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1 SPECIAL EDITION TRAVEL PODCAST ENW...in Helsinki! In this special edition podcast ENW visits four captivating locations from the Nordic city of Helsinki! ENW Episode 350 September

[1] Part 1 Topic Warm Ups ENW 350 Warm Up 1

of arms. Which 1 is different from the other 3?

If you don t know - GUESS! [Think this city.

can! Warm Up 3 Finland Locations Read the list

Then put them into the correct order by size

2 [1] Part 1 Topic Warm Ups ENW 350 Warm Up 1 Odd One Out Warm Up 2 Look at the 4 city coat of arms. Which 1 is different from the other 3? Write your reason on the line below! If you don t know - GUESS! [Think this city..] Because A C B D Brainstorm Read the word in the box. How many different words can you connect to that word? Write as many different words / phrases as you can! Warm Up 3 Finland Locations Read the list of Finnish cities below. Then put them into the correct order by size of population! Number One should be fairly easy. Finland Cities A: Espoo B: Helsinki C: Jyvaskyla D: Lahti E: Oulu F: Tampere G: Turku H: Vantaa Cities: The Correct Order 1: 635,591 2: 274,522 3: 228,173 4: 219,196 5: 200,071 6: 187,564 7: 138,780 8: 119,980

[2] Part 2 Pre-Listening / Reading ENW 350 Pre-Listening /

Catalonia. But, can you name some of the famous Barcelona locations?

Rock 2: Suomenlinna 4: Hotel Torni 6: Pohjola Building Pre-Listening

1 What is the population of Helsinki? a: 636,000 b: 1.6m c: 16.

a: German b: English c: Swedish 4 How many islands make up Helsinki?

3 [2] Part 2 Pre-Listening / Reading ENW 350 Pre-Listening / Pre-Reading 1 Famous Helsinki Locations The city of Helsinki is one of the most historic in Europe. The city is a historical and cultural melting pot and centre of Catalonia. But, can you name some of the famous Barcelona locations? A B C D E F 1: Market Square 3: Sibelius Monument 5: Church of the Rock 2: Suomenlinna 4: Hotel Torni 6: Pohjola Building Pre-Listening / Pre-Reading 2 Helsinki Quiz Read the sight questions about HELSINKI. Can you choose the correct answers? If you don't know - use the Internet, ask a partner or GUESS! 1 What is the population of Helsinki? a: 636,000 b: 1.6m c: 16.1m 2 When did the city become the capital? a: 1812 b: 1872 c: With 6.1%, what is the 2nd official language of Helsinki? a: German b: English c: Swedish 4 How many islands make up Helsinki? a: 150 b: 300 c: The city is home to what special kind of swimming pool? a: Dolphin b: Dog c: Cat 6 How many days per year does the city have no sunlight at all? a: 11 b: 31 c: 51 7 What percentage of the population of Helsinki speak English? a: 40% FC b: 60% c: 80% 9: Which badge is of the football club that plays in Helsinki? 8 What is the average age of a Helsinki resident? a: 28 b: 38 c: 48

4 [3] Part 3 Reading & Listening 1 ENW 350 Location 1 Temppeliaukio Church Read the title for the 1st part of this special Helsinki podcast! Next read the three statements below. What do you think is the answer? If you are not sure - GUESS! Choose YES' or NO! A: The Church of the Rock was designed by two Finnish sisters. B: Helsinki is located on the Gulf of Finland. C: Every day millions of people visit the Church of the Rock. Location 1 GAP FILL Read / Listen to Location 1. What is the correct answer for each space? Write one word in each space. A Church in a Big Rock Welcome to Helsinki - the coldest capital city in the world! Although, actually the weather this late 1: morning is quite hot, as the breeze from the Gulf of Finland is helping to cool ENW down. It is our first day of two in the 2: capital and our first location is something a little bit different - a church built into solid rock! Temppeliaukio Church is one of Helsinki s most popular attractions and every day thousands of people visit the church to 3: its unique design. Constructed into solid rock the church was designed by two Finnish brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen, can hold up to 750 worshippers and was first opened in The church was 4: by one of the receptionists at our hotel as it is about a 10 minute walk from where ENW is staying. As it is Sunday, ENW had to wait outside for the morning services to finish, but now that it is after 12pm we can enter the church. Inside it is truly 5: as we look up we can see central copper dome that resembles a UFO from SciFi movies! Amazing coloured shadows are cast across the floors and walls and it really is a 6: wonder! There are many people waiting to visit the church so ENW will be leaving shortly and wandering over to a 7: office building that has connections with witches, gnomes and trolls! Q & A 1 What is the official name of the church? 2 How many worshippers can fit inside the church? 3 What time can ENW enter the church from? 4 What year did the church first open? 5 How long did it take ENW to walk to the church?

5 [4] Location 2 Part 3 Reading & Listening 2 ENW 350 Pohjola Insurance Building Read the title for the 2nd part of this special Helsinki podcast! Next read the three statements below. What do you think is the answer? If you are not sure - GUESS! Choose YES' or NO! A: The Pohjola Insurance Company Building opened in B: Pohjola refers to a mythical land from Finnish folklore. C: The insurance company building has statues of wizards on it. Location 2 Wrong Word! Read / Listen to Location 2. Circle the six mistakes in the text. Then write the correct words below. For Insurance Against Witches, Gnomes & Goblins! After leaving the Church of the Rock which is located in the northern central part of Helsinki ENW has wandered for 100km across the city to another unusual and unique Helsinki building. The Pohjola Insurance Building is famous because it is covered in gargoyles and grotesques taken straight from Swedish folklore and legend! The insurance building was first opened in 1901 and was designed by Finnish writer Eliel Saarinen. The term pohjola refers to a mythical land from the Finnish story the Kalevala which tells of a time when northern Finland was ruled by an evil witch. So when the building was being designed for the Pohjola Insurance Company they agreed to adorn the inside of their headquarters with statues of monsters, goblins, fools, gnomes, witches and animals! ENW has sneaked inside the building, but amazingly from the inside it just looks like any other office building in the world. Well, not to be too downhearted we are going to wander around the city, but just for an week, as tomorrow we have to get up early and go on a ferry. Write the Correct Words! 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: Q & A 1 What is the name of the Finnish architect? 2 What is the name of the Finnish mythical story? 3 Which part of Finland is the mythical story from? 4 What is adorned on the outside of the building? 5 How far did ENW walk across the city?

[5] Location 3 Part 3 Reading & Listening 3 ENW 350 Suomenlinna Island Read the title for the 3rd part of this special Helsinki podcast! Next read the three statements below.

6 [5] Location 3 Part 3 Reading & Listening 3 ENW 350 Suomenlinna Island Read the title for the 3rd part of this special Helsinki podcast! Next read the three statements below. What do you think is the answer? If you are not sure - GUESS! Choose YES' or NO! A: Suomenlinna Island is 20km from Helsinki. B: The fort was first built when Helsinki was under Swedish control. C: Between 1808 to 1947 the fort was under Russian control. Location 3 Jumbled Paragraphs Read / Listen to Location 3. What is the correct order for the sentences in each paragraph. One Fortress - Three Countries! (A) Why has ENW come to this small island just outside the entrance to Helsinki Port? (B) Good morning and you join ENW just after we have alighted from the water bus that has taken us from the mainland on a short 20 minute ride to the small island of Suomenlinna. (C) Well aside from being one of Finalnd s 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the island is also home to a fort that during its history has been under the command of three different countries. (A) It was only after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the brief 3 month Finnish Civil War, that the fortress finally came under Finnish control years after it was first built! (B) Between 1808 to 1917 the fort was under control of the Russian Imperial Navy who extended the barricades, increased the size of the barracks and built a higher, longer outside wall. (C) Suomenlinna Fort was first built in 1748 when Finland was part of the Swedish Empire under King Charles XIV John. (A) The total distance if the defensive walls are 6 km and ENW is about to set off with our camera to walk the entire fortification. (B) After that we will return to Helsinki to visit a hotel that ENW is not staying in (C) The Finnish military controlled the fortifications until the 1960s, but since then the surrounding island has become home to around 800 residents and a workplace for 400 people. P 1: P 2: P 3: Q & A 1 How long was the fort under foreign control? 2 How many UNESCO WHS does Finland have? 3 How long are the fortification walls? 4 What decade was the fort turned over to civilian control? 5 Who was the Swedish monarch when the fort was built?

7 [6] Part 3 Reading & Listening 4 ENW 350 Location 4 Hotel Torni Deck Read the title for the 4th part of this special Helsinki podcast! Next read the three statements below. What do you think is the answer? If you are not sure - GUESS! Choose YES' or NO! A: The Hotel Solo Sokos Torni is located south of the central station. B: From 1976 to 2011 the hotel was the tallest building in Finland. C: The bar at the top of the hotel has a glass floor. Location 4 Which Word? Read / Listen to Location 4 Read the 7 words in the box and then put them in the correct place. 1 firm 2 ordered 3 Ateljee 4 Moscow 5 facilities 6 simple 7 evening The Best View in Town! It is our final A: in Helsinki and so ENW is going to meet a friend a hotel located just 700 metres south of Helsinki s Central Station. The hotel is not the one ENW is staying in, nor their friend, so why have going to meet up and have a drink there? The answer is B: - because the top floor hotel bar has the best view of Helsinki of any building in the city! The Hotel Solo Sokos Torni was built in 1931 and from then until 1976 it was the tallest building in the city! It was designed by the architect C: of Jung and Jung in 1928 and consists of 14 floors - the very top floor is where ENW will soon be heading as we are going to the D: Bar. Another interesting facet to the bar are the toilets, which have scenic glass walls that allow patrons to look down at the city whilst using the E:! ENW is now sitting across from our friend, who although originally from the US has like ENW been living in Japan for quite a while. We have F: our drinks, and tried not to look too shocked when we were quoted the prices! Helsinki, indeed Finland, is not the cheapest place to visit and when a cocktail costing ENW will be sticking to just the one G: Mule! However the view is stunning and is worth the 14 floors, strange toilets and expensive drinks! Q & A 1 How much did ENWs drink cost? 2 What is the hotel s full name? 3 How far from the Central Station is the hotel? 4 Which country is ENW living in? 5 How many floors does the hotel have?

8 [7] Part 4 Post Listening / Reading ENW 350 Writing Which One? Writing Which as your favourite Helsinki location? Write as many reasons! Research the city and find TWO more locations you would like to visit. Write about your choices and explain why you chose them! And finally Did you Know..? (U) The pool caters for both beginners and those canines who are more comfortable in the water. (V) This is much more expensive than a human swimming lesson that costs only 5 Euros. (W) The dog swimming service became so popular that all the tickets were sold out prior to the first lesson! (X) Swimming lessons for puppies are the most popular, although lessons are not cheap - a 30 minute lesson costs between 18 to 30 Euros deepening on the size of the dog. (Y) The ENW dog, a 13-year old black Labrador is actually frightened of water - so at least it would save us the 30 Euros needed for his swimming lesson! (Z) That in 2012 a special dog swimming pool opened in the Finnish capital of Helsinki.

9 [8] ENW 350 Extra Video Links Barcelona Locations Video 1 Temppeliaukio Church o3rc [02:17] Church of the Rock, Helsinki 2 Pohjola Insurance Building [07:18] Urban Exploring 3 Suomenlinna Island [03:58] A fortress on the island. 4 Hotel Torni Deck [0:25] The Deck of the Hotel Torni Helsinki Extra 1 [08:28] History of Helsinki Helsinki Extra 2 [02:20] Famous Helsinki People Helsinki Extra 3 [22:23] Learn Finnish! Helsinki Extra 4 [04:00] A guide to the unique Finland passport!

10 [9] ANSWERS (B) ENW 350 Warm Up 1 Is the badge of Stockholm in Sweden, A, C & D are Finnish cities! Warm Up 3 English Cities by Size 1: Helsinki / 2: Espoo / 3: Tampere / 4: Vantaa / 5: Oulu / 6: Turku / 7: Jyvaskyla / 8: Lahti Pre - Listening 1 1: F / 2: A / 3: E / 4: C / 5: B / 6: D Yes or No? Q&A Pre - Listening 2 Quiz 1: A / 2: A / 3: C / 4: B / 5: B / 6: C / 7: C / 8: A / 9: B Location 1 Temppeliaukio Church A: NO B: YES C: NO 1: Temppeliaukio Church 2: 750 3: 12pm 4: : 10 minutes A Church in a Big Rock Welcome to Helsinki - the coldest capital city in the world! Although, actually the weather this late August morning is quite hot, as the breeze from the Gulf of Finland is helping to cool ENW down. It is our first day of two in the Finnish capital and our first location is something a little bit different - a church built into solid rock! Temppeliaukio Church is one of Helsinki s most popular attractions and every day thousands of people visit the church to experience its unique design. Constructed into sold rock the church was designed by two Finnish brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen, can hold up to 750 worshippers and was first opened in The church was recommended by one of the receptionists at our hotel as it is about a 10 minute walk from where ENW is staying. As it is Sunday, ENW had to wait outside for the morning services to finish, but now that it is after 12pm we can enter the church. Inside it is truly spectacular as we look up we can see central copper dome that resembles a UFO from SciFi movies! Amazing coloured shadows are cast across the floors and walls and it really is a technicolour wonder! Yes or No? Q&A Location 2 Pohjola Insurance Building A: YES B: YES C: NO 1: 12 Euros 2: 84.5m 3: Fascism 4: Zero Euros 5: For Insurance Against Witches, Gnomes & Goblins! After leaving the Church of the Rock which is located in the northern central part of Helsinki ENW has wandered for 1.5km across the city to another unusual and unique Helsinki building. The Pohjola Insurance Building is famous because it is covered in gargoyles and grotesques taken straight from Finnish folklore and legend! The insurance building was first opened in 1901 and was designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. The term pohjola refers to a mythical land from the Finnish story the Kalevala which tells of a time when northern Finland was ruled by an evil witch. So when the building was being designed for the Pohjola Insurance Company they agreed to adorn the outside of their headquarters with statues of monsters, goblins, fools, gnomes, witches and animals! ENW has sneaked inside the building, but disappointingly from the inside it just looks like any other office building in the world. Well, not to be too downhearted we are going to wander around the city, but just for an hour, as tomorrow we have to get up early and go on a ferry ride.

(A) Why has ENW come to this small island just outside the entrance to Helsinki Port?

11 Location 3 Suomenlinna Island Yes or No? A: NO B: YES C: NO Q & A 1: 169 years 2: 13 3: 6 km 4: 1960s 5: King Charles XIV John One Fortress - Three Countries! (B) Good morning and you join ENW just after we had alighted from the water bus that has taken us from the mainland on a short 20 minute ride to the small island of Suomenlinna. (A) Why has ENW come to this small island just outside the entrance to Helsinki Port? (C) Well aside from being one of Finalnd s 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the island is also home to a fort that during its history has been under the command of three different countries. (C) Suomenlinna Fort was first built in 1748 when Finland was part of the Swedish Empire under King Charles XIV John. (B) Between 1808 to 1917 the fort was under control of the Russian Imperial Navy who extended the barricades, increased the size of the barracks and built a higher, longer outside wall. (A) It was only after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the brief 3 month Finnish Civil War, that the fortress finally came under Finnish control years after it was first built! (C) The Finnish military controlled the fortifications until the 1960s, but since then the surrounding island has become home to around 800 residents and a workplace for 400 people. (A) The total distance of the defensive walls are 6 km and ENW is about to set off with our camera to walk the entire fortification. (B) After that we will return to Helsinki to visit a hotel that ENW is not staying in Location 4 Hotel Torni Deck Yes or No? A: YES B: NO C: NO Q & A 1: Euros 2: Hotel Solo Sokos Torni 3: 700m 4: Japan 5: 14 The Best View in Town! It is our final evening in Helsinki and so ENW is going to meet a friend a hotel located just 700 metres south of Helsinki s Central Station. The hotel is not the one ENW is staying in, nor our friend, so why are going to meet up and have a drink there? The answer is simple - because the top floor hotel bar has the best view of Helsinki of any building in the city! The Hotel Solo Sokos Torni was built in 1931 and from then until 1976 it was the tallest building in the city! It was designed by the architect firm of Jung and Jung in 1928 and consists of 14 floors - the very top floor is where ENW will soon be heading as we are going to the Ateljee Bar. Another interesting facet to the bar are the toilets, which have scenic glass walls that allow patrons to look down at the city whilst using the facilities! ENW is now sitting across from our friend, who although originally from the US has like ENW been living in Japan for quite a while. We have ordered our drinks, and tried not to look too shocked when we were quoted the prices! Helsinki, indeed Finland, is not the cheapest place to visit and when a cocktail costing ENW will be sticking to just the one Moscow Mule! However the view is stunning and is worth the 14 floors, strange toilets and expensive drinks! And Finally Z / U / W / X / V / Y The End of English New Weekly Podcast

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