Must-See
Helsinki Cathedral
The white, green-domed cathedral at the top of a great flight of steps over Senate Square.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Unioninkatu 29, 00170 HelsinkiDirections
- Getting There
- A 5-minute walk from the Market Square; trams stop at Senate Square.
Why Go
Carl Ludvig Engel designed the Lutheran cathedral, finished in 1852 after his death, as the crown of a new neoclassical center for the Russian tsars' Grand Duchy of Finland. Zinc statues of the twelve apostles stand on the roof.
Senate Square below is framed by the government palace and the university, around a statue of Tsar Alexander II.
Nearby in Helsinki
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