Kuopio, Finland
Puijo Tower
A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.
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Kuopio, Finland
A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.
Parikkala, Finland
Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.
Ruokolahti, Finland
Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.
Imatra, Finland
These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.
Naantali, Finland
A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.
Turku, Finland
Pigduck of Turku.
Turku, Finland
A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.
Espoo, Finland
Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.
Finland
Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Helsinki, Finland
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
Helsinki, Finland
Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.
Helsinki, Finland
This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.
Helsinki, Finland
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Helsinki, Finland
The door to the museum holds a unique artifact from the Finnish Civil War.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.