Helsinki and Reykjavík: churches unlike any other
Northern Europe's churches often break the mould: one carved out of granite, one in red brick with gilded domes, one inspired by basalt columns. Four contrasting buildings.
Temppeliaukion kirkko
ProtestantHelsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
A Lutheran church excavated directly into solid granite, opened in 1969, with a copper dome and about 180 skylights.
Open the page →Uspenskin katedraali
OrthodoxHelsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Often called the largest Orthodox church in Western Europe, in red brick with gilded domes, consecrated in 1868.
Open the page →Helsingin tuomiokirkko
ProtestantHelsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
The neoclassical Lutheran cathedral designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1852.
Open the page →Hallgrímskirkja
ProtestantReykjavík, Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's tallest church, built between 1945 and 1986 and inspired by Iceland's basalt columns.
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