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| There was music and |
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| performance artists. |
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| In the market were stalls full of woolen and wooden items. |
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| This monument is known as Tsarina's stone and is made of red granite. It was erected in 1835 to celebrate Tsar Nicolai I and Tsarina Alexandria. |
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| The market was full of fresh fish, fruit and vegetables. |
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| The water is known as Cholera Basin after a seaman died in 1897 of cholera. |
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| Havis Amanda was sculpted by Ville Vallgren in Paris in 1906 and installed in Market Square in 1908 amidst controversy. He called it Merenneito or The Mermaid. |
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| Today it is considered the most important and most beautiful art in Helsinki. |
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| Finnish Students working as Tourism and Information Guides |
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| Information Kiosk |
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