Helsinki - Finlandia Hall

North of the Municipal Museum in Helsinki, on the shores of Töölö Bay (Töölönlahti), is the Finlandia Hall, a concert and convention hall (first phase by Alvar Aalro, 1971), with a facade of Carrara marble. The Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe was signed here in July 1975. To the north of the hall is a park (home to large chessboards and chessmen), and beyond this again is the new Finnish National Opera House, inaugurated in November 1993 with a performance of the opera "Kullervo" by the Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen (who also wrote the libretto).