Places gertrudeabbring Wants to Go

The last surviving submarine from a strange chapter of Finnish history.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

This restaurant combines two Finnish traditions in one place: warm-weather relaxation and outdoor carpet-cleaning.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

An incredibly durable timepiece glows beneath shoppers' feet.

The grandest stage for the world's foremost masters of invisible instruments.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

More than 200 eclectic sculptures surround the artist's home.

An abandoned amusement park turned street art gallery with open walls for visitors to spray paint.

Relocated graffiti- and street-art exhibition space in a former national railway warehouse.

This once-mighty brick factory is now a unique museum experience.

Pigduck of Turku.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.