Helsinki, FI

Spontaneous trip to the countries capital... 

Helsinki, Finland

In the fall I had taken a trip to Helsinki, the city capital of the country, for the first time. Being that I only live 2 hours away from the city, I figured I would be back to visit once again. Originally, I was planning to stay in Helsinki after my trip to Stockholm (which will be in a blog post soon) but there ended up being a minor change of plans, and Lu-Wei had convinced me to tag along with her for a more spontaneous trip to the city.

From left to right: Lu-Wei, myself, Kristian, and Jeremy

We left on Saturday morning, December 21st, planning to stay all day and overnight with a friend of Lu-Wei's host mom and then returning back to Turku the following day. The trip was a rather spontaneous thing and decided last minute but we ended up having a ton of fun and I am so glad that I decided to go! Traveling from Turku to Helsinki is rather easy considering all you have to do is hop on a 2 hour train and then you're there. Once we had arrived we met up with a group of friends, mainly other exchange students but also some finns as well. We all walked around the city, saw some sights, tried our best to stay warm and drank lots of coffee. There wasn't much of a plan at all but there really didn't need to be because we all just enjoyed being in each others company <3 

Jeremy - Silhouette

Having it be just a few days before Christmas they had all of the Christmas markets up along with the Christmas lights throughout the entire city. It was so beautiful to see! I absolutely adore cities during the holiday season, especially during the dark winters we have here in Finland. Jeremy, one of the students who was there also has a Nikon so him and I were able to switch lenses back and forth which of course made me really happy considering I now am only using my wide-angle which can be difficult when photographing things like portraits and the details. Although it was rather cold outside I was still happy to get some good shots here and there, check them out!

Jeremy 

Christmas Market!

Bokah <3

Although it was absolutely freezing outside throughout the entire day, and especially in the evening we still walked around a lot and got to see the city lit up at night. This probably is one of my favorite parts about being in a city! Especially when it comes to photographing them :) Helsinki is filled with many lights and lots of interesting buildings, so I was excited to see another part of it which I hadn't before.

Walking in the cold // Candid

Jeremy