Helsinki Central Railway – #49 Eliel Saarinen

The station building in the city Helsinki, Finland was designed by Eliel Saarinen and inaugurated in 1919. The outside of the structure is mostly made out of granite. It also looks like copper trimming around that has been oxidized, the station is still magnificent to look at. Helsinki Central was chosen as one of the world’s most beautiful railway stations by BBC in 2013. It is a very symmetrical piece and impressive for the time that it was constructed.

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