Travels Kaleidoscope: Romantic Porvoo

~ Serenity never fails to stir my emotions ~

Porvoo

Another impromptu trip alone. English is generally spoken in Finland, so no worries about getting lost. An hr bus journey from Kamppi station brought me to this second oldest town in Finland- Porvoo.

Divided into Old Porvoo (Traveller's Porvoo) famous for its wooden red houses along the river and Finland's greatest poet, Johan Ludvig Runeberg; and New Porvoo with its commercial centre and scandic design buildings is the home to arts and business.

With a map and a camera, I began my day trip admist the colourful wooden houses.

EarlyHelsinki Street

Signage at Porvoo Bus station

Information Centre at Old Porvoo

Sights of Porvoo

Delightful wooden houses selling souvenirs and food

Yellow wooden house double up as a cafe.

Main street in Old Porvoo

The famous red wooden houses facing the frozen river

Museum which describe Finland's history from the Vikings period.

Porvoo's Church

It will be nice to row a boat, have a drink and read a book here during summer.

Food in Porvoo

The rumbling of my tummy at 12pm brought me to this quaint riverside cafe for a cuppa and cake! I adore my cakes and desserts! There will always be space for em! I tried their speciality, lingam berry cheesecake. It was nice! From then on, I have been on the lookout for lingam berry cake :D

Cappuccino and Lingam berry cheesecake

Finnish adore their coffee

My lunch was at the highly raved Hanna-Maria cafe. The set lunch is cheap and filling. Look at that thick slab of salmon and mashed potato! This is good enough for 2.

My salmon set lunch at 9 euros only!

Interior of Hanna-Maria

Entrance of Hanna-Maria

As dusk approaches fast during the winter, I have to head back before its dark at 4pm.

Onboard the bus with the beautiful winter sunset

辽阔的天空映照着夕阳。。。

An hour later, I arrived at Kamppi. It was burstling with activities- a stark contrast to our Day 1. SALES was going on! I lost myself admist MANGO, Accessorize.

Back to Kamppi. It's alive again!!

Bags and Chocolates

I met up with the hub for dinner at the trip advisor recommended Restaurant Mange Sud.
A sleek and polished interior decked in white and black, with guests dressed formally and conversing in hushed tones. We began our 'seriously delicious' dinner course.