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Leto 2004
Založništvo in izdelava Oxford : Signal Books, 2004
Fizični opis XIV, 247 str. : ilustr. ; 21 cm
Zbirka Cities of the imagination
ISBN 1-902669-75-4
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Predmetne oznake Helsinki -- Turistični vodniki
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UDK 908(480 Helsinki)(036)=111
COBISS.SI-ID 15487803

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Helsinki is one of the world's most northerly capitals, but it is by no means a city frozen in northern wastes. Situated along the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, magnificent lakes and forests reach into Helsinki's urban heart, a rare event in today's world of suburban sprawl. The city’s natural beauty, emphasized by parks and islands, is matched by an extraordinary cultural richness, the result of fruitful foreign influences and home-grown creativity. The Finnish capital offers a spectacular display of architecture and design: from the neoclassical magnificence imposed by a Russian Czar to the modernist chic of Nordic functionalism. Neil Kent explores the history and culture of the Daughter of the Baltic, a small fishing village that became a powerhouse of design and technology. Tracing its dramatic past of conflict and conflagration, he explores the evolution of a national, and urban, identity through architecture, art and writing. Through such differing cultural phenomena as saunas, railway stations and tango, he explains why Helsinki is a distinctive mix of tradition and innovation. • The city of architects and designers: Engel, Czar Alexander I and the creation of an imperial metropolis; Alvar Aaalto and the birth of the modern; functionalism and high-tech innovation. • The city of music and the arts: Sibelius, the national composer; conductors and performers; art galleries and installations; National Romanticism and the Nordic aesthetic. • The city of hospitality: Art Nouveau hotels and cafes; sauna culture; famous visitors and refugees: Lenin and Hitler; multicultural Helsinki and a history of migration.
Helsinki so ena najbolj severnih prestolnic na svetu, nikakor pa niso mesto, ki je zamrznjeno v severnih odpadkih. Veličastna jezera in gozdovi, ki se nahajajo ob južni obali Finskega zaliva, segajo v urbano srce Helsinkov, kar je redek dogodek v današnjem svetu predmestja. Naravni lepoti mesta, ki jo poudarjajo parki in otoki, se ujema izjemno kulturno bogastvo, plod plodnih tujih vplivov in domače ustvarjalnosti. Finska prestolnica ponuja spektakularen prikaz arhitekture in oblikovanja: od neoklasične veličastnosti, ki jo je vsilil ruski car, do modernističnega šika nordijskega funkcionalizma. Neil Kent raziskuje zgodovino in kulturo hčerke Baltika, majhne ribiške vasice, ki je postala elektrarna oblikovanja in tehnologije. S sledenjem njegove dramatične preteklosti konfliktov in požarov raziskuje razvoj nacionalne in urbane identitete skozi arhitekturo, umetnost in pisanje. S tako različnimi kulturnimi fenomeni, kot so savne, železniške postaje in tango, pojasnjuje, zakaj so Helsinki značilna mešanica tradicije in inovativnosti. • Mesto arhitektov in oblikovalcev: Engel, car Aleksander I. in nastanek cesarske metropole; Alvar Aaalto in rojstvo moderne; funkcionalnosti in visokotehnoloških inovacij. • Mesto glasbe in umetnosti: Sibelius, nacionalni skladatelj; dirigenti in izvajalci; umetniške galerije in instalacije; Nacionalna romantika in nordijska estetika. • Mesto gostoljubnosti: secesijski hoteli in kavarne; kultura savnanja; slavni obiskovalci in begunci: Lenin in Hitler; multikulturni Helsinki in zgodovina migracij.