Helsinki – Europe's youngest and northernmost capital city – feels like an outpost of Europe. While it lacks the cutesy cobbles of Copenhagen, the regal setting of Stockholm, or the futuristic vibe of ...

Helsinki and Tallinn are two great capitals in Northern Europe. Just 50 miles and a two-hour ferry ride apart, these two cities – facing each other across the Baltic Sea from their respective ...

Helsinki and Tallinn are two great capitals in Northern Europe. Just 50 miles and a two-hour ferry ride apart, these two cities – facing each other across the Baltic Sea from their respective ...

Helsinki grew up around its busy harbor, overlooked by the gleaming white Lutheran Cathedral. (Photo by Rick Steves) The Swedes built Suomenlinna in the mid-1700s to counter Russia's rising power.

Europe’s youngest and northernmost capital city — feels like an outpost of Europe. While it lacks the cutesy cobbles of Copenhagen, the aristocratic setting of Stockholm, or the futuristic vibe of ...