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  1. Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki: story on the “Design and Jugend in Southern Helsinki” route

    Connects the former school with the choice of an artistic profession and the museum's present-day work.

  2. Bastion Zander and Kustaanmiekka: story on the “Suomenlinna: A Fortress on the Islands” route

    At the flag bastion, two ceremonies show how the new state order was established through a flag and a name.

  3. Diana Park (Kolmikulma): story on the “Design and Jugend in Southern Helsinki” route

    Needed to trace the dispute between the official and colloquial names of a single urban place.

  4. Dry Dock: story on the “Suomenlinna: A Fortress on the Islands” route

    Here, the construction of a ship will come up against a granite barrier between the completed hull and the sea.

  5. Eira Hospital: story on the “Design and Jugend in Southern Helsinki” route

    The route ends with the story of how a home-like layout became a working hospital.

  6. Government Palace: story on the “Ceremonial Helsinki: Senate Square and the Harbor” route

    The ceremonial facade leads from a dispute over the law to a man who decided to use a weapon.

  7. Great Courtyard and Ehrensvärd’s Tomb: story on the “Suomenlinna: A Fortress on the Islands” route

    This stop connects the site of the fortress administration with the burial place of the man who directed its construction.

  8. Helsinki Cathedral, formerly St Nicholas' Church: story on the “Ceremonial Helsinki: Senate Square and the Harbor” route

    The staircase and the altarpiece will show how a monarch's decisions became fixed in the appearance of a Lutheran church.

  9. Hietalahti Market Hall: story on the “Design and Jugend in Southern Helsinki” route

    Shows how trading in used goods returned a public role to the city square.

  10. Huvilakatu: story on the “Design and Jugend in Southern Helsinki” route

    Checks what remained of the private-villa project after apartment construction arrived.

  11. Jetty Barracks: story on the “Suomenlinna: A Fortress on the Islands” route

    It will show how the military organized the inspection of arrivals, the guard, and soldiers’ daily life around the new northern entrance.

  12. King’s Gate: story on the “Suomenlinna: A Fortress on the Islands” route

    The final stop will examine the inspection of an unfinished fortress, after which the construction manager kept his position.

  13. Market Square: story on the “Ceremonial Helsinki: Senate Square and the Harbor” route

    By the water, it becomes clear why one city fair survived bans and returned to selling from vessels.

  14. Presidential Palace: story on the “Ceremonial Helsinki: Senate Square and the Harbor” route

    The former imperial residence concludes the story of the choice between a crown and a republic.

  15. Senate Square: story on the “Ceremonial Helsinki: Senate Square and the Harbor” route

    The monument at the center will connect civic ceremony with mass opposition to the emperor.

  16. St John's Church: story on the “Design and Jugend in Southern Helsinki” route

    Explains the competition after which the winning altarpiece ended up in another city.

  17. Suomenlinna Church: story on the “Suomenlinna: A Fortress on the Islands” route

    Here, the military change of power becomes visible in the shape of the tower, the fate of church property, and the lighthouse signal.

  18. University of Helsinki: story on the “Ceremonial Helsinki: Senate Square and the Harbor” route

    Here, state history gives way to cultural history—with a young composer's gamble and an overflowing concert hall.

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