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The mean annual temperature
in efficient, elegant Helsinki hovers around 43°F
(6°C), but this does not mean visitors need
expect a chilly welcome. The funky Finns, known
for their hip and happening sense of style, design
and association with high technology, know how
to warm hearts and minds in their modern, cosmopolitan
capital.
The city, spread across
a cluster of promontories and peninsulas, is 450
years old, its clean, wide avenues lined with
buildings echoing centuries of architectural excellence
from Gothic through to art deco and cutting-edge
contemporary.
It all fits together
in total harmony with nature, which invades the
urban environment with green spaces, when it is
not blanketed in snow.
Trees, flowers, hares,
squirrels, pheasants and even the odd elk are
often spied in the myriad parks in the centre
of the city, the whole surrounded with crisp,
unpolluted air and the bright blue Baltic waters.
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