Spot a "happy and bizarre" sauna boat or Allas
Find Helsinki's sauna boats, Löyly's sloped roof, or the Allas Sea Pool. Photograph the sauna culture in action.
Spot a coffee cup (kahvi)
Finns are the world's biggest coffee drinkers per capita. Find a freshly brewed mug at a café or kahvila and photograph it.
Spot a Fazer chocolate
Find a Fazer chocolate (the blue Fazer Sininen wrapper, a Geisha bar, a salty-licorice version) in a shop window. Photograph the wrapper.
Spot a Finnish berry bowl
Find a bowl of cloudberries, bilberries or lingonberries at the Market Square. Photograph the colours.
Spot a Finnish design Alvar Aalto curve
Find an Alvar Aalto design (Stool 60, Savoy Vase, Aalto-designed building like Finlandia Hall). Photograph the curved silhouette.
Spot a Finnish design shop window
Find a window with Iittala glassware, Marimekko fabric or Artek furniture. The clean lines say Helsinki. Photograph the window curation.
Spot a Finnish summer cottage poster
Find a Finnish summer cottage reference (a mökki on a postcard, brochure or print). The wooden lakeside cabin is the Finnish dream. Photograph it.
Spot a Helsinki Cathedral angel statue
On Helsinki Cathedral's roof stand 12 zinc apostle statues. Find one and photograph the silhouette against the sky.
Spot a Helsinki Central Library Oodi
Walk to the Oodi Central Library, the curving wood-and-glass building near Parliament. Photograph the timber prow.
Spot a Helsinki Christmas market (Tuomaan Markkinat)
In December find Senate Square's Tuomaan Markkinat Christmas market with wooden stalls and glogi. The rest of the year, find a Christmas-themed shop window or souvenir. Photograph the scene.
Spot a Helsinki Metro M
Find the orange-and-white M sign at any Helsinki Metro entrance. Photograph the sign.
Spot a Helsinki street sausage stall
Find a Finnish makkara (sausage) stall or the salmon-soup pot at the Market Square. Photograph the steaming food.
Spot a Helsinki tram
Find a green-and-yellow HSL tram on its route in the centre. Photograph one passing a heritage building.
Spot a Karelian pie (karjalanpiirakka)
Find a Karelian pie at a bakery or market hall counter: a rice-and-rye open pastry, usually with egg butter on top. Photograph the boat-shaped pie.
Spot a Linnanmäki ride
Find a view of the Linnanmäki amusement park: the Ferris wheel (Rinkeli), the wooden roller coaster (Vuoristorata) or the red helmet ride. Photograph one.
Spot a Marimekko poppy print
Find Marimekko's Unikko poppy print on a fabric bolt, bag, dress or shop window. The big stylised flower is unmistakable. Photograph the print.
Spot a Moomin
Find a Moomin (Tove Jansson's round white character) in a shop window, on a coffee mug, a children's book cover or a pillow. Photograph the smile.
Spot a reindeer souvenir
Find a reindeer souvenir or Sami-craft item: antlers, knife sheaths, reindeer-leather wallet, postcards. Photograph the souvenir.
Spot a Rock Church (Temppeliaukio)
Walk to Temppeliaukio Church (the Rock Church) in Töölö. Photograph the copper-domed church carved into solid rock.
Spot a sauna sign
Find a sauna sign (the universal Finnish institution: there are more saunas than cars in Finland). Allas Sea Pool, Löyly, public-pool saunas all work. Photograph the sign.
Spot a Suomenlinna ferry
At Market Square find a ferry heading to Suomenlinna (the sea fortress UNESCO site). Photograph the ferry at the dock or sailing out.
Spot Esplanadi park
Walk down Esplanadi and find someone at the bandstand or sitting on the benches. Photograph the park with the surrounding flagship stores (Marimekko, Aarikka, Karl Fazer) in view.
Spot Helsinki Cathedral white facade
Walk to Senate Square and find the white Helsinki Cathedral (Tuomiokirkko) with its green dome on top of the steps. Photograph the facade across the square.
Spot salmiakki licorice
Find salmiakki (Finnish salty licorice) in a sweet-shop window or supermarket display. The black diamonds or coins. Photograph the package.