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Helsinki Central Railway
Station is a widely recognised
landmark and the focal point of
public transport in the Greater
Helsinki area.
The squirrel and the maple are
both symbols of Helsinki.
Perch is caught at
Vanhankaupunginlahti bay in
the Helsinki region.
The Lily of the Valley became
the national flower of Finland
in 1967.
The Havis Amanda Fountain is
a prominent feature in the city.
The Ateneum is a major art
museum in Finland.
The Moomins are the central
characters in a series of
books and comic strips that
were published in Finland
and created by Swedish-Finn
illustrator and writer
Tove Jansson.
The Kantele is a traditional
plucked string instrument of
the zither family that is native
to Finland.
Finland has a rich
medieval history.
The stackable stool 60,
created in 1933 by Alvar Aalto,
represents the quintessence of
functionalist furniture design.
The swan is the national
bird of Finland.
Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish
physician, philologist and
collector of traditional Finnish
oral poetry. He is best known
for Kalevala, the national epic
of Finland.
Sederholm House,
the oldest house in downtown
Helsinki, was the house of
Helsinki’s then-richest merchant,
Johan Sederholm (1757).