Arrival in Helsinki

My first layover was scheduled for eight hours between 4pm and midnight. The second layover on October 2 was a daytime connection from 6am to 4pm. As I only had limited daylight on my first layover, I decided to utilize that layover to get the lay of the land first, and reserve a trip to Suomenlinna Fortress for my second layover.

Due to a flight delay, my scheduled eight hour layover was reduced to seven hours. Despite this setback, I decided to stick with my original plan to take the train into Helsinki, and get a sense of the city during the three hours of daylight I still had left.

I landed in Helsinki around 4.30pm. After going through immigration, I deposited my larger backpack at a left baggage counter, withdrew some cash from an ATM, and then took three escalators deep underground to get to the train station. The design of the train station was quite awe inspiring. The long escalators into the train station were especially cool as they feature high concrete walls on three sides.

At the platform, I hopped onto a train. It took a little under 30 minutes to get to Helsinki's art deco inspired train station with its iconic lantern bearer statues.
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