Sitting on the edge of the Baltic, the modern, cosmopolitan city of Helsinki is the World Design Capital for 2012. The beauty of the surrounding nature blends seamlessly with high-tech achievements and contemporary trends. Walking tours of the city center show layers of history, while modern architecture and cutting-edge style stake the city's claim to the future. Choose Helsinki during its endless summer days or get adventurous on crisp, snowy winter nights.
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The statue is situated in Lönnrot’s Street, in a small park between the Old Church and the Ressu Senior High School. It is a bronze statue made by Emil Wikström. It was unveiled in 1902. Elias Lönnrot is a Finnish physician and the compiler of the Kalevala epic whose most famous character is ‘steady old Väinämöinen’ who is sitting on the left in this statue. On the right at the foot of the pedestal sits the nymph Impi, symbolizing the lyric poems and songs of Kalevala and Kanteletar.
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