Island Hopping - Suomenlinna

Helsinki Harbour has many islands and today Serena and I ferried out to Suomenlinna Island. It is an island that was heavily fortified by the Swedes fighting the against the Russians and a retreat for the King of Sweden. It also came under Russian control up to 1918 and after the Finnish Civil War returned to Finnish Control. Today the Island is a UNESCO world heritage site, a residential island to a select few, a minimum security prison and a Naval base.

After our trip to the island we headed to see another church, St John's and the Helsinki Central fire station which are both magnificent.

Tomorrow we are off to Tampere ( Spy museum visit) & Turku ( the old capital) all by train. It's going to be a full day with and early train and late home.Read more