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WHAT YOU VISIT
Finnish Farm Life & Karelian Pastie Baking
The idyllic countryside surrounding Helsinki includes the rural community of Sipoo, a quaint village that's home to the 15th century St. Sigfrid's, the town's oldest church. Here, your small group will bake up a taste of Finland in their private family home and farm that specializes in organic farming. Members of the family will welcome you upon arrival and invite you in to bake some Karelian pasties. This beloved staple in Finnish cuisine are savory, open-faced hand-held, oval-shaped pies made with a thin, brittle rye crust and filled with rice or potato porridge. Then, you'll sit down with your handmade pastie hot from the oven with a lovely cup of coffee or tea.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES
Senate Square's Helsinki Cathedral, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, was built as a tribute to Czar Nicholas I. Completed in 1852, its white façade, prominent green central dome surrounded by four smaller domes, Corinthian columns and zinc statues of the twelve apostles is considered a masterpiece of neoclassical architecture.

WHAT YOU SEE ALONG THE WAY
En route to Sipoo, you'll pass the Open Air Market, the Presidential Palace, Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral, the Icebreakers, the Bank of Finland and House of Estates. Upon your return to Helsinki, you'll stop at Senate Square for 30 minutes of free time to hunt for that perfect souvenir or to grab a local treat.