Seuasaari

We were looking for some opportunity to get out in the country but Helsinki does not seem very well set up to accommodate non cruise and bus tour tourism.  As a result we couldn’t find anything that would give us what we were looking for.  We mentioned this to a clerk in a store and she said we should go to Seurasaari.

Seurasaari is a folk park created 120 years ago within Helsinki city limits.  It includes 87 historical wooden buildings on an island from different parts of Finland.  A similar idea to the historical villages we have in Canada but these were situated in a much more forested environment and it was not set up as commercially.  We were able to access it on public transit.

Grain Storage Sheds with Sleeping Upstairs

Tree Store-House

Stable Painted to Look Like Brick

We leave for St. Petersburg in the morning. Lois and I agree 3 days each in Copenhagen and Helsinki hasn’t been enough.  We’d welcome the chance to come back and get to know Denmark and Finland a little better, they are both such wonderful countries.