found at any station public transport any in the city. Perhaps this is also the explanation for the fact that Finland is the country that consumes the most coffee in the world (on average, a Finn can use up to 1 cups of coffee/day).
Unique Temppeliaukio stone church
Temppeliaukio stone church in In the center of the capital city of Helsinki, is a special church located among the granite rocks. The church appears delicately with a flat dome, a modest entrance, flanked by concrete walls, leading visitors through a corridor, then a light-filled underground space carved directly into the sky. continue onto the stone floor.
The Finnish capital is one of the few cities in the world with a very special underground master plan. Nearly 10 million m2 The underground space forms a vast network of swimming pools, churches, shops and even a karting track. Stone church Temppeliaukio is a typical example of this type of architecture, located completely underground, with a unique dome.
Stone church architecture with unique dome
Our group had the good fortune to visit the church for the first time and fall right into the Orchestra rehearsal concert. Academic music is so harmonious within the extremely classical overall look of the church.
View of the Orchestra rehearsal concert
A place worth checking out when coming to Helsinki is the white church, also known as the Helsinki Cathedral, the symbol of the city. The white church stands out with its neoclassical architecture, with white colors and blue domes. Built in 1830, the church echoes ancient Greek buildings with its white columns and statues of the 12 apostles on the roof.
National Library of Finland (National Library) It is also an address not to be missed in Helsinki. Not only does it have unique architecture in famous locations, Helsinki also impresses with its knowledge libraries and pure Nordic architecture that stands out with white and winding lines on the ceiling.
Finally, it still needs to be reiterated, guysI should Experience the method system convenient civilized public of Phan Lan to explore these wonderful places.
