Helsinki in the snow

This morning on my way to the language course: It was a cold and sunny day. Behind the frozen bay you can already see the tower of the white cathedral. I can also see it from the seminar room.

The Senate Square was designed by C. L. Engel. Typical are yellow and red houses. The orthodox Uspenski cathedral is not far.

Now a huge amount of snow has been collected in the middle of the piazza. Compare the height to a man. The picture shows the senate building, directly opposite of the university main building.

Also on my way back to the physics campus I had to stop in order to take a picture of these icicles!

FAZIT: Helsinki is much more beautiful on a sunny winter day than in the grey November. The days are noticeably getting longer now, too. For example we had 8:48h sunlight today, in Hannover for comparison 9:41h.