See. The Burgher's Home Visit Helsinki's oldest wooden house, now a museum with a resident ghost and the Fire Captain's Stone. Aalto Works Explore 13 distinctive modernist structures by Alvar Aalto across Finland, including residences and churches. Santa Claus's Main Post Office Meet Father Christmas and send postcards from Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland. Santa Claus Village Experience Santa-themed attractions in Rovaniemi, the self-proclaimed official hometown of Santa.
Eat. Kauppatori Head to Helsinki's Market Square for fresh cloudberries and pickled herring at the Old Town pier. Vanha Kauppahalli Visit the Old Market Hall in Helsinki for local delicacies like fresh cloudberries and pickled herring.
Stay. Hotel Katajanokka Stay in Helsinki's former county prison, now a hotel known as Home Hotel Katajanokka. Hobo Hotel A hip, family-friendly hotel in Helsinki's Kallio neighborhood, offering travel cots and highchairs.
Atlas Obscura
In the courtyard of central Helsinki's oldest surviving wooden house, a rough-hewn cube of reddish granite sits low in the gravel, flat-topped enough to double as a seat. For decades it was the favorite perch of Alexander Wickholm, the fire captain ( ruiskumestari , literally "hose master"), who liked to smoke his pipe there while keeping an eye on the yard. Wickholm died in 1896. Nearly three…
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