Helsinki

Helsinki resources that I have myself found interesting or useful.

Basics

• City of Helsinki official page
• Helsinki in Wikipedia

Helsinki photos

• Helsinki City Museum archives
• Stephan Funke’s photos from 1952 – the year of the Olympics
• Helsinki by Svala & Joutsi. Ten pages full of old and newer photos of Helsinki.
• A photographic leap through time, same Helsinki scenes by  I.K. Inha, 1908–09 (WSOY archives), and Tim Bird, July 2009.
• Helsinki ennen ja nyt – Signe Brander’s early 20th century Helsinki photos on a map with a Google street view of the same place
• Helsinki now and 1943 in an aerial photo map
• Skyview of Suomenlinna sea fortress
• Helsinki 1950-52 – cityscapes by Keijo Aaltonen
• Old Helsinki postcards and what the scene looked like in 2012 by Christian Westerback.
• Flickr: Helsinki
• Helsinki street – by Finnish professional photographers
• nadarsander 2000
• Helsinki 365 – A Year in photos
• taivasalla.net
• Hel looks – street fashion
• Under the Helsinki City Sky (from 1969-1987)
• snapshots.skrubu.net
• My Helsinki City
• Päivän Helsinki
• Blog for Photos – HDR image of Helsinki a day for a year.
• Beautiful Helsinki
• Timo Noko Kite Aerial
• PeterF
• -Canonist-
• Aliisa Helsinki 

Helsinki videos

• Helsinki preparing for the 1952 Olympics (12 min)
• Miltä näytti Helsinki sata vuotta sitten?  (1.5min, YLE elävä arkisto)
• Signe Brander tallensi katoavan Helsingin (34min, YLE elävä arkisto)

News from Helsinki / Finland

• Finnish Broadcasting Company News
• Helsingin Sanomat News
• Helsinki Times
• Finland | Scoop.it

Tourism

• Helsinki City Tourist & Convention Bureau
• Official tourism blog of Helsinki
• Virtual Finland

Vain suomeksi

• Kirjojen Helsinki – kirjailijoiden kuvauksia Helsingistä