Farewell to Finland

So I wrap up the holiday. Flight was at 4pm, so that gave me a morning to explore the rest of Helsinki.

Took  more snaps of the station. the ticket hall was open, and they have a lovely model of a Pacific locomotive in a glass case.

Went to the Moomin shop. I was hoping to buy socks for Flickums, but apparently Finns do not have Euro size 38 feet.

Ambled around some more. They have vintage tram rides on Saturdays and Sundays, but it was Wednesday.

Decided to go into the city museum. It's free. They had a nice history of the city since the 1930's. This included various recreations of rooms and things in the city, and a VR "time machine" that allowed you to switch between VR views of today and the past.

Had a look at the Penrose Tile paving on Keskuskatu. Uses a fixed set of tiles but has no translational symmetry.

So that was Helsinki. Train back to the airport was uneventful. There was a strike for the previous 2 days but that had ended by this point. Flight flew without incident. Landed about 3 hours later.

I certainly liked Helsinki. The day trip to Tallinn was also very much worth it.

I consider this holiday a success!