A day in Helsinki, what to do? Our choice is to ferry out to Suomenlinna, sea fortress. The Swedish crown commenced construction in 1748 as protection against the Russians. It has seen many conflicts through the last 300 years including WWII. It was decommissioned in 1973. Fortress is spread over 8 islands, has about 400 permanent residents and is an UNESCO world heritage sight. We wandered the islands for a couple of hours,...could have easily spent days. More photos of the fort are in next blog entry. The photos in this entry are of our journey out through the islands and one of a WWII anti aircraft gun from one of the islands. The photo of the entry into the harbor is our ship, on the left, that brought us to Helsinki. Check out the next entry.
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