1/10/09 - Helsinki 2

Tuomo continued my tour of Helsinki today. Seeing as I had mentioned that I hadn't been on a tram in a very long time (if ever, I can't recall if I have...) we used that as our main mode of transportation once we had parked in the city. We stopped at the National History Museum which apparently gets less tourists than it would like because the building looks like a church which scares them off. Kirkkonummi has apparently been populated for 10000 years which I find somewhat impressive.

There were exhibits based on prehistory, "The Realm" (when Christianity turned up), the enlightened period and on treasure which was just about Finland's currency. The section on the 20th century wasn't open yet which is a shame because I would be interested in learning more about the Winter War. For those of you who don't know about it, this motivational poster sums it up.


After the museum we went to see an unusual church. It is built into rocks and has a circular ceiling with glass panels which makes it look somewhat like a crashed UFO. Inside there was man playing the piano. The music wasn't religious in nature and it was very pleasant making it possibly the first time I've ever enjoyed being in a church.

Afterwards we wandered the city for a while longer before headed back to Tuomo's place. We were both stunned by the cost parking for the day had built up to. And I thought the cost of public transport had been bad...

In the evening we rented the Dark Knight because neither Tuomo nor Anni had seen it. Anni liked it but said it was too long. Tuomo also enjoyed it but spent most of the film wondering if the bat voice Christian Bale used was the same as the one in Batman Begins. It isn't and I have no idea what he was thinking when he chose this or why noone called him on it. I hope he changes it for the next one.