Addictio Chamber Choir at Temppeliaukio Church

The Temppeliaukio Church / The Rock Church, Helsinki is located on a rocky hill and has been excavated inside the rock. The church is round in shape and its dome is surrounded by a strip of narrow skylights. Inside the dome is copper and excavated granite is left visible on the walls. The church is one of Helsinki's most popular tourist attractions and, due to its good acoustics, a popular concert venue. Last Friday I attended the 15th year anniversary concert of Chamber Choir Addictio where my son Harri sings bass.

I lived for a while in that red building seen at the background.

HERE you can find stunning photos of the church and text in English.

The page is really worth a visit!

Addictio is a Helsinki-based chamber choir founded by its singers in the autumn of 2005.  

The choir was born out of the enthusiasm of its singers to form their own choir, where they could make as much music as possible, experimenting and to a high standard - not forgetting the fun.  

Their basic repertoire includes traditional and new Finnish and European mixed choir music. 

The present director is this handsome guy, Riku Laurikka (b. 1994) who graduated 

from the Sibelius Academy’s choir conducting class as a master of music in the spring of 2021. 

In 2017-2018, he studied at the University of the Arts in Graz, Austria. 

These are the well-known stone steps that lead from Oksasenkatu up to 

Temppeliaukio and the church.

Wishing a sunny week!

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Sightseeing: Temppeliaukio Church

Temppeliaukio Church  is a Lutheran church in the Töölö neighborhood of Helsinki. 

The church was designed by architects and brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen 

and opened in 1969. Built directly into solid rock, it is also known as the Church of the Rock 

and Rock Church.

The interior was excavated and built directly out of solid rock and is bathed in natural light 

which enters through the skylight surrounding the center copper dome. 

The church is used frequently as a concert venue due to its excellent acoustics. 

The acoustic quality is created by the rough, virtually unworked rock surfaces.

The Temppeliaukio church is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city; 

half a million people visit it annually. Before the construction of the church was even 

fully complete it made headlines when a group of Christian students painted 

in large letters "BIAFRA" in several places on the exterior walls of the building 

to bring attention to the famine then going on in Biafra. 

The argument of the students - then part of the '60s student revolutionary movement 

- was that the money spent on the new lavish church could be better spent on 

aid to Biafra and elsewhere in Africa.

I was married to my ex husband in this church very young. 

I don’t remember much else from the ceremony, only a big crowd of Japanese tourists. 

I lived a few years right opposite the church, in that red building, at the upper floor. 

Nowadays the tourist buses cannot park quite near the church, 

it caused so much trouble for us local residents.

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