{"id":14085,"date":"2026-08-02T19:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T00:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/?page_id=14085"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:48:46","slug":"helsinki-finland-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/?page_id=14085","title":{"rendered":"Helsinki Finland May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14085\" class=\"elementor elementor-14085\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b2f0fd6 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"4b2f0fd6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5698fb79\" data-id=\"5698fb79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fb64772 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7fb64772\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/?page_id=98\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-xs\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Vacations<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-307801d6\" data-id=\"307801d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281e9218 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"281e9218\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/?page_id=33\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-xs\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Other Trips<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3594d916 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3594d916\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b1de989\" data-id=\"5b1de989\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e147823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e147823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In May of 2026, I travelled to Helsinki for a week of work.\u00a0 I had just visited there in late 2024.\u00a0 I have been to Finland many times but typically I have not worked in Helsinki, most of my time has been spent in Tampere and Jyvaskyla.\u00a0 (See pictures from my <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">first trip to<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/?page_id=5662\"><strong> Finland in 1995<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and last trip to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/?page_id=12622\"><strong>Helsinki Finland in 2024<\/strong><\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f246eb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f246eb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Click on any photo to see a larger view<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5530-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQwNzcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zdG9uZXRyaXBzLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDhcL0lNR181NTMwLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5530-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14077\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5530-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5530-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5530-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5530-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5530-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5530-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Working in Finland is a tough job<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7229856 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7229856\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0181-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14095\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0181-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0181-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0181-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0181-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0181-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0181-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:133.33%;max-width:1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Helsinki Cathedral<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-367eaa8\" data-id=\"367eaa8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2640e00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2640e00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5640.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Screenshot\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Screenshot\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQwODMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zdG9uZXRyaXBzLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDhcL0lNR181NjQwLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1036\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5640-768x1061.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14083\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5640-768x1061.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5640-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5640-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5640-1112x1536.jpg 1112w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5640.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:138.12%;max-width:1170px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Finland is half the size of Texas, but there are more people in DFW area than in Finland.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c5cc89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c5cc89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6c31c2\" data-id=\"e6c31c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31de84a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31de84a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0200-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQwOTYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zdG9uZXRyaXBzLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDhcL0lNR18wMjAwLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0200-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14096\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0119-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0119-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0119-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0119-2-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0119-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38c8aa3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38c8aa3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0448747\" data-id=\"0448747\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c25c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18c25c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I met my co-worker Gyro in Helsinki.\u00a0 We stayed in the old part of Helsinki, close to the harbor, the Esplanade, the Senate Square and the Market Square.\u00a0 We had beautiful Spring weather, I just needed a light rain jacket.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0269478 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0269478\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09ffd9f\" data-id=\"09ffd9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e2d4a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e2d4a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5503-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQwNzQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zdG9uZXRyaXBzLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDhcL0lNR181NTAzLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5503-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14074\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5503-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5503-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5503-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5503-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5503-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5503-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Gyro at Suomenlinna Fortress<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11ab200\" data-id=\"11ab200\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32ee187 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32ee187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5485-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQwNjcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zdG9uZXRyaXBzLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDhcL0lNR181NDg1LXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5485-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14067\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5485-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5485-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5485-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5485-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5485-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5485-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Helsinki Cathedral<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c42d38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c42d38\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6857ac0\" data-id=\"6857ac0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d6eea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d6eea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5607-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQwNzksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zdG9uZXRyaXBzLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDhcL0lNR181NjA3LXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5607-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14079\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5607-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5607-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5607-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5607-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5607-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5607-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:133.33%;max-width:1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">At the Senate Square<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c7241d\" data-id=\"9c7241d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50215ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50215ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5609-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQwODAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zdG9uZXRyaXBzLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDhcL0lNR181NjA5LXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5609-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14080\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5609-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5609-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5609-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5609-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5609-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5609-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:133.33%;max-width:1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In the Esplanadi park<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d48d84f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d48d84f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d99b1d\" data-id=\"8d99b1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7232145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7232145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Just like I did in 2024, Gyro and I took a ferry connection out to the historic Suomenlinna Fortress Island from the Market Square and spent about 4 hours seeing the old fort built to protect Helsinki.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cb5157 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cb5157\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-539937b\" data-id=\"539937b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be43fb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be43fb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5510-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQwNzEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zdG9uZXRyaXBzLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDhcL0lNR181NTEwLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5510-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14071\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5510-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5510-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5510-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5510-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5510-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5510-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Gyro at Suomenlinna Fortress<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22dfe39\" data-id=\"22dfe39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54c7439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"54c7439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5511-1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTQwOTEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9zdG9uZXRyaXBzLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDhcL0lNR181NTExLTEtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5511-1-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14091\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5511-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5511-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5511-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5511-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5511-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5511-1-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Suomenlinna Fortress<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section 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spruce.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vacations Other Trips In May of 2026, I travelled to Helsinki for a week of work.\u00a0 I had just visited there in late 2024.\u00a0 I have been to Finland many times but typically I have not worked in Helsinki, most of my time has been spent in Tampere and Jyvaskyla.\u00a0 (See pictures from my first&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stonetrips.com\/?page_id=14085\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Helsinki Finland May 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