The blue skies we flew through didn’t really give any idea what Helsinki would be like.
You can just see the coast of Finland at the bottom left of the photo. When we landed it was snowing. Not the lovely fluffy snow, it was the wet, sloppy kind. Overnight it must have changed, because this morning there was a beautiful dusting of snow over everything. I headed straight for the lovely park near the new music centre.
There were no people sunning themselves here like there were in September on my way over.
I love the winter landscape. The park was full of people walking, running, pushing babies in strollers and obviously enjoying a beautiful winter day.
There were ducks enjoying the brief patches of sun.
As well as the ducks, there were these 2 handsome fellows.
One of them was quite a show off. He came out of the water, presented himself to me and spread a wing to show me how lovely it was.
I walked all around the edge of the water, taking advantage of the clear day.
When the sun shone everything was golden.
When the sun went behind a cloud everything turned silver.
There were birds looking for food. They were obviously used to people and came forward in case I had something for them.
It was about 1 degree on my walk this morning. When I left the park I headed straight for Fazer for a hot chocolate. If ever you are in Helsinki you have to have one of these.
The days are short in Helsinki at this time of the year, but there is blue sky and some sun. I think the city is gorgeous at any time of the year.
Take a look in the Helsinki category for more on this beautiful city. I have been here in spring, autumn and winter. I really must come in summer one year.
I have a new blog on Helsinki. Take a look at Beautiful Helsinki.