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Mikonkatu (Swedish: ''Mikaelsgatan'') is a street in central Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ..., leading north from the Esplanadi Park to the Kaisaniemi Park, mostly converted into a pedestrian zone, pedestrian street in 1992. Mikonkatu was named in 1820 after Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (1798 - 1849), brother of Emperor of Russia Alexander I of Russia, Alexander I. The street was built into its current length and form in 1830. The Finnish language, Finnish name of street was Mikaelinkatu from 1909 to 1928. There are Helsinki tram network, tram tracks on Mikonkatu, going along the eastern edge of the Helsinki Railway Square to Kaivokatu. Trams travelled on this Vilhonkatu - Mikonkatu route in both directions until 1950, when a new rout ...
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Mikonkatu (Swedish language, Swedish: ''Mikaelsgatan'') is a street in central Helsinki, Finland, leading north from the Esplanadi Park to the Kaisaniemi Park, mostly converted into a pedestrian zone, pedestrian street in 1992. Mikonkatu was named in 1820 after Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (1798 - 1849), brother of Emperor of Russia Alexander I of Russia, Alexander I. The street was built into its current length and form in 1830. The Finnish language, Finnish name of street was Mikaelinkatu from 1909 to 1928. There are Helsinki tram network, tram tracks on Mikonkatu, going along the eastern edge of the Helsinki Railway Square to Kaivokatu. Trams travelled on this Vilhonkatu - Mikonkatu route in both directions until 1950, when a new route along Kaisaniemenkatu was opened from Kaivokatu towards Kaisaniemi. The trams travelled from Kaisaniemi to Kaivokatu along Vilhonkatu and Mikonkatu until 1994, when the tram track along Kaisaniemenkatu was widened to two lanes. The Vi ...
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