Top: Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral-not yer mom's Lutheran Church (unless your mom lives in Helsinki, then maybe it is). In fact, I probably couldn't have guessed that this was a Lutheran church just by glancing at the outside. The statues of Luther and Melancthon in the sanctuary kind of give it away, though.
Next: Uspenski Russian Orthodox Cathedral facing the Lutheran Church in the West. Poetic, no?
Above: Temppeliaukio Lutheran Church. It's not Swedish, Russian, or Art Nouveau. It was built in 1969 by blasting into solid rock and topping the whole thing off with a copper coil roof. It's quite something to see and has really cool acoustics (they like to play a recording of Finlandia in the sanctuary when there's not a visiting choir performing).
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