旅程的第一站是芬蘭的首都—赫爾辛基。
甫踏出機場，我己感受到這裏和香港有著莫大的不同。
這裏就是一個字—冷！
在香港，就算是冬天，溫度也不會跌破零度；但對芬蘭人來說，零度就已經很熱了。果然近赤道和近北極的分別真大。可喜的是，這裹的室內大多都有暖爐（也代表原來當地人也是會感到冷的）天氣寒冷，但是人們都非常熱情友善。
天氣就說到這，說說赫爾辛基到底有什麼。
Today I am going to introduce my first stop - Helsinki, the capital of Finland.
The moment that I stepped outside the airport, I can already feel a great difference between here and my home country.
It's so cold here! In Hong Kong, even during winter, the temperature remains positive, but here in Finland, most of the time are negative.
Good thing is that warmer is everywhere here! It proves that people here would feel cold too.
Although it's freezing, people here are heartwarming and always give you a helping hand when you are in need.
赫爾辛基作為芬蘭的心臟，坐落在波羅的海旁。她和其它歐洲城市一樣，地標有一個個的城堡和教堂。（真的，說起香港不同地方的地標是商場的話，歐洲的城市就是城堡、教堂和大會堂)
赫爾辛基的主教堂是赫爾辛基主教座堂，前身為聖尼古拉教堂，是為了沙皇尼古拉一世而起的。芬蘭獨立後，名子就改為赫爾辛基主教座堂了。
Helsinki, is the heart of Finland. It's a relatively small city near the Baltic sea.
Like many other European city, here are a lot of different churches as well. Well, If the landmark in Hong Kong is all kinds of shopping mall, then it Europe, it would definitely be Churches, Town hall and Castle)
The signature landmark here is Helsinki Cathedral. The church is the symbolic sign of Helsinki"s Empire era center. The church was originally built as a tribute to Russia, so it was also known as St Nicholas' Church. But right after the independence of Finland, it has been renamed as the Helsinki Cathedral, to celebrate it) independence!
另一個值得留意的教堂是聖殿廣場教堂。這個新教教堂在建築界屢獲殊榮。其中令我這個外行人一聽就感到了不起的是建築物是從整座岩石直接挖掘而成的。正因如此，她又被人稱為岩石教堂，不少音樂家也利用天然岩石的良好音響效果（回音）在這舉行表演。
Another church that I would like to introduce is Temppeliaukio church, which is a Lutheran church. The church has won a lot of competition in architecture. The special part of it is, it built directly from the solid rock, so it is also known as the Church of the Rock and Rock Church. It's commonly used for concert due to its excellent acoustics.
最後，不得不說的一個教堂（好吧，今天容我再介紹一個教堂吧）是康比禮拜堂(Kamppi Chapel of Silence) 她坐落在市中心商廈林立的中央，正如其名—「寂靜(Silence)」，她提供一個異常安靜的地方予禱告者和旅人。木造的流線型建築、天花板透光的設計，新穎的建築把人們浸在日光中，令我在短暫卻又顯得漫長的歐洲體驗中得到平靜和力量。聽說有不少當地人會因為日照時間短而得了情緒病，或許要等我這個外國人告訴他們這個療傷好地點吧
Last but not least, my favorite church in Finland is Kamppi Chapel of Silence. It's a small tiny chapel in Kamppi, which is the city center of Helsinki packed with different shopping mall.
Same as what suggested in its name, it provides you a great comfort. It's built from wooden with streamline shape, you will be amazed by the warmth it bought you, it feels like immersing in a sunshine. As there are a lot of Finnish got depression due to short daylight, I think it's a great place for them to cheer up!
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