Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
The most beautiful church of Helsinki, Finland, can be found at the Senaatintori square. It is the cathedral called Helsingin tuomiokirkko which is also the icon of the city. When you reach the square you will stand in front of huge steps and have to ascent to the church, a marvelous white church in neoclassical style with green cupolas and the twelve apostles on the roof.
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You can’t miss the giant ferris wheel located at the harbor of Helsinki, Finland. It was opened in 2014, is 40 meters tall and the round trip with excellent views of the harbor area and the Senaatintori square takes around three minutes (with a total time of twelve minutes per visit). Two of the cabins have special features: one has a glass floor for the brave and one is sauna for those who like it hot.
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Right next to the harbor of Helsinki you can find the beautiful Orthodox Uspenskin katedraali on a hill. It is built from 700,000 red bricks which gives the church a unique look and its roof contains thirteen cupolas. The cathedral was consecrated in 1868 and is the largest Orthodox church in the northwestern Europe. And it has all the richness you would expect from an Orthodox Christian church.
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A special and well-known monument at Helsinki, Finland, is the Sibelius-monumentti. Like a fascinating arrangement of organ pipes it is standing on a rock in the Sibeliuksen puisto park, waiting to be looked at from all sights and even from underneath. Whom the work titled Passio Musicae is dedicated to can only be understood when you look to the side and find the face of Jean Sibelius.
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There is a simple rule that is most often true: wherever a federal horticultural show is held in Germany, you’ll later find a funicular. Such a Bundesgartenschau is not only an event for tourists, it is also always used to change the area it is organized at, to reactivate fallow land that is most often hard to reach. And therefore very often funiculars are built to make the area better accessible for visitors of the Bundesgartenschau. And people love it.
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If you need some good views on Würzburg, if you want to enjoy heavenly silence or if you need to do penance for something – think about taking the steep ascent to the Käppele. It is a pilgrimage church high above the city also referred to as Mariä Heimsuchung. The Käppele was built by famous architect Balthasar Neumann in Rococo style and was consecrated in 1754.
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High above Würzburg and the river Main you can see the Marienberg fortress. In fact it is located 100 meters higher than the river on a mountain. This strategic position was used continuously throughout the centuries and the current fortress was residence of the prince-bishops of Würzburg from 1253 to 1719.
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Some people like to show off using the size of their residence. The prince-bishops of Würzburg are not different and created the Residenz, a vast baroque style castle. Finished in 1781 it was altered multiple times but the original style was preserved. Therefore, the UNESCO declared the castle a World Heritage site in 1981. Hopefully this helps to preserve the Residenz – after it was already massively damaged during World War II.
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The highlight of the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe at Kassel are the historic water features or water games. To show their power, the landgraves were even taming the elements and in this case controlling water: behind the Herkules monument, water is collected in large basins. At dedicated points in time it is floating down the hill without any electricity, creating sounds and fountains. This event happens every Wednesday, Sunday and on public holidays from May 1st to October 3rd.
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In the most southern part of Croatia, few kilometers away from Bosnia and Montenegro, you’ll find Cavtat. It’s a small town you would typically choose for a quiet beach vacation: not much hustle and bustle, many small beaches between forests and a harbor with good bars and restaurants.
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