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The world at table: at dinner in Helsinki

Here in Finland,
Remembering Helsinki a few years ago and see it today …
the city has become perhaps the most flexible and innovative European cities.
We do our usual tour of the main sights.

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The Lutheran Cathedral ,
is the most visible symbol of the city, is a cathedral in the neo-classical style and has a characteristic green dome .

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The Church in the rock,
in the tourist circuit of Helsinki can not miss a visit to this church designed in 1969 by brothers Suomalainen .
Only the domed roof of copper and a wall of granite blocks are visible from the outside.

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The Uspenski Cathedral ,
is a Russian Orthodox cathedral ,
and is the largest Orthodox church in Western Europe,
5 domes are topped with 22-carat gold and some icons are represented within deemed miraculous .

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The Finnish Parliament ,
the parliament building was designed by architect JS Siren
who designed a structure in pink granite, with 14 Corinthian columns .
The Finnish Parliament composed of 40% women, one of the highest percentages in the world.

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The Suomenlinna Fortress ,
stands about 6 interconnected islands and was built by the Swedish to defend against attacks by sea ,
has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1991 .

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The Sibelius Monument
is obviously dedicated to the greatest Finnish composer ,
is a beautiful monument that is located in the park Sibelius , is composed of more than 600 steel tubes welded to one another and processed to give a wavy effect,
with this monument the artist wanted to represent the movement of the music of Sibelius.
The work weighs 24 tons and is 9 meters high .

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Seurasaari ,
is a unique, open-air museum that shows , to those who visit it , how life was in Finland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries ;
usually the visitors are accompanied by a guide dressed in original clothes of the era,
there is also the opportunity to take dance lessons and participate in craft workshops to learn how things were done then.

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And now let’s sit down at the table for our dinner :

you could not start with reindeer stew , typical dish of the Finnish and extremely simple ,
reindeer meat has a flavor mixture of beef and game , and it’s a pretty lean meat .

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The Karelian Stew
takes its name from the region that lies between Finland and Russia ,
is based on a mix of pork and beef , is sometimes also used lamb.

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Vorschmack
was the favorite dish of General Mannerheim , the name is German and vul say 4 flavors , is a dish made of lamb meat , onion , potatoes and beef.

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We could not miss the fish : salmon is prepared , marinated , smoked , or baked potatoes

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Silakka are small Baltic herring , and have a starring role in the Finnish cuisine .

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Dessert trolley ? Kiitos

Mummy
is the traditional Finnish Easter dessert , is made ​​from water, rye flour , rye malt powder,
seasoned with dark molasses salt and orange peel .

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Pannukakku ,
pancakes are very popular , like crepes, which are eaten with jam blueberries and raspberries and whipped cream.

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Piparkakku , are ginger biscuits

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Korvapuusti are cookies with cinnamon.

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Nakemiin Helsinki !
Thanks for showing us your beauty , our dinner is over,
I come back to … my nice couch … I arrive with my blueberry tea … Hoping that you like  the dinner …

Until next time!

And … the journey continues!

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