Helsinki

From fairly recent origins (the current site was adopted in 1640), and capital since only 1812, the "daughter" of the Baltic Sea that surrounds it is a city of contrasts: calm yet bustling, urban, but at the same time open to sea breezes and woodland scents, architecturally both classic and contemporary. With its half a million inhabitants, the capital of this small country has managed to make its mark in diplomatic circles as well as in the world of tasteful decorative arts.
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