Nick Lido Production. Featured by Nick Lido's Travel Journal at www.youtube.com/nicklido Nick was cruising the Baltic countries aboard the Norwegian Sun cruise ship in 2011 and 2012. An itinerary was excellent! In 9-day-cruise ship visited Denmark, Germany, Finland, Russia, Estonia, and Sweden. The video/slideshow is about beautiful city of Helsinki, Finland. All the photos are original and were taken by Nick Lido. ABOUT HELSINKI: Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. Helsinki has a population of 610,601 (31 August 2013), an urban population of 1,176,976 (31 December 2012) and a metropolitan population of 1,361,506, making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located some 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400 kilometres (250 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 kilometres (190 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki is Finland's major political, educational, financial, cultural and research centre as well as one of northern Europe's major cities. Approximately 70% of foreign companies operating in Finland have settled in the Helsinki region. The nearby municipality of Vantaa is the location of Helsinki Airport, with frequent service to various destinations in Europe and Asia. In 2009, Helsinki was chosen to be the World Design Capital for 2012by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.

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