Secret Helsinki

Let 'Secret Helsinki' guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Helsinki guidebook and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. A dog that managed to catch 108 criminals without human help, a statue to a homeless alcoholic, the anti-aircraft defences where Tom of Finland became a war hero, a plaque of honour of somebody who never existed, swimming naked in the country's oldest swimming pool, the only church in the world that doubles as a lighthouse, a free sauna open 24 hours, a walk through the water to a secret island, a hidden Kalevala-scene fresco inside the Old Student House, a natural waterfall within the city, the location of Star Wars' Princess Leia's necklace, and 'Short Island' - the antithesis of New York's Long Island.