Journey to Berlin with a view to composing

Route

Helsinki (train) – Turku (boat) – Stockholm (train) – Helsingborg (ferry) – Elsinore (train) – Copenhagen (train) – Gedser (ferry) – Rostock (train) – Berlin.

Accommodation

Hotel Wiesbadenerhof, Berlin

Return

A journey by train following the normal route via St Petersburg

Sibelius listened to new music almost every night and loudly applauded Schoenberg’s chamber symphony. He worked on Scaramouche for piano, and the song Vi ses igen.