Helsinki - St Nicholas's Cathedral

(Local Name: Tuomiokirkko) On the north side of Helsinki's Senate Square a broad flight of steps leads up to the Lutheran Cathedral (Tuomiokirkko; St Nicholas's), standing 10m/33ft above the square on a granite crag. The Cathedral was begun in 1830 to the design of C. L. Engel and completed in 1852 in a different style. It contains statues of Luther, Melanchthon and the Finnish Reformer Mikael Agricola; fine organ.