May-June 1908

May-June 1908

Throat operation in Berlin

Route

Helsinki (boat)-Stettin (train)- Berlin – Lübeck – Travemünde (boat) – Trelleborg? (train) – Malmö – Stockholm (boat) – Helsinki.

Accommodation

Pension Joseph Haydn Strasse 1, Berlin
Hotel Wiesbadener Hof, Berlin

Sibelius had an operation to remove a tumour. This marked the beginning of seven years of abstinence from alcohol.