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Published: January 23rd 2010
Suomenlinna Sea Fortress
Fortification visible from harbour.Suomenlinna/Sveaborg Sea Fortress was our main destination in Helsinki, even in Finland. This fortress is not only just a huge museum, people still live there - at present about 900 inhabitants live there. Every tourist might see except fortification useful houses, hotels and restaurants. Coast of every four islands whose consisted to Suomelinna is fortified - most visible are bunkers and cannons. I went into one of tunnels and I convinced these tunnels are are connected each other. The ranges of cannons' missiles were covering each other. Suomelinna is located at the south from Helsinki and I think that fortress blocked access to town for any aggressors or just keep them away.
Fortress had been started to build by the Swedish in 18th century whose ruled Finland at those time. Russian tsar had started to build a new capitol of Russia - Sankt Petersburg and for Swedish militaries was obviously Russians might attack at any time. They attacked Finland at the beginning of XIX century when Suomenlinna was partly out of date, but still fortress was usable for defenders. Russians developed Suomenlinna because they have seen a benefit of it.
To
Suomenlinna you might get only by ferry from
Helsinki. It is very easy and cheap - recommended time is morning becasue you need plenty of time for seesighting and visits into some interesting museams and locations at the islands whose Suomelinna consists.
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