Helsinki (Part 1)

We have loved our short but sweet time in Helsinki. The Finnish are extremely nice and have definitely been the nicest and most interactive Nordic people by far… it shows that they are the happiest people in the world! On our first day we went for a walk to Sibelius park to see the monument of the Finnish composer but Eth is not a fan due to his high school music composition software being named after him :(. We visited a cute little cafe on the lake and admired the hazy and misty day - it felt like being in the Twilight movies. We visited the Amos Rex Contemporary art museum which had a very cool design outside and inside and both enjoyed our first Bibimbap from a Korean restaurant in the shopping centre. It was delicious and came out in massive steaming bowls. That night with much anticipation we went to watch a game of Ice Hockey; Helsinki IFK verse Kärpät. The energy was very high and the stadium was packed. We sat next to a lovely Finnish couple who we had a good chat to and they helped explain the rules. We loved watching the high-intensity and fast pace of hockey with lots of big hits and nearly some “argy-bargy” at quite a few points during the game. We’ve decided we are going to get into watching hockey at home but it doesn’t seem like you can watch the Finnish league in Australia so we’ll just watch the NHL instead.Meer informatie