{"id":2541,"date":"2023-10-14T07:38:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2023-10-14T07:38:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:38:54","slug":"lisas-walking-tour-of-helsinki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/14\/lisas-walking-tour-of-helsinki\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa\u2019s Walking Tour of Helsinki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fresh off COVID quarantine, Lisa tucked Bob (who just tested positive himself) into a hotel bed in Helsinki and went out and about exploring the city on foot. Still congested but no longer contagious, she stayed mostly outdoors and away from people as she walked through the streets, discovering a famous library, striking sculptures, a distinctive church, and the Helsinki Opera House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lisa\u2019s Walking Tour of Helsinki\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bVtmFzs9Wgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Helsinki is made up of lakes, islands and the Baltic Sea. Its outdoor-oriented culture meant she had to watch out for many runners, bike riders, and people on scooters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of a day, she strolled across the soccer field at Helsinki Olympic Stadium, then visited the Sibelius Monument, a welded steel tribute to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius resembles organ pipes, which is one of Helsinki&#8217;s most well-known tourist attractions. She enjoyed a cinnamon roll at the famous Caf\u00e9 Regatta, a traditional red cottage cafe that has brought a part of Finnish countryside to the middle of Helsinki. Its cafe is famous for fresh cinnamon buns, blueberry pie and other delicacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And she visited the unusual Rock Church, or Temppeliaukio Church, an Evangelical Lutheran Church built into a rock. An organist was preparing for a concert and the organ music was mesmerizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enjoy Photos!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-3-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-3-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-3-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-3-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-3-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-3.png 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" 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src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-7-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-7-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-7-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-7-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-7-1536x1155.png 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-7.png 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"2546\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-6-1024x682.png\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-5-1024x675.png 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-5-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-5-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-5-1536x1013.png 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-5.png 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" data-id=\"2545\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-2-1024x680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-2-1024x680.png 1024w, 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https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-1-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-1-1536x1017.png 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Lisa-Helsinki-tour-1.png 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch for Bob\u2019s tour of Helsinki next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INFO<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/6417829220520942691#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Finland<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/6417829220520942691#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Helsinki Guide<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/6417829220520942691#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sibelius Monument<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/6417829220520942691#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caf\u00e9 Regatta<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/6417829220520942691#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rock Church (Temppeliaukio Church)<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/6417829220520942691#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Helsinki Olympic Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off COVID quarantine, Lisa tucked Bob (who just tested positive himself) into a hotel bed in Helsinki and went out and about exploring the city on foot. Still congested but no longer contagious, she stayed mostly outdoors and away from people as she walked through the streets, discovering a famous library, striking sculptures, a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/14\/lisas-walking-tour-of-helsinki\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lisa\u2019s Walking Tour of Helsinki&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,14,490,222,486,211],"tags":[137,494,657,661,27,9,659,491,660,261,262],"class_list":["post-2541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-churches","category-europe","category-finland","category-lisa-blogger","category-scandinavia","category-videos","tag-europe","tag-finland","tag-helsinki","tag-helsinkiolympicstadium","tag-messysuitcase","tag-retirement","tag-rockchurch","tag-scandinavia","tag-temppeliaukio","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions\/2552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}