A landmark of Finnish architecture, Helsinki Central railway station opens as a design hotel - Scandic Grand Central is Eliel Saarinen´s masterpiece with an extension that respects the original
Photo: Marc Goodwin ArchmospheresThe Helsinki Central Railway Station, and its administrative buildings, are amongst Eliel Saarinen’s most important achievements in Finland and a masterpiece of Finnish art nouveau. The building, completed in 1919, has been listed amongst the most beautiful railway stations in the world and one of the most visited architecture destinations in Finland. Only a few years after the railway station was completed, Saarinen won second prize in the competition to design the Chicago Tribune skyscraper and thereafter moved permanently to the United States.